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Cadbury loses royal warrant.

  • 23-12-2024 01:09PM
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,280 ✭✭✭


    OK why would we be bothered in Ireland? But my first thought was its because the chocolate has got so bad and thats a world wide issue.

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0lg9y791kyo

    Edit> looses > loses ;-)

    Wake me up when it's all over.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 573 ✭✭✭Jim Herring


    The Guardian article says “and was reportedly a favourite of Queen Elizabeth II until her death in 2022” which may explain why it has now been dropped, maybe they no longer purchase it for the royal households. Also sounds like Charles prefers Bendicks.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,280 ✭✭✭The Continental Op


    Wake me up when it's all over.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,697 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    Deserve to lose it cos of their shrinking bar sizes.

    Shocking stuff.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,290 ✭✭✭gipi


    Is there a political element to the removal? The BBC article hints at it - Mondelez and Unilever both lost royal warrants, and they were the two companies named by a Ukrainian support group as still operating in Russia?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,234 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    GDY151


    I remember some tobacco companies had the warrant on the front of their packs of cigarettes, a different time 🤣



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,974 ✭✭✭greasepalm


    Cadbury Ireland and Uk are different are they not , must be 30 years+ sampled a Uk bar over IRL bar and liked ours better IRL all the way



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,709 ✭✭✭joebloggs32


    Deserved it for their crimes against Roses.

    There was a time I couldn't wait to dive into them, now they all just taste meh. Bought a tub to hand out in class to the kids I teach and most of them wouldn't even touch them.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,709 ✭✭✭✭LambshankRedemption


    I bought my first box of roses in years for tomorrow but have been hearing bad reports. In the words of William Wallace, "They may take our lives but the better not f**k with cadbury roses.

    My mother did QA in Cadbury's. If she learnt the quality had dropped, well it's a good thing she's dead because the shame would kill her.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 670 ✭✭✭Avatar in the Post


    This is controversial. I had a discussion on Boards years ago saying not only was the quality far less than before, different size bars tasted differently.

    Others said it tasted all the same. I can’t remember if they were smokers.

    I’d liken it to the Glazers buying out MU (not a fan) and milked it (pun not intended) and squeezed it dry, with accountant types (I’m an accountant) rather than aficionados holding sway. Terrible so it is 😭



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 670 ✭✭✭Avatar in the Post


    Dropped would be putting it mildly. Plummeted.

    But, I think it’s planned rather than accidental, so would have passed QC.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,598 ✭✭✭Dante


    I struggle to think of a mainstream brand who's quality has dropped as much as Cadburys has over the past 20 years.

    The Dairy Milk chocolate is like chalk compared to what it used to be back when they used actual milk.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,946 ✭✭✭JVince


    Not for many years

    And a lot of it is made in now made Turkey.

    Many years ago, you would get a creamier taste from the chocolate made in Coolock compared to the UK as its used Irish milk which is predominantly from grass fed cows, whereas in the UK, feed is used a lot more in rearing of milk cows.

    Coolock is now closed. It used to be the only factory that made the Flake (and twirl and timeout) as it required a specialist machine and a particular manufacturing process. I think these items moved to Turkey



  • Moderators, Education Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 11,377 Mod ✭✭✭✭artanevilla


    Coolock is not closed, still pumping out chocolate.



  • Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 42,907 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,032 ✭✭✭lynchie


    They don't put "milk chocolate" on the label anymore as it's below the eu min of 25% cocoa solids



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,709 ✭✭✭✭LambshankRedemption


    Cadbury's: There's still a glass and a half in each chocolate.

    Bull Mick: Yeah, a glass and a half of shite.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,341 ✭✭✭deandean


    I'm working my way thru a Christmas box of Milk Tray here. It's not the same chocolate compared to a few years ago. It has gotten more sugary, and 'grainier'.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,025 ✭✭✭jackboy


    Yes, Cadbury don't actually make chocolates, they make sweets.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,057 ✭✭✭✭tom1ie


    So what’s the best chocolate if cadburys isn’t?
    I reckon there secret Santa setup is great.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,794 ✭✭✭✭Strumms


    Milka is unreal, you’ll never touch a bar of Cadburys again…

    L



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,057 ✭✭✭✭tom1ie


    Ah no.
    Can’t be having milka over cadburys it’s completely inferior.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 670 ✭✭✭Avatar in the Post


    Yeah, the mini twirls can only be described as chalk.

    At first you think, ugh gone off. Nope, that’s the actual taste. I’d say they have been tweaking it for years, boiling frog… cheaper and cheaper.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 603 ✭✭✭Dr Karl




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 573 ✭✭✭Jim Herring


    Correct, as is Toblerone, Reeses, Fry’s, Green & Blacks among others.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,413 ✭✭✭✭Cluedo Monopoly


    What is with that word "loose" and people struggling to use it correctly?

    What are they doing in the Hyacinth House?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,146 ✭✭✭Gloomtastic!


    The Red Lindt chocolate. Best.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,103 ✭✭✭MrMusician18


    Theyve been substituting cocoa butter for other vegetables fats, notably palm and Shea and have had to adjust other aspects of the formulation as a consequence.

    Thats why it tastes like **** compared to 30 years ago. It's also why it's so cheap compared to back then too. Chocolate related commodities have all gotten a lot more expensive. I imagine original formulation Cadbury would be at least 3x more expensive than now



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,280 ✭✭✭The Continental Op


    Wake me up when it's all over.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,695 ✭✭✭✭Dial Hard


    The best "high street" chocolate is Galaxy, imo. Mind you, I eat chocolate about twice a year so I'm far from a connoisseur.

    There are some seriously high-end chocolates out there, though. I know someone who has a chocolatier in Liege and goes on a buying trip once a year. All for his own use, and to be given as the odd gift.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,758 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu


    It's very common for people to get lose and loose mixed up, I think it's more of an Irish thing than English. I often don't even notice when people get it wrong. I always have to double check I have the right one.

    On Rose's : they were always absolutely rubbish as far as I'm concerned!



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