Cadbury closes British factory to move production to Poland

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The last chocolate bars have been made at a Cadbury factory in Britain after production was switched to Poland.

Campaigners fighting to save the plant, which has been taken over by US food giant Kraft, described it as a sad day.

Kraft had promised to keep the operation there, but backtracked and said it would shut the plant, at Keynsham near Bristol, with the loss of 400 jobs.

The factory had made Fry’s Chocolate Creams since 1919.

Nearly all the *chocolate made in Poland will be transported 1,200 miles to Britain and Ireland to be eaten here

Former worker Amoree Radford said: “It’s a shame we cannot keep chocolate-making in this country.”
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fonecrusher1

Some sort of pun to do with chocolate.

starbelgrade

Breaking News...

Cadbury Launches New "Swan Bar"

Sea Sharp

I feel like I should care, but I don't because it's in England.

phasers

Sure I eat lidl chocolate most of the time anyway, cadburys chocolate tastes like crap.


Except crunchies.

omahaid

Where does the Nestle stuff come from?

FearDark

Oooonly the crumbliest flakiest milk chocolate... tastes like chocolate never tasted before...

With a hint of bratwurst.

Rocky Bay

...has anybody tasted the Cadburys' made in America? It is absolute rubbish, just like the chocolate that it makes under its own name in America...Hershey.

fonecrusher1

phasers wrote: »

Sure I eat lidl chocolate most of the time anyway, cadburys chocolate tastes like crap.

Cadburys chocolate is extremely sweet. Unaturally sweet.

Real chocolate as in 75%+ cocoa content is lovely.

Anita Blow

Stinger. Cadbury still makes loads of chocolate here and exports to the UK

TeddyTedson

But when it reopens...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3nV6WqA4Y0

Why the f*ck was this not on this Xmas??

phasers

I saw it on the telly twice over Christmas...

fonecrusher1

TeddyTedson wrote: »

Why the f*ck was this not on this Xmas??

It was on tg4 a few days ago. I think its a creepy film. Same as wizard of oz. Feckin hate that film. Its trippy.

orourkeda

Dey took ur jobs

jaybee747

FearDark wrote: »

Oooonly the crumbliest flakiest milk chocolate... tastes like chocolate never tasted before...

With a hint of bratwurst.

But thankfully the Flake is made in Coolock so no change there.

starbelgrade

jaybee747 wrote: »

But thankfully the Flake is made in Coolock so no change there.

I didn't know that.

(Last time I ever buy a Flake)

Bigcheeze

Surely it's only a matter of time before they close their dublin and Kerry factories then. It costs more to hire factory workers in ireland than it does in England.

FearDark

jaybee747 wrote: »

But thankfully the Flake is made in Coolock so no change there.

Are the flakes that go into 99's not just made there? This is all very interesting.

TeddyTedson

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

It was on tg4 a few days ago. I think its a creepy film. Same as wizard of oz. Feckin hate that film. Its trippy.

No way! I looked for it on Xmas day but couldn't find it. I saw it on TG4 a few years back on Xmas day. Think it's the beast!
Wizard of Oz is ok for a film made in 1939 though!! :eek:

TeddyTedson

Bigcheeze wrote: »

Surely it's only a matter of time before they close their dublin and Kerry factories then. It costs more to hire factory workers in ireland than it does in England.

Corporate tax rate though.

Mrmoe

Bigcheeze wrote: »

Surely it's only a matter of time before they close their dublin and Kerry factories then. It costs more to hire factory workers in ireland than it does in England.

Those rumours are just Chinese wispas.

Krusader

TeddyTedson wrote: »

But when it reopens...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3nV6WqA4Y0

Why the f*ck was this not on this Xmas??

It was on yesterday morning, TG4

Dangerous Man

Polish people making chocolate? The most fukcing joyless people on the planet (after the Northern Irish, of course) making chocolate. It's going to be bitter with bits of glass in it.

amacachi

The amount of money dwarf-porn actors will get will fall through the floor with the 400 new workers.

Disco Volante

It's ok with the way everything is going with the economy and all that it will just be a factory in Poland with a load of Irish lads actually making the chocolate.

Deeco

TeddyTedson wrote: »

Corporate tax rate though.

labour is biggest cost, the place is also ancient i'd give the kerry factory year and coolock maybe 2:(:(

fonecrusher1

Dangerous Man wrote: »

Polish people making chocolate? The most fukcing joyless people on the planet (after the Northern Irish, of course) making chocolate. It's going to be bitter with bits of glass in it.

/gets popcorn

/3D glasses

/comfy seat

And off we go...

starbelgrade

Dangerous Man wrote: »

Polish people making chocolate? The most fukcing joyless people on the planet (after the Northern Irish, of course) making chocolate. It's going to be bitter with bits of glass in it.

Let me guess... you don't actually know any Polish people, do you?

Though you do seem to know an awful lot about bitterness.

the groutch

Disco Volante wrote: »

It's ok with the way everything is going with the economy and all that it will just be a factory in Poland with a load of Irish lads actually making the chocolate.

no, it'll be the Grunka Lunkas



http://members.cox.net/futurama/Show/s01ep13.jpg

byhookorbycrook

Kerry factory is more or less wound down anyhow.

Biggins

I read in the last few weeks that they intend to reduce the size of the Cadbury bars by 19% - but the price will still stay the same.
They are also trying to introduce milk substitutes to the Cadbury range, like their use in that cheap crap Milka Bars (also made by Kraft I think).

A good few were protesting this change but looks like with the move they lost.
Say good by to good old Dairy Milk Chocolate as you knew it. Within a year I expect the taste to completely change.

Celly Smunt

byhookorbycrook wrote: »

Kerry factory is more or less wound down anyhow.

i heard there's only one person training there to go to poland

krudler

Woah woah woah, dont be slagging off Milka bars, those are awesome

ArtSmart

Rocky Bay wrote: »

...has anybody tasted the Cadburys' made in America? It is absolute rubbish, just like the chocolate that it makes under its own name in America...Hershey.

weird, i was think bout Cadbury recently and how their choco has become tasteless recently - you know that, plastic, lifeless sticks to your teeth muck that Nestle make. ah well. i assume a real chocolateer will step into the breach before long.

Gummy Panda

I prefer proper chocolate now. Cadburg's products haven't been great for a while.

fonecrusher1

Biggins wrote: »

They are also trying to introduce milk substitutes to the Cadbury range, like their use in that cheap crap Milka Bars (also made by Kraft I think).

I got myself a big bar of milka a few days ago. Theres something cheapo about that stuff alright. Its rubbish chocolate. Help.

ArtSmart

Anita Blow wrote: »

Stinger. Cadbury still makes loads of chocolate here and exports to the UK

?????

pretty sure they closed the Irish operation manufacturing wise. you sure bout that?

baldbear

Biggins wrote: »

I read in the last few weeks that they intend to reduce the size of the Cadbury bars by 19% - but the price will still stay the same.
They are also trying to introduce milk substitutes to the Cadbury range, like their use in that cheap crap Milka Bars (also made by Kraft I think).

They done that on Oz. Replaced Cocoa butter with some sort of oil and made the large bars a bit smaller!

Are there no Irish chocolate bars sold on a large scale? Paddys Dairy Báinne maybe.....

starbelgrade

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

I got myself a big bar of milka a few days ago. Theres something cheapo about that stuff alright. Its rubbish chocolate. Help.

Cadbury's is not much better, in fairness. They're scabby as fuck with the cocoa solids.

ArtSmart

wonder if flake is still made here as suggested? better get them when there's still actual chocolate in them....

the sad reality is, they want to sell sugar, not chocolate, esp to the upcoming mkt, it's more profitable.

so choco will either be a luxury item, expensive and therefore for adults, or wiped out altogether.

poor future kids...

Celly Smunt

ArtSmart wrote: »

wonder if flake is still made here as suggested? better get them when there's still actual chocolate in them....

chocolate isn't used to make chocolate

punchdrunk

ah sure we'll still have macaroons!!:D

ArtSmart

pmcmahon wrote: »

chocolate isn't used to make chocolate

:P

you know what i meant

latenia

Dangerous Man wrote: »

Polish people making chocolate? The most fukcing joyless people on the planet (after the Northern Irish, of course) making chocolate. It's going to be bitter with bits of glass in it.

This is the Polish version of Willie Wonka's Chocolate factory:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5twb2X6sCY

ArtSmart

baldbear wrote: »

They done that on Oz. Replaced Cocoa butter with some sort of oil and made the large bars a bit smaller!

.

fckn muppets.

fonecrusher1

starbelgrade wrote: »

Cadbury's is not much better, in fairness. They're scabby as fuck with the cocoa solids.

Yeah i agree. Its ridiculously sweet chocolate. Must be tons of sugar in it.

Sisko

Why is this a thread? A factory in a foreign country has moved to another foreign country.

Oh wait its another RobitTV thread, sigh.

fonecrusher1

Sisko wrote: »

Why is this a thread? A factory in a foreign country has moved to another foreign country.

Oh wait its another RobitTV thread, sigh.

True enough. It should be in the dublin forum.

Celly Smunt

Sisko wrote: »

Why is this a thread? A factory in a foreign country has moved to another foreign country.

Oh wait its another RobitTV thread, sigh.

a factory in a foreign country,moving to a foreign country,which is likely to have an impact on the factories in our country moving to another country,robitTv thread? really?,you do know that other countries economies impact on ours yes?

Johro

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

Cadburys chocolate is extremely sweet. Unaturally sweet.

Real chocolate as in 75%+ cocoa content is lovely.

Definitely, chocolate from Aldi or Lidl is ten times nicer and loads cheaper. Cadbury's chocolate went from so-so to crap. I don't know what they did to it, cheaper ingredients I suppose, defo less cocoa and more sugar. It was never great but now it's just sugary nasty stuff.

Johro

omahaid wrote: »

Where does the Nestle stuff come from?

Nestle is Swiss. Soon all the food in the world will be made by a handful of multinationals. Probably Unilever and Masterfoods. There's a directory of 'Global Food Operators' that keeps getting smaller.
http://www.mindfully.org/Industry/Food-Multinationals-2002.htm