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Cadbury's - has the Kraft product dumbing down started?

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Androcles
Androcles Posts: 77 Forumite
in Food shopping & groceries
Bought some Cadbury chocolate today (Whole Nut). The chocolate tasted really nasty - cheap and milk powdery - both of us noticed it separately. Bad batch or is this the first sign of the dead hand of Kraft "product engineering" for more profit, as expected? Anybody else noticed any changes?
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  • Greatgimp
    Greatgimp Posts: 1,055 Forumite
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    What we have noticed is the amount of special offers there are regarding Cadburys goods. Not for us thank you.
  • MrsBartolozzi
    MrsBartolozzi Posts: 6,358 Forumite
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    Oh no! That doesn't bode well I do hope you just got a bad bar (iykwim).

    TBH I've not seen any Cadbury's offers, but have been inundated by the Kraft Milka special prices, nasty stuff.

    I will get some to quality check ;) in Sains on Mon and report back.

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  • Barneysmom
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    I haven't noticed anything wrong with Cadbury products since Kraft bought into them.
    I'm an addict :)
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  • Bongedone
    Bongedone Posts: 2,457 Forumite
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    edited 1 August 2010 at 11:37AM
    MrsBartolozzi wrote: »
    Oh no! That doesn't bode well I do hope you just got a bad bar (iykwim).

    TBH I've not seen any Cadbury's offers, but have been inundated by the Kraft Milka special prices, nasty stuff.

    I will get some to quality check ;) in Sains on Mon and report back.

    Weird. Milka is one of the best tasting chocolates on the market.

    Toblerone has been Kraft for a while and that is still lovely. They are not going to change the chocolate to American chocolate as nobody would buy it!

    The bar of Cadbury's I finished during the week was fine. They are bringing out some weird combinations now.
  • Antispam
    Antispam Posts: 6,636 Forumite
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    I have heard that they are going to use milk powder (aka Milka) and reduce the size of the bars

    I was against the sale of a well known reputable British company I guess the share holders saw the pound signs
  • darkblue_2
    darkblue_2 Posts: 676 Forumite
    I'm boycotting them due to their underhand tactics. Telling those people they would be able to keep their jobs, then closing the factory right after the merger. The board should be shot.

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1281756/Kraft-breaking-promise-Cadbury-factory-open.html
  • Barneysmom
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    It would have been closed anyway, even without the Kraft takeover.
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  • Antispam
    Antispam Posts: 6,636 Forumite
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    Nice lady she is not

    article-1281756-0821E6C2000005DC-9_233x423.jpg

    What a shame it ever got sold in first place Cadburys was set up by quakers and had strong ethical and moral ethics to look after its workers
  • tsimehC
    tsimehC Posts: 763 Forumite
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    darkblue wrote: »
    I'm boycotting them due to their underhand tactics. Telling those people they would be able to keep their jobs, then closing the factory right after the merger. The board should be shot.

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1281756/Kraft-breaking-promise-Cadbury-factory-open.html

    A Dailymail link to base an informed opinion on. Hmmm...
  • BargainGalore
    BargainGalore Posts: 5,243 Forumite
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    edited 1 August 2010 at 12:33PM
    If the company does relocate to Poland or abroad or change there chocolate I wont be buying it. I already boycott HP sauce when they allocated and I dont buy Terrys chocolate either
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