{"id":28703,"date":"2024-11-30T09:19:28","date_gmt":"2024-11-30T14:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=28703"},"modified":"2024-11-30T09:19:28","modified_gmt":"2024-11-30T14:19:28","slug":"man-who-found-smooth-mars-bar-gets-2-compensation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2024\/11\/30\/man-who-found-smooth-mars-bar-gets-2-compensation\/","title":{"rendered":"Man who found smooth Mars bar gets \u00a32 compensation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">A man who caused an online storm when he found a Mars bar without its signature ripple has received \u00a32 in compensation.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Harry Seager\u2019s picture of the confectionery generated interest from thousands of members on the Dull Men\u2019s Club Facebook page, with one labelling it \u201chideous\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The 34-year-old said while Mars Wrigley UK would not give him a reason for the imperfection, group members said the bar had escaped being blown by air.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Mars Wrigley UK said\u00a0<a class=\"ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/crmzlwy909po\">earlier this month<\/a>\u00a0the bar &#8220;slipped&#8221; through its production line and confirmed the swirl was being kept.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Mr Seager, from Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, was on the way to a classic car show in Birmingham with friends and picked up the chocolate bar at a service station in Thame, Oxfordshire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">\u201cThe only reason I emailed [Mars] was because I was interested in what might have caused it to happen. That is all I wanted to know and they kept side-lining that question,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">\u201cI think \u00a32 is great, it will be two free Mars bars. Maybe they could have sent me more but I\u2019m not being ungrateful. I think it\u2019s amazing after everything that\u2019s happened that I got the \u00a32 voucher.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1b5y2ub-ComponentWrapper-FullWidthWrapper ey0461q0\" data-component=\"image-block\">\n<figure class=\"ssrcss-1vfya96-StyledFigure e34k3c22\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1npzvpf-Placeholder etlorgc0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/240\/cpsprodpb\/b161\/live\/b626a2d0-ae65-11ef-93a6-9fd2d3586a96.png.webp 240w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/320\/cpsprodpb\/b161\/live\/b626a2d0-ae65-11ef-93a6-9fd2d3586a96.png.webp 320w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/480\/cpsprodpb\/b161\/live\/b626a2d0-ae65-11ef-93a6-9fd2d3586a96.png.webp 480w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/624\/cpsprodpb\/b161\/live\/b626a2d0-ae65-11ef-93a6-9fd2d3586a96.png.webp 624w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/800\/cpsprodpb\/b161\/live\/b626a2d0-ae65-11ef-93a6-9fd2d3586a96.png.webp 800w\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/975\/cpsprodpb\/b161\/live\/b626a2d0-ae65-11ef-93a6-9fd2d3586a96.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/240\/cpsprodpb\/b161\/live\/b626a2d0-ae65-11ef-93a6-9fd2d3586a96.png 240w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/320\/cpsprodpb\/b161\/live\/b626a2d0-ae65-11ef-93a6-9fd2d3586a96.png 320w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/480\/cpsprodpb\/b161\/live\/b626a2d0-ae65-11ef-93a6-9fd2d3586a96.png 480w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/624\/cpsprodpb\/b161\/live\/b626a2d0-ae65-11ef-93a6-9fd2d3586a96.png 624w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/800\/cpsprodpb\/b161\/live\/b626a2d0-ae65-11ef-93a6-9fd2d3586a96.png 800w\" alt=\"Harry Seager, a man with tied back blonde hair and a beard, wearing a grey zipped up jumper and smiling at the camera\" width=\"975\" height=\"548\" \/><\/picture><\/span><span class=\"ssrcss-tvuve5-StyledFigureCopyright e34k3c20\" role=\"text\"><span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">Image source,<\/span>Harry Seager<\/span><\/div><figcaption class=\"ssrcss-1kk6ucf-StyledFigureCaption ehbdhz00\"><span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">Image caption,<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-y7krbn-Stack e1y4nx260\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Mr Seager said he planned to buy more Mars bars with the \u00a32<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Mars bars were first made by hand in Slough, Berkshire, in 1932, and are still made in the town.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">\u201cA few people who used to work at Mars\u2019 factories commented [on Facebook] and they said it goes through a machine called an enrober, which is like the waterfall the bars go through,&#8221; Mr Seager said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">\u201cApparently they get blown with air along the top as it comes out of that waterfall. Apparently there\u2019s meant to be somebody at the end who removes the ones which haven\u2019t been hit by the air.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">\u201cI don\u2019t know what happens to them then. I suppose they got put into products that have Mars bars in, like cakes and things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">With regards to other confectionery, Harry enjoys most chocolate bars but is not a fan of all sweet treats.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">\u201cI don\u2019t like the strawberry and orange cremes in a box of Roses or a box of Quality Street but I do like the coffee ones. I remember they took the coffee ones out a very long time ago but as a kid I remember them,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Those Quality Street Coffee Cremes are only available at John Lewis and Waitrose this Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cx247dwx1p7o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">A man who caused an online storm when he found a Mars bar without its signature ripple has received \u00a32 in compensation. 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