rant......Another slice of heritage gone Cadbury.

[nonegreen]

Bing o said:

nonegreen said:

Lol What I can't understand is why when superior American management arrives and presents opportunity to the suppressed english talent, why are they complaining? The Americans are great people to work for, if you are any good you shine. UK management always consists of halfwits like Mandelknob.

Not in banking they aren't, they are a bunch of s.

Hmmmm yeh I can imagine. They can be a bit ruthless when up against the wall.

[johnfm]

Eric Mc said:

You don't hear Wallace saying "Cracking Kraft Easi-Slices Grommit", do you?

That must mean something.

Eric, you seem to think cheese slices are a downmarket, low quality cheese. This is probably true to true cheese aficionados.

Cadbury's chocolate is the equivalent of cheese slices to a true chocolate aficionado.

Horses for courses etc etc

[Jimbeaux]

skyslimit said:

Debt laden American company purchase very profitable British company.

Yeah, this will end well for the workers. Not.

Remeber Terrys Of York. Then it was bought over. Then it was just Terrys. Now all their products taste cheap, awful and gritty.

Sad day.

Edited by skyslimit on Tuesday 2nd February 23:14

Kraft ranks 53 on the Fortune 500 List for 2008-9. They just raised their profit forecasts twice in as many months. They are not a "debt-laden" company.

[skyslimit]

Jimbeaux said:

skyslimit said:

Debt laden American company purchase very profitable British company.

Yeah, this will end well for the workers. Not.

Remeber Terrys Of York. Then it was bought over. Then it was just Terrys. Now all their products taste cheap, awful and gritty.

Sad day.

Edited by skyslimit on Tuesday 2nd February 23:14

Kraft ranks 53 on the Fortune 500 List for 2008-9. They just raised their profit forecasts twice in as many months. They are not a "debt-laden" company.

Being on the Fortune 500 and being in a load of debt are not mutually exclusive. They have a lot of debt, which fine, they are servicing, but it exists none the less.

[Dupont666]

when do we get chocolate cheese?

[Jimbeaux]

skyslimit said:

Jimbeaux said:

skyslimit said:

Debt laden American company purchase very profitable British company.

Yeah, this will end well for the workers. Not.

Remeber Terrys Of York. Then it was bought over. Then it was just Terrys. Now all their products taste cheap, awful and gritty.

Sad day.

Edited by skyslimit on Tuesday 2nd February 23:14

Kraft ranks 53 on the Fortune 500 List for 2008-9. They just raised their profit forecasts twice in as many months. They are not a "debt-laden" company.

Being on the Fortune 500 and being in a load of debt are not mutually exclusive. They have a lot of debt, which fine, they are servicing, but it exists none the less.

They make a profit and are not operating in the red. Cadbury had no debt then?

[Pwig]

Well i must be alone in thinking Dairy Milk is lovely then

[Eric Mc]

Nope. I love Cadbury's milk chocolate in all its forms.

[The Walrus]

Eric Mc said:

Nope. I love Cadbury's milk chocolate in all its forms.

Actually due to the % of cocoa content they can't call it chocolate that is why it is called dairy milk, I like some of the chocolate they produce but only in small doses as it is high in fat and sugar and can taste incredibly sweet more so than most other makers.

As for the company I feel they will do well out of it as it will most likely help them diversify into US and European markets much more so than they currently do, the current UK market is saturated for them as I think they have something like 80% market share in Milk Chocolate, this IMO is part of the reason as to why they bought G&B to possibly help them break into the european markets which favour the higher quality and higher cocoa content chocolate.

[fadeaway]

The Walrus said:

Actually due to the % of cocoa content they can't call it chocolate that is why it is called dairy milk

Rubbish. They do call it chocolate. Diary Milk is just the product name.

A few years ago some European chocolate makers suggest that Cadbury's should be stopped from calling their bars "chocolate" because they don't use the same % of cocoa as they do, but this was silly and was never accepted.

[8Ace]

fadeaway said:

The Walrus said:

Actually due to the % of cocoa content they can't call it chocolate that is why it is called dairy milk

Rubbish. They do call it chocolate. Diary Milk is just the product name.

A few years ago some European chocolate makers suggest that Cadbury's should be stopped from calling their bars "chocolate" because they don't use the same % of cocoa as they do, but this was silly and was never accepted.

Exactly. And Cadbury is huge in Europe and north America too. They don't just make chocolate.

[anonymous-user]

I just read on the BBC website that the Cadburys Bristol site is to close & its production goes to Poland. Its been there since before 1919. 400 jobs being exported. From BBC:-
''Products made at Somerdale include Fry's Chocolate Cream, the Double Decker, Dairy Milk, Chocolate Buttons, Creme Eggs and Mini Eggs, Cadbury's Fudge, Chomp and the Crunchie.''

I'll boycott these products once this happens, I hope others do too!

[odyssey2200]

Jimboka said:

I just read on the BBC website that the Cadburys Bristol site is to close & its production goes to Poland. Its been there since before 1919. 400 jobs being exported. From BBC:-
''Products made at Somerdale include Fry's Chocolate Cream, the Double Decker, Dairy Milk, Chocolate Buttons, Creme Eggs and Mini Eggs, Cadbury's Fudge, Chomp and the Crunchie.''

I'll boycott these products once this happens, I hope others do too!

My mum used to work there in the late 50s.

IIRC Kraft promised to keep Bristol open.

[ExChrispy Porker]

It's Keynsham. Near Bristol but not in it. ( I live close enough to be able to smell the chocolate factory)

[odyssey2200]

I remember when you could see the word FRYs writen in white stones on the embankment next to the Keynsham by pass.

[glazbagun]

What were Cadbury's plans prior to the takeover regarding factory closures, etc?

[bga]

glazbagun said:

What were Cadbury's plans prior to the takeover regarding factory closures, etc?

Bristol was closing, investment in Bournville. Nothing changing in that respect then.

[bga]

Jimboka said:

I'll boycott these products once this happens, I hope others do too!

were you planning on boycotting Cadburys for doing it?

[ewenm]

On the BBC West news tonight - Kraft are closing the Keynsham factory after suggesting they wouldn't. No surprise there sadly.

[bonsai]

Jimboka said:

I just read on the BBC website that the Cadburys Bristol site is to close & its production goes to Poland. Its been there since before 1919. 400 jobs being exported. From BBC:-
''Products made at Somerdale include Fry's Chocolate Cream, the Double Decker, Dairy Milk, Chocolate Buttons, Creme Eggs and Mini Eggs, Cadbury's Fudge, Chomp and the Crunchie.''

I'll boycott these products once this happens, I hope others do too!

Nice idea in theory, however Creme Eggs just taste too good, and it's coming up to Easter!

That and the fact that Cadbury were looking into closing that plant before the acquisition.