Cadbury Creme Egg debacle set to derail Easter

[CoverMeCagney]

Guardian:

Choc Horror: Toblerone maker to hike price of Cadbury's Freddo bars
Food conglomerate Mondelēz to raise cost of tiny chocolate
frog by 20% with more Cadbury bars also likely to rise in price

Biggest travesty of our nation letting Cadbury get sold out of the country. Or at least in the Top 5 travesties.

 

[wfgodot]

DM:

Mother speaks of her shock after her daughter, three, almost
swallows a battery she found inside a Co-op chocolate bunny

An early Easter treat almost turned to disaster for this three-year-old girl when a potentially fatal battery was found lurking inside her Co-op chocolate bunny.

The kicker....

'This has happened to them before with the Santa toys,' single mum Tammy-Louise Dunden said of Co-op.

much more at the link

 

[Flatbush]

I declare shenanigans.

 

[wfgodot]

Our fault. We're already paying for this.

So, how long until these classic British brands are ruined? Marmite, PG Tips
and Colman's Mustard face uncertain future as US firm Kraft - which changed
recipe of Creme Eggs - launches £115 billion raid on Unilever's great products

 

[MaryG12]

My main complaint is when those delicious Cadbury creme eggs shrunk.

Personally I think they should be the size of footballs.

 

[Hatfield]

You would think the classic and proven iconic brands and products would have learned from the Coca Cola disaster years ago.

Need to leave certain things as they are and dont mess with it.
If they dont they will learn the hard way with reduced sales and unhappy customers.

I still dont think Coke Classic taste as good as its original formula before they claim to have changed it back after losing tons of money and bad publicicty when they changed their formula years ago.

Every time I take a sip of a new Can of Coke classic I carefully review it to see if its going to pass the taste test. LOL
Even though I let it pass I always wonder in the back of my mind are they trying to slide something over on me. LOL

"When an athlete is great, he or she is called the Michael Jordan of his or her sport. When a new product launch is a disaster, it is called the "New Coke" of its industry.
That negative association emerged 30 years ago Thursday, on April 23, 1985, when Coca-Cola Company announced a change to its nearly century-old secret formula."

"The pop was a bust of epic proportions."

"pivotal moment when we learned that fiercely loyal consumers -- not the Company -- own Coca-Cola and all of our brands. It is a lesson that we take seriously and one that becomes clearer and more obvious with each passing anniversary.""



http://www.cbsnews.com/news/30-years-ago-today-coca-cola-new-coke-failure/

 

[CoverMeCagney]

It's ok, it's ok, everybody breathe, we're all still friends...

Kraft Heinz has abandoned its offer to buy Unilever, its Anglo-Dutch rival. The Marmite maker rejected the US food giant's bid on Friday, saying it saw "no merit, either financial or strategic" in Kraft's offer, worth about $143bn (£115bn). "Unilever and Kraft Heinz hold each other in high regard," the companies said in a joint statement.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39022692

 

[byo]

My main complaint is when those delicious Cadbury creme eggs shrunk.

Personally I think they should be the size of footballs.

My main complaint is that the delicious Cadbury creme eggs in the US are made with HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP. :sick:

 

[Oregonmama]

I hide all the good UK chocolate in my luggage when I come back to the states

 

[Oregonmama]

My main complaint is that the delicious Cadbury creme eggs in the US are made with HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP. :sick:

I only eat the eggs at Easter time so I am safe

 

[SophieRose]

I was at Walmart today and saw Hershey's carrot cake kisses. Are they something new for Easter?

 

[MelmothTheLost]

My main complaint is that the delicious Cadbury creme eggs in the US are made with HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP. :sick:

HFCS is a liver toxin. As a species we don't have an enzyme dedicated to digesting and processing fructose as we do many other sugars. That means only the liver can deal with it, but in the quantities now found in the western diet, especially in the US, it overwhelms the liver. The result is non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Which is exactly like alcoholic fatty liver disease in its effect. You might as well be an alcoholic. After all, what is alcohol but processed sugar?

In short, HFCS is killing Americans. (And, to a lesser extent, the rest of us in the developed world.)

 

[wfgodot]

DM:

Worried mother claims Cadbury's Mini Eggs are a choking hazard and
parents should cut them in half before giving them to children under four

 

[wfgodot]

Sunday Mail:

Your snacks are shrinking AGAIN: Hula Hoops now too tiny to fit on fingers
as Cadbury's boss warns treats will get smaller, Maltesers lighter, after Brexit

Sounds like a Lord Haw Haw broadcast, actually.

 

[wfgodot]

Daily Mail:

Mini Egg fans accuse Cadburys owners of CHANGING the recipe
of the Easter chocolates leaving them ‘tasting like a cheap knock-off’

 

[gregjrichards]

Daily Mail:

Mini Egg fans accuse Cadburys owners of CHANGING the recipe
of the Easter chocolates leaving them ‘tasting like a cheap knock-off’

This house is a Cadbury free zone this Easter the chocolate is nearly as bad as the Kinnerton rubbish. It is terrible how Mondelez have ruined a great brand.

Happy Easter.

 

[shifferbrainz]

Wife bought a cheap bag of Palmer's "Peter's sweet shop" assorted shapes.

I looked at the bag and saw there were fudge filled bunnies inside. I wanted one.

The more i dug for one the more i wanted it. I dug and dug, finally dumping the whole bag out. Not one fudge filled bunny. Zero. Nada.

And there were only 3 peanut butter filled eggs. It was just a bag of chocolate discs and footballs with crispies inside, like anyone could make.

These candy makers are cheapening their products. Dangit. I still want my fudge filled bunny! Where is it Mr. Palmer?

 

[gregjrichards]

Wife bought a cheap bag of Palmer's "Peter's sweet shop" assorted shapes.

I looked at the bag and saw there were fudge filled bunnies inside. I wanted one.

The more i dug for one the more i wanted it. I dug and dug, finally dumping the whole bag out. Not one fudge filled bunny. Zero. Nada.

And there were only 3 peanut butter filled eggs. It was just a bag of chocolate discs and footballs with crispies inside, like anyone could make.

These candy makers are cheapening their products. Dangit. I still want my fudge filled bunny! Where is it Mr. Palmer?

Here in the U.K the chocolate is shrinking, getting more expensive and using cheaper materials too. To quote my grandpa "it's not like the old days anymore."

 

[wfgodot]

Happy Easter, all! (Our third on this creme egg of a link.)

 

[Caffeine]

Here in the U.K the chocolate is shrinking, getting more expensive and using cheaper materials too. To quote my grandpa "it's not like the old days anymore."

Same in America, Hershey's used to be a great band, but they seem to taste cheaper and less like real chocolate every year.

I don't eat much chocolate but Lindt is always consistent, but at a higher cost of course.