Gavin writes:
>Jeff says:
>> One of the biggest surprises to me was that anyone in the plant, visitor or
>> employee alike, can eat all the unwrapped candy they like.
>
>I think this is pretty much the policy of most companies like that.
>Hershey is famous for it, and having just been to a site visit at
>the JellyBelly factory (where it's my understanding that they don't
>buy anything computer related that doesn't say Hewlett-Packard on it
>(sorry, no 3000s though)) I suspect it's the policy there too.
>
>G. (munching on free candy he got at the Goelitz factory yesterday)
>
>P.S. If you are near Freemont CA the JallyBelly factory tour is worth a
>     visit.  Or you can do it on-line.

The Jelly Belly factory is certainly more interesting in person than on the
web.  Having been there while visiting in-laws in Sacramento, they were
giving samples of the product each at each step of the processing.  By the
end of the tour, I had eaten more Jelly Belly candies than I cared for.

Never did see any HP equipment though.



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