windrush:
Yes, empty tins on top. H&P’s vans in Reading were the same, as were Smiths crisps. Mum worked at H&P’s and the employees were given bags of broken biscuits weekly, at least with them being broken the calories had already escaped so one could eat as much as one liked without any weight gain.Pete.
I was brought up a few hundred yards from the Beatties Biscuits factory in Glasgow. The broken biscuits we got from them (via the back door) were nearly always covered in chocolate. In the early 60’s that was the nearest we ever got to a chocolate bar 
Many happy memories though.