Goodbye Cadbury

Biohazard said:
'Said' means very little when it comes to business.

I'm sure most businesses have been bought over with under the table assurances that have never been met.

I think history in British industry would support me on this.
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Cadburys where moving their factories abroad. So this is a better situation than it was, however which way you look at it.
 
This is the very reason we need to vote BNP and send them all back.
if it wasnt for the fuzzy wuzzys i could be tucking into a Whole Milk now, but i cant !!!!!
Stupid immigrants they turkkk urrrrr juuuurrrrrrrbbbbs!
 
R420LA6X2/4MNA said:
I am amazed that after such 'passionate' public statements from Cadbury over the last few months about resisting takeover, they now roll over and sell out for a good deal.
So much for the deal-breaker of protecting Cadbury and it's ethos - turns out the price just wasn't high enough.
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Yes, of course. All businesses are out to make as much money as possible. It's a good deal and I just wish I'd have bought Cadbury shares at the right time.
 
Cyanide said:
Can't see this going well. I very much doubt the Americans will be wanting to use Cadbury's recipes as, from what I've tasted of the dry, bitter **** they call chocolate, it'd be far too rich for them and wouldn't sell very well
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Why not?:confused:

Shaft have owned a **** load of companies from over countries and not tampared with them too much.

Like down here, Vegemite is owned by kraft. Never changed from what i know. The only thing they did is make version that was a bit more bland and try to sell it to the Americans While also stocking it down here.
AFAIK its also still made down here.

Kraft just seem to have a Habit of buying icons.
 
Evangelion said:
The only difference is that Cadbury Australia uses cocoa butter while Cadbury UK uses vegetable fat. Ironically, it is this difference which disqualifies UK Cadbury chocolate from the EU definition of "chocolate", while Australian Cadbury chocolate meets EU standards.
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IIRC i heard something when The packaging changed down here so dod the recipe which made it use Vegetable oil aswell.

There was a reasonable size uproar about both packaging and ingredients
 
There's a cadbury factory in my home town (Hobart, Australia) which employs a lot of people. Losing that would be a big blow to the local economy so hopefully that doesn't happen!
 
Well current brands owned by Kraft in the UK before they took over Cadbury haven't changed at all to my knowledge so why should Cadbury be any different?

Kenco, Terry's, Toblerone, Cote D'or etc.. have all tasted the same, not to mention that they also produce the most wonderful of biscuits... OREOS! Even their Chips Ahoy! cookies are pretty nice. Actually i can't think of many Kraft Food products that i have tasted and been disgusted by, except maybe kool aid....

Personally i'd prefer Kraft to bring across more of their american range under the guise of Cadbury's chocolate.
 
Spitfir3 said:
Selling off yet another British brand for the benefit of....... the shareholders? It's highly unlikely it'll benefit anyone here and if **** hits the fan, workers, people here etc, will suffer. Foreign ownership and globalisation is never good.
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You can't think of a single example where foreign ownership of a company has been good?
 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8467833.stm

Found this interesting. Didn't know the Quakers had their fingers in so many pies!

Barclays and Lloyds banks, Clarks shoes, Bryant & May matches and the biscuit firms Huntley & Palmers and Carrs are just a few of the companies founded by members of the pacifist group.

But when it comes to confectionery, there has been a virtual monopoly for more than a century, led by Cadbury of Birmingham, Fry's of Bristol and Rowntree's and Terrys of York
 
Aside from the possible loss of jobs issue, which is of course the most important thing to many people who may lose their livelihoods, I , like many others have said, hope that they don't mess with the recipes.

Although a lot of people have said Kraft don't seem to have messed with Terrys products, I personally think they have done so, the chocolate seems to be much more waxy than it used to be and I find it leaves a horrible feeling in your mouth not dissimilar to when you eat lamb which end up with fat coating your teeth and the roof of your mouth (though not quite as thick a coating as that can be).
 
TriedandTested said:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8467833.stm

Found this interesting. Didn't know the Quakers had their fingers in so many pies!

Barclays and Lloyds banks, Clarks shoes, Bryant & May matches and the biscuit firms Huntley & Palmers and Carrs are just a few of the companies founded by members of the pacifist group.

But when it comes to confectionery, there has been a virtual monopoly for more than a century, led by Cadbury of Birmingham, Fry's of Bristol and Rowntree's and Terrys of York
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I spy a Relative or 2 in that link.

Thanks:D
 
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