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The Marmite WWII workers' campaign: how a brown jar became part of the war effort

The Marmite WWII workers' campaign: how a brown jar became part of the war effort

Marmite's Second World War story: the B-vitamin workers' advertising in factory press, the Red Cross parcels to prisoners of war, the desert and jungle field rations, and what the wartime ads actually looked like.

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An imagined Mnemonicon interview with Winston Churchill on Marmite, rationing, and the rumoured sale

An imagined Mnemonicon interview with Winston Churchill on Marmite, rationing, and the rumoured sale

Sir Winston Churchill on rationing, the Burton factory, and a rumoured Marmite sale. Two questions Britain should ask before the deal closes, in his voice.

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Marmite went to war, and the B vitamins came with it

Marmite went to war, and the B vitamins came with it

Marmite spent both World Wars in British army ration tins. Not as a luxury, as a piece of medicine.

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