Should Cadburys remain British, does it matter?

[danny la rouge]

They deserve to go under ever since thy started pronouncing it "Cabbury".

It's Cadbury's. With a d and an s.

 

[weltweit]

Apparently Hershey have pulled out.

 

[Miss Caphat]

Well I think the buyout is a terrible idea and was sad when I heard about it.

Oh, and for the record we do have good chocolate here. Dove is very good, as well as Ghirardelli (out of SanFrancisco)
Also it seems like there are more and more specialty shops making excellent chocolate. Mmmmm.

 

[cesare]

Cheese and chocolate - what a nightmare.

 

[weltweit]

Apparently the takeover has now gone through, a majority of shareholders have agreed.

 

[strung out]

kraft have just confirmed that they're closing the somerdale factory near bristol, with about 500 jobs or so to be lost

 

[weltweit]

That was quick!

 

[strung out]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8507066.stm

 

[butchersapron]

Shocked that capitalists could do this!

It was just lie after lie after lie really.

 

[weltweit]

kraft have just confirmed that they're closing the somerdale factory near bristol, with about 500 jobs or so to be lost

A Kraft executive has apologised to the workers at Bristol for getting their expectations up.

He also said that there will be no further job cuts in British manufacturing in the next two years.

(Why did he say the next two years I wonder?)

 

[quimcunx]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-12118639

 

[pk]

Kraft = cunts

Take a look at this list and remove their shit products from your intended purchases - if you care about this issue...


Kraft Products:

Toblerone triangular Chocolate bars.

A1 Steak Sauce
Africana Romania
Ali Coffee
Alpen Gold (chocolate) (Poland, Russia)
Arrowroot biscuits
Back to Nature
Baker's (chocolate)
Balance Bar
Better Cheddars
Boca Burger
Bonox
Breakstone's
BullsEye Barbecue Sauce
Café HAG
California Pizza Kitchen (grocery store items)
Calumet Baking Powder
Cameo (biscuits)
Capri Sun (juice drink)
Carte Noire
Cheesybite
Charada (Peru)
Cheese Nips
Cheez Whiz
Cheezels (Malaysia)
Chicken in a Biskit
Chips Ahoy! (cookies)
Chipsmore (Malaysia, Singapore)
Christie (Canadian division of Nabisco)
Claussen (pickles)
Clight
Club Social (crackers)
Cool Whip (non-dairy whipped cream)
CornNuts (snack food)
Coronita (Peru)
Côte d'Or (Belgium)
Country Time (powdered drink mix)
Cracker Barrel
Crystal Light
Daim (Sweden)
Dairylea (Europe)
Delissio (Canada)
DiGiorno (pizza)
Easy Cheese
Eden processed cheese (Philippines)
Estrella (Sweden)
Field (Peru)
Fig Newtons
Filipinos (Spain, Portugal)
Freia (Norway)
Fudgee-O (Canada)
General Foods International
Gevalia (Sweden)
Grape-Nuts (breakfast cereal)
Grey Poupon (mustard)

H-M

Handi-Snacks
Honey Maid
In-A-Biskit (Australia)
Jack's Pizza
Jacobs (Europe)
Jacob's (biscuits) (Malaysia)
Japp (Scandinavia)
Jell-O (gelatin dessert)
Jet-Puffed Marshmallows
Kenco (United Kingdom)
Knox (gelatin)
Knudsen (dairy products)
Kong Haakon (Norway)
Kool-Aid (flavored drink mix)
Korona Chocolate (Ukraine)
Kraft BBQ Sauce
Kraft Caramels
Kraft Macaroni and Cheese
Kraft Dinner (Canada)
Kraft Easymac
Kraft Mayo
Kraft Bagelfuls
Kraft Peanut Butter (Canada)
Kraft Singles (pasteurized prepared cheese product)
Kraft Sandwich Spread
Lacta (Brazil)
Lefèvre-Utile
Lunchables
Lyuks (potato chips) (Ukraine)
Maarud (potato chips) (Norway)
Marabou (Sweden)
Maxwell House (coffee)
Milka (Switzerland, Germany, rest of Europe[clarification needed] )
Miracle Whip (salad dressing spread)
Miracoli (Germany)
Mostro (Peru)
Mikado (United Kingdom)

N-Z

Nabisco
Nabob (coffee) (Canada)
Naked Drinks
Nilla
Non-Stop (Scandinavia)
Nutter Butter
O'boy (Scandinavia, Estonia)
Onko (coffee)
Oreo (cookie)
Oscar Mayer
Grated Parmesan cheese
Philadelphia cream cheese
Pigrolac
Planters
Poiana (Romania)
Polly-O (cheese)
Premium (a Nabisco brand of saltine crackers)
Pretzels
P'tit Québec
Prince Polo
Pure Kraft Salad Dressings
Ritz
Royal baking powder
Seven Seas (salad dressings)
Sanka (decaffeinated coffee)
Shake 'n Bake
Simmenthal (canned meat)
Snackabouts
SnackWells
South Beach Living
Starbucks (grocery store items)
Stove Top stuffing
Suchard
Svoge (Bulgaria)
Taco Bell (grocery store items)
Tang
Tassimo (single-serve coffee machines using pods branded as T-Discs)

 

[editor]

They really don't give a fuck, do they?

400 people who were promised that their jobs were safe are going to be kicked on the dole and they don't even give a shit about acknowledging the workers or the factory's heritage:

Kraft said it would not be officially marking the end of the Somerdale plant, which has been open since 1919.

"There won't be any ceremony to mark the final bar coming off the line," said a statement from the company.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-12118639

 

[pk]

London HQ:

KRAFT FOODS INTERNATIONAL
KEW HOUSE, CAPITAL INTERCHANGE WAY
BRENTFORD, MIDDLESEX
TW8 0EX

Phone: 020 85802580
Fax: 020 85801059

Cheltenham HQ:

Kraft Foods UK Ltd
St George's House
Bayshill Road
Cheltenham
GL50 3AE

Telephone: 01242 236101

Banbury HQ:

Kraft Foods
Ruscote Ave
Banbury
OX16 2QU

Phone: 01295 264 433

 

[pk]

A good thing would be to put pressure on Tesco and Morrisons to stop stocking them... there are legal and non-legal means...

 

[The39thStep]

A good thing would be to put pressure on Tesco and Morrisons to stop stocking them... there are legal and non-legal means...

There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception.

 

[Riklet]

Kraft really are a shower of cunts really aren't they. I think the Keynsham factory's shut now, or very soon.

Pretty disgusting all 'round.

 

[Captain Hurrah]

A good thing would be to put pressure on Tesco and Morrisons to stop stocking them... there are legal and non-legal means...

That'd restrict the choice I have with five-fingered discounts, when given the confectionery aisle to work on.

 

[quimcunx]

200 jobs to go.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-16047813

But:

A new biscuit line will be made at the Sheffield plant, creating 20 new jobs, the firm said.

 

[audiotech]

Crumbs.

 

[blossie33]

Guessed this would happen sooner or later

A black day for Cadburys when the plastic cheese maker took them over.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

Crumbs.

 

[frogwoman]

They really don't give a fuck, do they?

400 people who were promised that their jobs were safe are going to be kicked on the dole and they don't even give a shit about acknowledging the workers or the factory's heritage:

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Shocked that capitalists could do this!

It was just lie after lie after lie really.

^^^^

 

[hash tag]

So, Cadbury is now owned by Mondelez ( part of Kraft) and made £96million in 2014. Tax paid on that, NIL.
Cadbury owner paid no UK corporation tax last year

 

[weltweit]

So, Cadbury is now owned by Mondelez ( part of Kraft) and made £96million in 2014. Tax paid on that, NIL.
Cadbury owner paid no UK corporation tax last year

It's globalisation, ain't it just great!?

 

[Smokeandsteam]

Cadbury 1880 - 'work to alleviate the evils of cramped living conditions'

Cadbury 2015 - 'fuck you all'

 

[oryx]

Also plant closure and job losses when they undertook this wouldn't happen.

 

[SpookyFrank]

“Importantly, independent academic research has also shown that as a business we are worth over £1bn to the wider UK economy, illustrating our impact reaches far beyond the factory gates.”

A spokesperson for Mondelez said it had recently invested £75m in four new lines at its Bournville site and that research showed that for every £1 it spent in the UK, a further £1.42 was generated in the UK economy.

“This makes Mondelez worth over £1bn to the UK economy and in the 2013-14 financial year our total contribution was £1.86bn,” the spokesperson said.

“As a contributor to the UK economy, we are committed to investing in the UK as a strategic hub for our people and our business for the future.”

Err, yes but none of that has anything to do with whether or not you're required to pay your fucking taxes

 

[weltweit]

In cases such as these I think HMRC should levy a tax based on turnover, to teach them a lesson!