Crispy Heaven

General

• Twenty-three locations shut down after City inspectors identify serious health and safety violations at a central food preparation plant
• No known cases of a customer being ill from eating contaminated Crispy Heaven foods
• Crispy Heaven had been on the rise on the PCX
• Crispy Crunchers product line
• "Take a Bite of Heaven" ad campaign

Court Case

• On 21st March 23 Crispy Heaven locations were shut down after inspectors found serious health and safety violations at the Crispy Heaven central food preperation plant.
• On the 4th April a suit was filed against Crispy Heaven.
• On the 13th April the 23 locations which closed on the 21st March were re-opened
• By 5th May the Crispy Heaven suit had grown but again we were unable to access the full details of this.
• As of Jul 8th, Sales were exceeding previous years
  • Suggesting the business had not only overcome the social stigma attached to it, but exceeded any expectations
• By 25 October, spokesman Gwyneth St. Paul was announcing the success of the company to overcome the whole matter.
  • The court case was noted to be still on-going.

People

• Charles Nebbick, food safety inspector
• Gwyneth St. Paul, Crispy Heaven spokeman
• Julio Franklin, from law firm Gates, Franklin

References

• Perplex City Sentinel
  • article, 21-MAR-05 "Crispy Heaven Closed" (link)
  • More Headlines, 28-MAR-05 "Crispy Heaven Criticised" (link)
  • More Headlines, 04-APR-05 "Suit Filed Against Crispy Heaven" (link)
  • article, 13-APR-05 "Crispy Heaven Reopens" (link)
  • More Headlines, 05-MAY-05 "Crispy Heaven Suit Grows" (link)
  • More News In Brief, 26-MAY-05 "Crispy Heaven Recovers" (link)
  • More News In Brief, 08-JUL-05 "Crispy Heaven Improves"
  • More news in Brief, 24-OCT-05 "Crispy Heaven Gains" (link)
  • article, 21-NOV-05 "Demand for Earth Goods Shakes Economy, Report Says" (link)