Cadbury

[the_hawk*]

What are your thoughts on Cadbury, their sales have fallen into a huge heap in the second half of the year.

Is it a result of Cadbury changing the formula to remove pig fats to gain Halal certification that has affected the texture and flavor of their product,

or is it a back lash from people boycotting Cadbury due to the Halal certification and sending a message to them

The Hobart Cadbury factory will close its doors for five weeks at the end of this year.

https://www.google.com.au/search?q=cadbury+pig+fat&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&gws_rd=cr&ei=1CGWVNeJHoTq8AWC_Y...

what ever the reason it would seem they have made some huge mistakes that have effected sales

[gleee58]

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@j*oono wrote:

I thought it might have been because they tried to replace some of the cocoa butter with palm oil and people hated the change. I think that was trialled in Tasmania.  They have gone back to cocoa butter now.

I don't know whether they ever used pigfat.  That just sounds like propoganda to me.

Also, Lindt would have snaffled quite a few of their customers now that they are in all the supermarkets.

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Yes, there is more competition in the supermarket these days plus the supermarkets have their own brands competing. 

I doubt the halal certification has much impact although it's rather pathetic that people are claiming it's a victory for them, considering how many people are employed by Cadbury and the farmers who supply them who will miss out on pay over the Christmas break.  That's a special kind of sick.

[debra9275]

are people claiming some kind of victory over them? 

I had no idea. If I saw blocks of Cadbury's for &1.50 a block, I would buy heaps

[twyngwyn]

Whittakers (N.Z.) is THE BEST supermarket brand chocolate (IMO) but I can't find 'ginger' in S.A......is it available in other states?

[poison_ivys_pen]

Hawk, I would hazard a guess that the Halal certification has more to do with their export market to predominately Muslin countries such as Indonesia and that would be why they have it, it makes business sense to them for that market.  I doubt the certification has anything to do with the Australian market alone as there would be insufficient financial benefit for them to have it for here and here alone.

I don't particularly like Cadbury but do like the Roses every now and again.

[aps1080]

Poison

Which brings up the point again of what did th muslims o before certification ?

Answer - they ate the same damn chocolate.

[the_hawk*]

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@poison_ivys_pen wrote:

Hawk, I would hazard a guess that the Halal certification has more to do with their export market to predominately Muslin countries such as Indonesia and that would be why they have it, it makes business sense to them for that market.  I doubt the certification has anything to do with the Australian market alone as there would be insufficient financial benefit for them to have it for here and here alone.

I don't particularly like Cadbury but do like the Roses every now and again.

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If they want and need it for export markets and thats the market they want thats fine,

but there are a growing number of people that are refusing to buy Halal products and to upset a ready made market to appease such a small percentage of local people that demand it seems a silly bisiness decision. 

[poison_ivys_pen]

Who knows aps, perhaps they did perhaps not, I have no idea and to be honest have very little care factor as to what they did beforehand and honest don't care.

[poison_ivys_pen]

Hawk as I said their Hala certification would have nothing to do with local people it's to do with export markets.

Looking at it reseanobly from a production point of view it would be rather expensive to run seperate production runs for Halal products for that market and another run for ours, the costs involved would be detrimental to the company and obviously they need the certification to trade in some overseas markets.

Again the certication has nothing to do with local markets or minority supposed demands, that's an assumption and not a fact in this country and no company with any nous is going to for a minority they do it for financial reasons to trade in a market which btw has a far larger a consumer base than our own country.

[icyfroth]

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@lionrose.7 wrote:

I just feel sick that it used to have pig fat in it OMG how Yuk

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god yeah yuk that's gross. I rarely buy chocolate and don't like cadbury's anyway. Even less now I heard they use pig fat. erk blerk.

[aps1080]

All you people saying yuk to pig fat, do any of you eat bacon, a pork sunday roast with crackling ?