How to date a Sutliff tin?

[Ray Popp]

I have some tins of Crumble Kake I would like to date. (Yes, I know, Chocolates and flowers work wonders) ... Under the bar cods, there is 8 49855 00662 7. In the small print, there is TP-VA 15009. Can anyone help?

 

[sablebrush52]

 

[Ray Popp]

Thank you ... but I am pulling my hair out and yelling at the guy to hurry up and get on with it. When I can be far more patient and have the time and something to drink, I will go through the video and somehow record what he says onto something graphical that everyone can use as a reference ...

 

[Doctor Chopper]

Thanks, I had the same question.

 

[sablebrush52]

Thank you ... but I am pulling my hair out and yelling at the guy to hurry up and get on with it. When I can be far more patient and have the time and something to drink, I will go through the video and somehow record what he says onto something graphical that everyone can use as a reference ...

Fast forward is your friend. I fast forward to the chart he posts after discussing each maker. That chart is a breakdown of the dating and other manufacturing info.

 

[AJL67]

Fast forward is your friend. I fast forward to the chart he posts after discussing each maker. That chart is a breakdown of the dating and other manufacturing info.

Easier to have someone else do your homework for you.

 

[JacobM]

There's a guide in the video description showing where in the video the charts are:

TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1. Intro 2. DUNHILL (02:50) 3. ORLIK/SCANDINAVIAN TOBACCO GROUP (06:29) 4. SAMUEL GAWITH & GAWITH HOGGARTH (09:04) 5. MAC BAREN (12:35) 6. KOHLHASE & KOPP (14:31) 7. PLANTA (16:54) 8. DAN TOBACCO (20:00) 9. MCCLELLAND (21:35) 10. CORNELL & DIEHL and G. L. PEASE (23:45) Day Numbers https://www.epochconverter.com/days/2017

Unfortunately though Sutliff doesn't appear there.

 

[JacobM]

There's a guide in the video description showing where in the video the charts are:

TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1. Intro 2. DUNHILL (02:50) 3. ORLIK/SCANDINAVIAN TOBACCO GROUP (06:29) 4. SAMUEL GAWITH & GAWITH HOGGARTH (09:04) 5. MAC BAREN (12:35) 6. KOHLHASE & KOPP (14:31) 7. PLANTA (16:54) 8. DAN TOBACCO (20:00) 9. MCCLELLAND (21:35) 10. CORNELL & DIEHL and G. L. PEASE (23:45) Day Numbers https://www.epochconverter.com/days/2017

Unfortunately though Sutliff doesn't appear there.

Correction, the list he gives in the description only states when the discussion of each manufacturer begins. The actual charts are found at these timestamps:

Dunhill-Orlik
4:31
Orlik-STG
8:26
Samuel Gawith & Gawith Hoggarth
11:39
Mac Baren
14:20
Kohlhase & Kopp
15:41
Planta
19:18
Mcclelland
22:12

That said, since Sutliff is a Mac Baren company, it's possible they might use a similar dating convention? The code you provided though doesn't appear to match those conventions, and just appears to be a bar code number, which might not even contain any manufacture date information.

 

[WhiteCrown]

How to date a Sutliff tin? I use an ink pen. When I buy it, I mark the purchase date on the back... Less accurate, but it works. I don't expect that many Sutliff tins I buy have significant age on them, if they do then yay me when I finally open it. If someone is certain about the barcode number containing a code that uses a Mac Baren system, I'll be taking notes...

 

[PiperCalvinist]

I have some tins of Crumble Kake I would like to date. (Yes, I know, Chocolates and flowers work wonders) ... Under the bar cods, there is 8 49855 00662 7. In the small print, there is TP-VA 15009. Can anyone help?

I take it you never really received any clarity on this? The MacBaren example the guy shows has a set of numbers my Sutliff tin does not have. My tin of Crumble Kake has the exact same bar code numbers that you are showing. That tells me that the code represents a product number and nothing else. One would think for quality sake a company would want to know when their products were made? I guess we won’t have to worry about it moving forward, because STG will most likely use their code system.