Noooooo don't do it.
Jan 19th 2010, 2:17 am
#31
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Re: Noooooo don't do it.
I grew up in Brum too and learned to swim in the Cadbury factory swimming pool and our annual sports day was always held at their sports field. Our next door neighbour worked for them and would bring back bags of "chocolate waste" (broken bits) in green paper bags (probably not allowed these days under H&S standards, I dare say).
It's just another chip away at grand British institutions and another step towards global homogeneity.
It's just another chip away at grand British institutions and another step towards global homogeneity.
Jan 19th 2010, 2:17 am
#32
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Re: Noooooo don't do it.
I had a bar of dark chocolate a few weeks ago that had habanero peppers and pop rocks mixed in it.
It was interesting, and really good. I'll see if I can find it on the web...
Here it is. Click on where it says "Firecracker". Good stuff. I got it at Walmart.
http://store.nexternal.com/shared/St...ount2=45234322
It was interesting, and really good. I'll see if I can find it on the web...
Here it is. Click on where it says "Firecracker". Good stuff. I got it at Walmart.
http://store.nexternal.com/shared/St...ount2=45234322
Jan 19th 2010, 2:20 am
#33
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Jan 19th 2010, 2:23 am
#34
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Jan 19th 2010, 2:52 am
#35
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Re: Noooooo don't do it.
The shares in Kraft rose this morning as soon as the stock market opened because of their success in acquiring Cadbury's..
No doubt UK jobs will go:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-takeover.html
There are also Cadbury's factories in Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines. A few years ago we did the Cadbury's factory tour in Hobart, Tasmania (much better than the Bournville tour, you could go onto the factory floor and have samples). My spouse asked why the Aussie Cadbury's chocolate tasted different to the UK chocs and the reply was that they use sugar cane in Oz, sugar beet in the UK and as the Aussie climate is so hot they have to include ingredients to prevent it melting at higher temps. It doesn't taste as nice.
How long will it be before Kraft starts 'tweaking' at the Cadbury's recipes and substituting them with inferior ingredients?
I wouldn't be surprised if some of the UK production will be moved to the Philippines and probably Eastern Europe. The bottom line is how much profit the shareholders will receive and labour costs are higher in Westernised countries. I'm currently reading a book called "Cheap" by Ellen Ruppell Shell which covers how Americans have become used to tasteless imported food because it provides good 'value'; I won't ever eat at Red Lobster after reading about the how the shrimp is harvested and imported from the Far East....
No doubt UK jobs will go:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-takeover.html
There are also Cadbury's factories in Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines. A few years ago we did the Cadbury's factory tour in Hobart, Tasmania (much better than the Bournville tour, you could go onto the factory floor and have samples). My spouse asked why the Aussie Cadbury's chocolate tasted different to the UK chocs and the reply was that they use sugar cane in Oz, sugar beet in the UK and as the Aussie climate is so hot they have to include ingredients to prevent it melting at higher temps. It doesn't taste as nice.
How long will it be before Kraft starts 'tweaking' at the Cadbury's recipes and substituting them with inferior ingredients?
I wouldn't be surprised if some of the UK production will be moved to the Philippines and probably Eastern Europe. The bottom line is how much profit the shareholders will receive and labour costs are higher in Westernised countries. I'm currently reading a book called "Cheap" by Ellen Ruppell Shell which covers how Americans have become used to tasteless imported food because it provides good 'value'; I won't ever eat at Red Lobster after reading about the how the shrimp is harvested and imported from the Far East....
Jan 19th 2010, 3:15 am
#36
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Re: Noooooo don't do it.
Cadbury's is far superior IMO than any of those brands.
Jan 19th 2010, 3:19 am
#37
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Re: Noooooo don't do it.
Cadbury was going to close the plant in Bristol in 2010, and send jobs to Poland, so perhaps it will be good news for Bristol. I hope so.
http://www.bristol247.com/2009/09/07...us-merger-bid/
http://www.bristol247.com/2009/09/07...us-merger-bid/
Jan 19th 2010, 3:23 am
#38
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Re: Noooooo don't do it.
HA HA 
Jan 19th 2010, 3:28 am
#39
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Re: Noooooo don't do it.
I have to agree that Swiss/German chocolate is far superior to Cadbury's. Further down would come See's candy and the 'Hawaiian Host' chocolate-covered nuts. Hershey's is brown lard.
Jan 19th 2010, 3:49 am
#40
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Re: Noooooo don't do it.
I bet a Cadbury's egg would be excellent filled with peanut butter.
Jan 19th 2010, 4:08 am
#45
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Re: Noooooo don't do it.
Kraft seem to have a mixed track record when taking over european chocolate makers: it looks like after they bought Milka they didn't muck around with them and left them to carry on as before. However, they also bought UK chocolate maker Terry's and look what happened to them.
