Hershey's banning Cadbury imports to USA!

[Neesy]

They are lovely. Becky likes them a lot. Do you like Cadbury fingers, Neesy?

No - not that much - I prefer a dark, semi-sweet chocolate. I'm the baker in our family and he is the chef.
I like to make a nice chewy dark brownie with cocoa and some dark chocolate icing - yum!

Spoiler

 

[GNTLGNT]

...a fight to the death by chocolate....

 

[no bounce no play]

I dislike store bought chocolate so much since the recipes changed that I've been making plain chocolate syrup (cocoa, suger, water) when I need a chocolate fix. I pour it over sliced bananas and just a little bit of vanilla ice cream. I used to love those chocolate covered frozen bananas from Dairy Queen.

 

[DiO'Bolic]

Hang on a bit, old chum.

You calling me old slimy smelly sliced up fish bait?

First, Cadbury's was the market leader in the UK (and elsewhere) and was more than holding its own. Hershey didn't even have a presence over here, so it was hardly the case that it couldn't keep up with competitors either here or abroad.
Second, what happened was that Kraft Foods (now Mondelez) launched a hostile takeover after the board of directors and shareholders played the 'profits are down' trick one too many times (in reality, what they always meant by that was 'consumers: prepare for smaller bars at the same, or even a higher, price', because they always managed to attract new investors; that tends not to happen if the continual profit warnings are real ).
Whatever happened to the US side of things, rights, etc after that happened on Kraft's watch, and presumably they thought they were being ever so sneaky. In any case, it was only after the takeover (and whatever deals followed) that we began seeing Hershey's here, certainly as a mainstream product.

In any case, Cadbury's is just a trademark now. The processes have already been altered, operations bunted around or closed down (with production presumably moving Stateside).
The shareholders managed to get a price they were happy enough with in the end, and over here that's all business "leaders" really care about - give 'em the money and they'll gladly run, saying 'Sod you all!' as they go (most of them would sell their mothers for tuppence).

Weren’t the Cadbury products sold in the US already manufactured by Hershey several years prior to the acquisition by Kraft?

And doesn’t Hershey help Cadbury UK by either manufacturing and/or marketing and distributing York, Peter Paul Almond Joy and Peter Paul Mounds confectionery products worldwide?

As to the rest of the history regarding Cadbury, I’ll assume you are correct.

Now I believe not all Cadbury products fall into restrictions regarding the US, just some items from Cadbury, Kit Kat and Rolo. I also believe if Cadbury wants to sell product to consumers in the US, all they have to do is change the name, look and packaging of these products so as not to confuse UK products with those that are similar to a Hershey name or trade dress.

“Cad Adams Meringue Squares” should do the trick.

Comes from having a bunch of ar$eholes in charge of things who know the price of everything and the value of nothing.

If consumers stop buying a product for whatever reason, causing the company to adjust the market conditions or go out of business... it’s business behaving badly?

 

[Bryan James]

 

[fushingfeef]

Have Jillian and Addie done a taste test recently to compare different brands of chocolate Bob? If not - that might be a good topic to bring up

That's a darn good idea, Denise! These days that could go viral!

 

[blunthead]

I dislike store bought chocolate so much since the recipes changed that I've been making plain chocolate syrup (cocoa, suger, water) when I need a chocolate fix. I pour it over sliced bananas and just a little bit of vanilla ice cream. I used to love those chocolate covered frozen bananas from Dairy Queen.

You...make chocolate?!

 

[blunthead]

That's a darn good idea, Denise! These days that could go viral!

Do it!!!

 

[FlakeNoir]

...a fight to the death by chocolate....

They would both lose... to me.

 

[staropeace]

You...make chocolate?!

I do a lot of homemade chocolates but I use Dutch or Swiss chocolate that is imported for candy makers. I also do sours, lollypops, easter eggs, etc.

 

[blunthead]

I do a lot of homemade chocolates but I use Dutch or Swiss chocolate that is imported for candy makers. I also do sours, lollypops, easter eggs, etc.

I'll send you my address.

 

[staropeace]

I dislike store bought chocolate so much since the recipes changed that I've been making plain chocolate syrup (cocoa, suger, water) when I need a chocolate fix. I pour it over sliced bananas and just a little bit of vanilla ice cream. I used to love those chocolate covered frozen bananas from Dairy Queen.

I slice bananas and wrap them in a crepe then deepfry them...lacing the crepe with toothpick to hold together. I do not keep them frying very long...just quick. Then I take them out and put them on a plate. I drizzle caramel over them and sometimes chocolate. I add a few chopped candied pecans or walnuts, and a dollop of whip cream on top. Next to this a put on a scoop of vanilla icecream. I sprinkle cinnamon lightly on it all.

 

[AnnaMarie]

I think we have our Cadbury made here. Now I want a cup of Cadbury hot chocolate and a box of smarties.

Yes we do. Which apparently means if you are a Creme Egg fan, you should be happy. The Canadian version is not changing according to this article. (Of course if you are allergic to peanuts you don't care about this. Those b@$t#|s put a peanut warning on them a few years ago.)

While Britain scrambles its Cadbury egg recipe, Canada's keeping it classic - The Globe and Mail

 

[no bounce no play]

I slice bananas and wrap them in a crepe then deepfry them...lacing the crepe with toothpick to hold together. I do not keep them frying very long...just quick. Then I take them out and put them on a plate. I drizzle caramel over them and sometimes chocolate. I add a few chopped candied pecans or walnuts, and a dollop of whip cream on top. Next to this a put on a scoop of vanilla icecream. I sprinkle cinnamon lightly on it all.

ohmygosh that sounds heavenly! I even drooled a bit reading your post lol