Member Info for QueenElvis

Aye for God's sake your no top poster as that's more than once I've caught you missing out bits when you copy and paster RNSes. You did it at pmo as well. I better keep my lamps on you.

LOL Nobody got anything to say on the latest trading update. Quite resilient looking this time so a bit harder to get it back down under the 20s this time imo. Bonz I think you mentioned to Wag yourself where you could be found on the bbs but you can find anybody you want on here by using the search lol - mind you how many of them would you want to find lol. I think I got the answer to my unanswered query about the number of franchises within closed Clinton branches. Wonder if Larne was one of them - managed to get the kids some reduced Easter treats there in April. Well I'll speak to you around Christmas time unless we get news of the divi being reintroduced or a takeover before then ATB

Well the company should produce a proper calendar and then there would be no doubt. LOL Traders who converge on this bb at certain times of year might find they will cry wolf once too often and that takeover bid or those cracking results will actually materialise. Truth is neither Wednesday nor Friday is of any importance to long-term pi s ATB

Friday the 13th eh - lucky for some. I thought it would be Wednesday.

Oh please don't put all your redundancy money into any share. As for this share's course since the January exodus, don't forget that it has been up in the thirties since then and let's hope that it gets back up there this week before we start to rejoice too much. ATB

LOL pfd/Mr. Kipling are individually wrapping a lot of their cake slices now making them ideal for lunch boxes or to stay fresh for those living alone - the wrappers probably taste a bit like the cakes. Now if I had a pack of 5 Thorntons caramel shortcakes in the larder then I wouldn't need to worry about them staying fresh after being opened as there wouldn't be any left.

Also didn't see this story on this bb - Thorntons is working with government-backed organisation UK Trade and Investment (UKTI), which helps British firms looking to export. The company already does a certain amount of exporting to countries including South Africa, Dubai and Australia but is now looking to build on this and, with the help of UKTI, export its goods to more countries across the world. Read more http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/s-chocs-away-Thorntons-sets-sights-global-revival/story-16472242-detail/story.html

Missed this story whilst on holiday - Thorntons has appointed Nexus Communications as its newly reappointed consumer PR agency http://www.thedrum.co.uk/news/2012/06/28/nexus-communications-handle-consumer-pr-thorntons

philski thanks for the link. I doubt if I could walk 16 miles on the flat these days let alone up hill - too much or maybe too little chocolate in the diet. I am nearer the Castle of Mey than Balmoral right now. Good Luck to all for next week.

Inanaco is not as patriotic as me! Holidaying abroad according to the Barc bb whereas I am holidaying in the UK in bonnie Scotland, in the Balmoral area in fact. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtWkjtulUA0

England are playing rugby and football tomorrow good luck. You're the second beefacke rugby fan I have encountered on the bbs this week. Not sure if ART1 is artistic but I'm not terribly good with a brush but I'd have a go with the choc bodypaint. I'll get straight on to investor relations with the suggestion first thing Monday morning.

Well the tht outlet shops aren't expensive and the one at McArthur Glen has a great cafe attached. Big white choc teddies 2 for £2 and beat the socks off Cadbuy outlet at the same location. You liked the stawbs and cream at Wimbledon well you need to try stawbs drizzled in choc sauce at thorntons. They really should do that choc body paint at Thorntons or is that the Pimms talking this dull Saturday afternoon. X

Who knows! I'll be on holiday when the 4th quarter trading results are issued. I spent a fortune in there on Thusday night for the end of term gifts for school staff and nice choc fountains - marshmallows and fudge on sticks for the kids. TBH, I'm more interested in watching the tennis at this time of year than the share but ATB

Still watching this space. The fourth quarter trading update not too far away and our 11% institutional investor attracting a few comments on other bbs I see. End of school term in this neck of the woods soon - once again bought the gifts for the staff too soon. Kids have already eaten the tht white choc teddy figures so will need to restock.

Hello Bonz, Would just have to say, in fairness, when you buy a small number of shares at £1.20 odd like I did and it falls to 10p like this did in January then you can take your chances and buy more. This moved back up from 10p to the thirties in jiffy time so there was opportunity for the brave to make good. Lol it has moved back down from the thirties to its current level just as swiftly so maybe I was a bit harsh me saying this was not a swing trader's dream like pfd - well not every day but it does have its moments ATB.

Lord knows how many buy and strong buy recommendations have been posted on here over the last few weeks and months and I even stuck a hold recommendation on myself. Not a swing traders dream like pfd I know but if this doesn't start to move up soon then people are going to think there's more hot air on this bb than in balloon.

Good to hear from you - long time no speak. I thought you had finally done your cull on this. As you would expect, I watching the action at Queens Club and Wimbledon so giving the posting a wide berth for the summer. GLA

Just had the opportunity to read both of these articles. I have a 65 words per minute typing speed so if anybody would like me to type these out for persual on here then let me know. The Drone - Peter Thornton resigned as Chairman of this company in 1987 and the company has survived for a quarter of a century since then. What you omitted to say in your post is that Peter Thornton is looking for backing to buy back this company - I assume he has no intention of trying to buy back a pig in a poke and his fears are that the company will be taken over by an overseas company though he doesn't mention Heresheys. No way therefore I am selling my shares here given today's two articles and the fact that the company itself is now over a third of the way through its programme to close 180 less profitable stores. In fact, I'd say I'd be more inclined to add to my shares here now. ATB

Just wanted to say I did a repeat visit on Sunday to the outlet shop and cafe in McArthur Glen Livingston. The cafe has barriers out in the mall and just about every table inside and ouside the premises in the mall were occupied. There were constant streams of people at the till in both the cafe and the outlet shop. With Father's Day next week, I suppose I would have expected it to be busy. Their vegetable soup was almost as good as my own home made soup and I hear the carrot and coriander was good too. Cheese scones and rolls top quality too. Fruit smoothie comparable with others. Nice ice cream. Decent coffee and tea strong enough for my liking. If the cafe formula could be repeated in a few other venues such as bigger premises in Silverburn tht? Anyhow, a thorntons family member offloaded a lot of shares last summer in July or August so read into that what you will. Henderson's obviously didn't want to wait till the divi got reinstated to up their stake. Hereshey's are known to be looking to expand internationally this year. We also had a poster on here a few months ago drawing attention to falls in raw material costs such as cocoa and sugar. Up to others what they do but I'm holding.

Can't get a quote though for 200,000 shares