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I would argue that Cadbury's chocolate just doesn't taste the same as when I was a kid (MANY years ago), but even so it tastes a damn sight better than anything I have ever tasted from the other side of the pond. So it seems a great shame that the takeover from U.S. giant Kraft looks pretty much like a done and dusted deal.(I can't see the shareholders rejecting that kind of offer somehow)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8467007.stm
How long before Cadbury and its work force become the next Volvo and is tossed on the scrap heap never to be seen again?
Shame, shame, shame.
Half of Cadbury chocolate sold in the UK is made in Europe. Cadbury Eclairs? Poland.
You are living in the past.
And I think Volvo is still going, but Saab may not be.
Volvo?
Cadbury chocolate was lovely, but (other than the dairy milk) it has gone downhill. Much like galaxy etc - "new and improved" flavours all taste revolting. Not sure it'll change again due to change of ownership, but chocolate in general doesnt taste as good as it did.
Now Kraft have it, you can guarantee less will be made here 😉
Didn't Kraft close close down the Terry’s factory in York?
forget cadbury... everyone should eat willy's Cacao..... the venezuelan 72 is amazing...
forget cadbury... everyone should eat willy's Cacao..... the venezuelan 72 is amazing...
and so it bloody well should be for the price 😯
Yeah Saab. D'oh!!
[i]and so it bloody well should be for the price[/i]
He has to pay for the rent on that bug house some how.
blessed are the cheesemongers for they shall gain ownership of the chocolate makers.
Please define what constitutes a British company. Corporates are owned by pension funds, mutual funds and insurance companies. Takeovers are never comfortable for the staff but where the new headquarters sits isnt a big deal.
[url= http://http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/business/will-chocolate-buttons-taste-like-shit?-asks-britain-201001192389/ ]From The Mash.[/url]Says it all.
>but where the new headquarters sits isnt a big deal.
No, it *is* quite important.
Apart from anything else, they currently pax their taxes here. But it's become more common over the last 5 or 10 years that UK companies have been taken over and notionally restructured so they're a production facility of their non-UK owners. Profits got back to the parent company, and the country (effectively *us*) lose a lot of tax revenue as a result, despite the fact that that the UK company, as was, may not have changed in essence.
One link here (first hit on google), but the issues's been in the press a few times over the last year (including yesterday's Guardian, I think)
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/markets/article-23796668-city-talent-isnt-as-vital-as-cadbury.do
that stuff isn't chocolate, its confectionery, Sugar loaded sh1te.
that stuff isn't chocolate, its confectionery, Sugar loaded sh1te.
The point is it was "our" sugar loaded s-word. Workers paid taxes, the company paid taxes and dividends were paid mainly to British institutions, now it's all going to go offshore.
Isn't Volvo owned by a Chinese investment vehicle now? And Saab is being considered by Bernie Ecclestone to create "internet cars" whatever the hell that means.
It's not healthy anyway and Lindt is the best.