re: Camp Coffee

A while back I said that I couldn't remember the story about Camp Coffee having to change their label. While looking for something else I stumbled across a few related articles:

"UK Coffee Logo Stirs Racism Row" BBC News 1999 (BBC News)

"Camp Coffee forced to change label by PC brigade" (Daily Mail)


Interesting!


Old logo (or one of them):



New logo:

That's all!

Ration Week part 7

Just quick note:

Last night's dinner/today's lunch (leftovers): Slice of roast beef, smashed potatoes, peas, boiled carrot (the carrot was eaten last night). I thought that after all these peas I'd learn to like them, but I still haven't.



On a more exciting note, my dad got back from his trip to England and he brought back--Camp Coffee! I can't wait to try this stuff tomorrow. Part of me really hopes it's as disgusting as one would think. The flash from my camera makes the image hard to see, but the label looks slightly different--the Scotsman's servent is no longer standing beside him serving him coffee but is enjoying it beside him. Interesting! The Aunt Jemima logo has changed over the years as well. Actually I read a thing about people wanting the Camp Coffee people to change the label because it's kind of offensive--I didn't realize they actually had changed it.



Dad also brought back a little Supermarine Spitfire MkIIA. Well, a model one. It's very small--I never thought an aeroplane could be cute before, but there it is. You can't tell from this horrible, blurry picture how dear it is. Thanks, Dad!