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« Reply #15 on: Tuesday, January 19, 2010, 19:07:17 »

I deliver to Cadburys in Bournville every week....its a massive place that is half empty now..it has a sad feel to it ...was only a matter of time really.
The factory Cadburys has in Keynsham was once owned by Frys...fifty years ago it was baught out and there was a big commotion..baught out by Cadburys,know its abit different cos they were British but its buisness at the end of the day....
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« Reply #16 on: Thursday, January 21, 2010, 10:05:51 »

It's easy to get romantic and nostalgic about good ol' British companies, and Cadbury's is in there amongst the great old names; but business is business, and I guess we could just have seen it collapse completely, and the name disappear (like Fry's etc).

However, the argument about foreign takeovers is more complicated (as Man Utd supporters will tell you!!).  I don't support the current 'British jobs for British workers' stuff because  it has nasty racist undertones; but I do support jobs in Britain, and I do fear for an economy which is rapidly losing its major manufacturing base, and relying on the deeply insecure worlds of high finance (as we have seen) and the service industry.  The problem is (especially with American takeovers) that when the crunch comes - and Kraft are by no means the most secure company in the world - the owners will protect their American interests before any others.  Of course!  That's not a criticism, its just fact.  So it does put jobs in Britain seriously at risk.

But I don't like Cadbury's chocolate either....
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