Originally Posted by LA

crap...

Coming soon, ******* branded Cheez Whiz! Yummy! Yer gonna love it LA

Americanisation is complete http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/s...asic/tears.gif

Originally Posted by Opinionated

Americanisation is complete http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/s...asic/tears.gif

Chocolate is Chocolate .... Kraft haven't bought an established brand for £11 billion to destroy it.

Originally Posted by Tete123

Chocolate is Chocolate .... Kraft haven't bought an established brand for £11 billion to destroy it.

Wait until the accountants change the recipe to cheaper ingrediants.Also, IT'S THE PRINCIPLE!!! This is the company who led the field in altruistic treatment of it's workforce actually building them a village with sports facilities on site etc. it shouldn't become a small part of a big corporation who couldn't care less about anything but the bottom line!

Originally Posted by Opinionated

Wait until the accountants change the recipe to cheaper ingrediants.Also, IT'S THE PRINCIPLE!!! This is the company who led the field in altruistic treatment of it's workforce actually building them a village with sports facilities on site etc. it shouldn't become a small part of a big corporation who couldn't care less about anything but the bottom line!

That's globalisation for you! Companies of course will always look at the bottom line and reduce costs if they can. They have a responsibility to their shareholders who have invested in the company - without which it is unlikely the company would be able to produce anything of quality, if at all. It's no different to a family who live on a budget and find ways to cut down on monthly expenditure. It's good *******'s were altruistic, but that is in the past - times and principals change.

*******'s may make a very popular chocolate, but Swiss chocolate, in the minds of many people, is superior.

Whatever happens, they should keep the brand name, "Kraft dairy milk chocolate" doesn't sound quite right, does it?

Originally Posted by Opinionated

Wait until the accountants change the recipe to cheaper ingrediants.Also, IT'S THE PRINCIPLE!!! This is the company who led the field in altruistic treatment of it's workforce actually building them a village with sports facilities on site etc. it shouldn't become a small part of a big corporation who couldn't care less about anything but the bottom line!

I always found the part of the *******'s World tour regarding the building of Bournville quite sinister. I got the impression it was more of a control thing than genuine altruism.

Originally Posted by JacquesMagique

I always found the part of the *******'s World tour regarding the building of Bournville quite sinister. I got the impression it was more of a control thing than genuine altruism.

Sounds to me like what American companies did ages ago. Build a company town/village, open a company store and keep the workers in debt to the company. Definitely control.

UK's biggest shareholder says bid undervalues *******

*******’s biggest UK shareholder threw a potential spanner in the works of an £11.9 billion agreed takeover bid by Kraft, of the United States, tonight by publicly denouncing the deal on price grounds.

Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM), which holds 5.1 per cent of the British confectionery group, said that the 850p cash-and-shares bid by Kraft did not reflect the long-term value of the company.

Mark Burgess, head of active equities for LGIM, said: “We are disappointed management have recommended the offer for this iconic and unique British company, but are grateful for the constructive way they have engaged with us throughout the process.”

LGIM, which is the biggest single investor in listed companies in the UK, did not say whether it would be voting against the deal, which was formalised by the boards of ******* and Kraft this morning after dramatic meetings during the early hours.

Kraft needs to secure the support of 90 per cent of *******'s shareholders, although it has reserved the right to reduce that level to 50 per cent if it chooses.

LGIM is among the most highly respected of Britain's institutional investors and its comments, although unlikely to derail the deal completely, could spark fresh opposition from other UK shareholders and make it harder for Kraft to secure acceptances.

LGIM declined to comment beyond a statement issued after the market closed today.

The full story is available from here : UK's biggest shareholder says bid undervalues ******* - Times Online

Originally Posted by Opinionated

Wait until the accountants change the recipe to cheaper ingrediants.

I don't know if *******s can get any cheaper than they are already.

As long as they keep making *******'s creme eggs I'm okay with it.

EDIT: There is this though http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8468540.stm

I suppose job cuts are to be expected though, another UK brand suffering in the market

Hi,

it just doesn't sound very big deal when an American company buys a chocolate bar company - BIG DEAL.

Had you noticed without ANY sale the British Government gave Chorus Steel £1.2 BILLION to shut down Redcar Lose 1,000s of jubs, lose our British firm with British profits. Did you notice this was £1.2 Billion of tax payers' money extorted from us for one of the richest men in the world Mr. Tata with presumably a cut for the scheister Pachauri!

Did you notice whilst the American company honourably bought our choccy company!

Did you note that we pay The EU £40Million or £1.8 Million an hour to the EU to get nothing worth having back but we still had to match fund the junk developements.

A choccy bar company SOLD to America - what about Abbey going to Portugal and now owned in Portugal.

What about the printing of money to hide the lies.

Notice the Nuclear industry now owned by France - as with British Gas (A French Co.)

Or Water Companies French owned.

Put *******'s in perspective!!

Regards,
Greg L-W.

Greg,

Just a couple of things

1/ The Abbey; now Santander, is Spanish owned
2/ British Gas is owned by Centrica and BG Group, which have their HQ based in Windsor and Reading respectively.

Originally Posted by DTE

As long as they keep making *******'s creme eggs I'm okay with it.

And as long as their fleet of mobile creme eggs stays on the road too!

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2282/...e3b80b8d64.jpg

Originally Posted by DTE

As long as they keep making *******'s creme eggs I'm okay with it.

also lets hope they keep jaffas and pineapple lumps.

The end of another British institution, and I hate American chocolate it tastes of vomit.

Originally Posted by Ian The Poet

The end of another British institution, and I hate American chocolate it tastes of vomit.

American chocolate is practically the same as the majority of British chocolate.

Hercshey's tastes horrible, especially the milk one.

I've said it before and I'll say it again:

IT'S ONLY CHOCOLATE!

Originally Posted by Tete123

I've said it before and I'll say it again:

IT'S ONLY CHOCOLATE!

No the Americans cannot make chocolate. Anyway once the Americans takeover ******* They'll close it down as non-profitable, probably not straight away.

Originally Posted by Ian The Poet

No the Americans cannot make chocolate. Anyway once the Americans takeover ******* They'll close it down as non-profitable, probably not straight away.

I doubt that'll happen Ian, not with an $11.5 billion loan to service! But I quite agree about the chocolate....

Originally Posted by Ian The Poet

No the Americans cannot make chocolate. Anyway once the Americans takeover ******* They'll close it down as non-profitable, probably not straight away.

I doubt they would be buying such a popular and respected brand simply to get rid of a competitor.

Originally Posted by Tete123

I've said it before and I'll say it again:

IT'S ONLY CHOCOLATE!

"It's only chocolate" does not compute in a woman's mind, Tete.

Originally Posted by Tete123

times and principals change.

Not necessarily for the better. Don't expect a change for the worse to be swallowed without complaint.

Originally Posted by Midas

I doubt that'll happen Ian, not with an $11.5 billion loan to service! But I quite agree about the chocolate....

And if, Midas, you had grown up in the US, you'd probably say the same about English chocolate so let's be fair shall we. Besides everyone who knows anything about chocolate knows only the Swiss and the Belgians know how to make good chocolate.

Originally Posted by Don

And if, Midas, you had grown up in the US, you'd probably say the same about English chocolate so let's be fair shall we. Besides everyone who knows anything about chocolate knows only the Swiss and the Belgians know how to make good chocolate.

Hi,

surely everyone who claims to know anything about chocolate is conversat with the Spanish saying:
'In taste there is nothing written'.

I find sour milk repugnanant yet many of the Africans who lived on my property and worked for me would take fresh milk and leave it in the sun until sour.

I am unimpressed with fish jam with pips and salt sauce yet many will pay huge amounts for Baluga caviar.

I actively dislike Belgian chocolate but enjoy most Swiss chocolate.

I dislike almost all British confectionary products as they are too sweet for my taste and many contain salt - which I believe should be unlawful for manufacturers and wholsesalers to use in pre made foods.

Indeed for a rare change the Spanish have managed to get something right!

Regards,
Greg L-W.

Originally Posted by Kiwi 1691

American chocolate is practically the same as the majority of British chocolate.

....in much the same way as New Zealanders are much the same as Australians; they may appear to be the same but upon closer examination they are not.

Originally Posted by The Untalented Mr Ripley

....in much the same way as New Zealanders are much the same as Australians; they may appear to be the same but upon closer examination they are not.

What I mean, is most mass-produced chocolate nowadays is surgery rubbish. It is in the USA and it is in the UK.

Like how can you call something with like 30-40% cacao, chocolate.

Originally Posted by Tete123

IT'S ONLY CHOCOLATE!

Go and wash your mouth out with soap! You might just as well say "it's only oxygen"!

Originally Posted by Kiwi 1691

What I mean, is most mass-produced chocolate nowadays is surgery rubbish. It is in the USA and it is in the UK.

Like how can you call something with like 30-40% cacao, chocolate.

Hi,

why not?

I had a friend with a cat called Chocolate!

My friend's cat and Hirshy Bars or Mars Bars all had about as much in common with chocolate!

Regards,
Greg L-W.

Originally Posted by Opinionated

Go and wash your mouth out with soap! You might just as well say "it's only oxygen"!

Hi,

Oh a bit like blaming temperature on carbon!

Regards,
Greg L-W.

Originally Posted by DTE

As long as they keep making *******'s creme eggs I'm okay with it.

Really?

Cad.bury's has stopped making the creme egg here in NZ and is importing the vastly inferior eggs from the UK. The eggs from the UK taste so foul, I don't know how you Brits can like the creme egg. There is a huge controversy over here.

******* has been caught with egg on its face over yet another change to a Kiwi favourite.
Following a shake-up of the confectionery giant's operations last year, Creme Eggs are no longer made in Dunedin for distribution around New Zealand and Australia, as they have been since 1983.
British-made Creme Eggs are being imported for the first time and customers are wondering what has happened.
The public backlash is the last thing ******* needs after last year's controversy over palm oil being added to chocolate, and the 2008 furore over the axing of Kiwi classics Snifters, Sparkles and Tangy Fruits.
Dismayed Aucklander Megan Kenney started a Facebook group called ******* Creme Eggs are Rotten! after discovering this year's batch of the gooey Easter treat had "turned to crap".
"I went to buy one the other day and it was so disgusting I had to rinse my mouth out," says Kenney, 36.

Creme Egg fans say UK imports no yolk - National - NZ Herald News

Also, why is Cad.bury censored?