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

[lionrose.7]

Funny my Chocolate I bought in NZ says made in Australia from local and imported ingredient's.

I like my chocolate out of the fridge.

[lloydslights]

Can't ever remember throwing away chocolate because it "didn't taste right".

DEB

[daydream**believer]

I used to buy a block of Cadburys every week. I esp liked the 'Snack' and 'Hazelnut' ones.

I havent bought a block since finding out they pay for halal certification.

I buy Lindt chocolate now

[aps1080]

Snack
Fruit and nut.

[nero_bolt]

[j*oono]

I support Cadbury.  They are more inclusive.  All the fun for everyone 😄

[debra9275]

I do like Lindt chocolate but I also like ( and buy Cadbury's Snack chocolate)

are you people also boycotting these other companies?

http://www.businessinsider.com.au/an-anti-muslim-facebook-group-is-targeting-australian-companies-fo...

I certainly do buy Nescafe and Colgate because i like their products

how many of these anti halal FB groups are there? and how many members do they have? I had a quick look on FB and the biggest one I could find had about 1300 members??  Is that right??

[nero_bolt]

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@debra9275 wrote:

I do like Lindt chocolate but I also like ( and buy Cadbury's Snack chocolate)

are you people also boycotting these other companies?

http://www.businessinsider.com.au/an-anti-muslim-facebook-group-is-targeting-australian-companies-fo...

I certainly do buy Nescafe and Colgate because i like their products

how many of these anti halal FB groups are there? and how many members do they have? I had a quick look on FB and the biggest one I could find had about 1300 members??  Is that right??

You do have trouble with research debra, its not a strong point 

https://www.facebook.com/BH.Australia?ref=ts&fref=ts  49703 members 

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I also dont buy Cadbury as what ever they did an age ago to their chocolate recipe simply made it taste like a carp sugar bar.  I dont like the taste or the texture of Cadbury any more.

[debra9275]

And while i was looking around I found this statement from Lindt chocolate

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/12/17/lindt-halal-chocolate_n_6338886.html

Various right-wing organisations such as The Australian Tea Party have shown support for what they claim is Lindt's refusal to "pay Islamic tax" or contribute to an apparent Islamisation of food.

When asked about the allegations, Lindt told The Huffington Post: "This is not really correct, we don't refuse to halal certify our product, we just don't do it.

"We just make chocolate for everyone. We have a completely neutral position to political and religious issues."

The groups who oppose Halal certification were backed by an Australian MP in 2011, who claimed that forcing citizens to "unwittingly" buy Halal foods was leading to a nationwide conversion to Islam.

[debra9275]

around 50,000 members. OK is that a private or public group nero? also, is that Australian members or world wide??

I'm not a FB member so my access is fairly limited