Back to project PE. Every day in PE started at 06:30.
This time was totally doable the Tuesday thanks to the early night on Monday
– I can’t tell you what an issue it became after we’d completely lost track of
time at Barney’s karaoke night and dancing my toosh off at Gondwana.
But everyone managed to catch the bus on time and off we
were to Woodlands. Woodlands Dairy is
one of the largest manufacturers of UHT milk in South Africa and the company’s
products are marketed under the FIRST CHOICE ® brand name. Basically we learned
a lot and asked a whole lot more. That is rather vague isn’t it... It was
honestly a little difficult to hear our guide in the beginning but one of the
facts I picked up left some of my fellow colleagues shocked for days. Had I been allowed to take my camera into the factory I
would’ve shared some of the lovely facial expressions from the Woolies’ supporters when we were told that - the only difference between First Choice Milk from
Spar and Woolies milk was the Woolworth’s bottle. And well... all those extra
Rands you pay. Simply because they share a manufacturer. There's no special production line for any shop - only differences in the packaging.
Back in the bus we played endless rounds of charades –
getting thee most absurd guesses from certain people but it was all great fun.
And before we knew it we’d made our way into beautiful Jeffreys Bay. Now the
first thing that comes to mind when I think of Jeffreys (besides the amazing
beach) are the factory shops. And just to make things that extra bit exciting, everything was marked down, an insane discount of 50% per item.
Unfortunately this didn’t make the clothes dirt cheap but I guess even after
years learning marketing tricks, it’s just so easy to fall for these ploys.
I don’t think any of the guys were surprised when the
girls and I were the last people to come running towards the bus. One simply
can’t leave girls to wander in a place full of factory shops and expect them to
remember anything they’ve ever heard about time management. But it wasn’t just
the shopping that got us hooked on Jeffreys. Join me in the next post – trust
me, what we found may not blow you away but it could be all the inspiration you need for your next visit to
Jeffreys Bay.
Have a beautiful week guys
Xx
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