I did the Poppy Factory Tour a few years ago, and have also visited the Poppy Warehouse at Aylsford where all the Poppy Factory production is sent - They are in fact different Charity Numbers! I order all stock for my local Appeal as PAO from Aylsford.
Only around 10% of Poppies are now produced at Richmond, The Poppy Warehouse at Aylsford now produce the rest on 4 automated machines including all 'Sticky Poppies.. (Around 30,000,000) Here in Harrogate I maintain a stock of 40,000 Paper Poppies to distribute in October/November - That's 20 bulk boxes of 2000 needing to be re-packed in the smaller recognisable blue counter boxes...
A CFR/PAO can order packs of 100 Poppy bits for schools to assemble poppies during a 'poppy talk' They can also order boxes of 5,000 Poppy Petals as used at the Festival of Remembrance for Special Projects.
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