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Chocolate wars
Audio 18 Dec 2010Author Deborah Cadbury on the early British chocolate industry and the Quaker business model. Audio
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Cadbury makes tax move to Switzerland
Cadbury's new owner Kraft Foods plans to move part of its business to Switzerland in a move which could cut its UK tax bill.
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Book Review with Julia Millen
Audio 4 Nov 2010The book is 'Chocolate Wars: From Cadbury to Kraft - 200 Years of Sweet Success and Bitter Rivalry' by Deborah Cadbury, published by Fourth Estate. Audio
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Cadbury bar milk phrase removed
Cadbury has removed the phrase "glass-and-a-half" from its dairy milk chocolate bars after 80 years, having been told it contravenes European regulations.
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Kraft profits boosted by Cadbury purchase
US food giant Kraft has reported higher-than-expected first quarter profit, helped in part by its purchase of UK confectionery maker Cadbury.
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Cadbury boosts Kraft result
Kraft has reported higher-than-expected first-quarter profits, helped partly by its purchase of the British confectionery maker Cadbury.
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Cadbury slips from 'most trusted' spot
Confectionary giant Cadbury has lost its sweet spot with New Zealand consumers, loosing its title as the country's most trusted brand.
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Fair trade seen as stymied by NZ supermarkets
The head of Fair Trade in New Zealand says the supermarket duopoly held by Progressive Enterprises and Foodstuffs has stymied the adoption of ethical certification in this country.
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Markets up on company profits
Stocks in Europe and on Wall Street are up on Tuesday, lifted by a number of strong corporate results. Both Kraft Foods - the new owner of Cadbury - and drugs firm Merck reported a rise in quarterly…
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Kraft's quarterly profit triples
Fourth-quarter profit for Kraft Foods has more than tripled as sales rose in developing countries.
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Cadbury votes in favour of US takeover
Audio 3 Feb 2010Shareholders of the British chocolate maker, Cadbury, have voted to accept an eighteen-billion-dollar (US) takeover bid by the American food giant, Kraft. Audio
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Cadbury takeover confirmed
Kraft Foods has sealed its takeover of Cadbury, after 72% of shareholders in the chocolate maker voted in favour of the $US19 billion offer by the American food company.
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Cadbury to close plant in Melbourne
Cadbury has confirmed that 60 people will lose their jobs when the company closes a factory in north Melbourne in July.
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Cadbury job losses inevitable - chairman
Job losses at Cadbury are inevitable after the company's takeover by Kraft, its chairman says. Cadbury has operations in Dunedin and Auckland.
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Kraft advised to raise Cadbury offer
A major Cadbury shareholder has indicated that the US food company Kraft will have to increase its offer if it wishes to win support for a hostile takeover bid. The current bid is worth less than…
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US food giant steps up bid for Cadbury
American food giant Kraft has stepped up its pursuit of the British-based confectionery firm Cadbury.
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Formal bid lodged by Kraft for Cadbury
The giant US food group, Kraft Foods, has made a formal $US16.1 billion offer to Cadbury's shareholders, triggering a two-month takeover fight for the chocolate maker. Cadbury's response is due in two…
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Minties get moisture makeover
Confectionery maker Cadbury has changed the formula of another New Zealand favourite. Audio
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Cadbury turns down hostile Kraft bid
British confectioner Cadbury has "emphatically rejected" a 9.8 billion pound hostile bid from American food giant Kraft.
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US and European markets up
A burst of merger activity On Wall St cheered investors on Monday. European markets were also up.
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US bid for Cadbury rejected
Cadbury's has rejected a proposal by American food giant Kraft Foods to take over the British confectionary firm.
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Cadbury going fair trade
Audio 27 Aug 2009Cadbury have decided to become fair trade certifide. Is this just a ploy to win back public opinion? Audio
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Cadbury to use Fairtrade cocoa by 2010
Chocolate producer Cadbury New Zealand says it will use Fairtrade cocoa from West Africa in its dairy milk bars by 2010.
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Dairy industry rejects environmental group's claim
A dairy farming leader has challenged Greenpeace's accusation that the New Zealand industry is contributing to the destruction of rain forests in south-east Asia by its high use of palm kernel as…
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Cadbury does U-turn on palm oil
Cadbury New Zealand has melted under consumer pressure and decided to remove palm oil from its recipe for dairy milk chocolate.