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I'd eat that with a fork and knife, otherwise it would make a mess in my hands :/
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Cadbury loses more than £6m in Creme Egg sales after changing recipe
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I'd eat that with a fork and knife, otherwise it would make a mess in my hands :/
choco-fish
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agreed, Dairy Milk has also suffered, bars have changed shape from squares to ovals, they are smaller too and the chocolate is starting to taste like the cheap and nasty stuff you'd find in a pound-land advent calendar.
I'm not sure if Wispa's are still as good, one of the best things Cadbury did was to bring back those bars of goodness.
Once and it just wasn't the same. Won't bother this year. I think they were using the same cheaper chocolate in a lot of their larger Easter eggs last year.
TheLegendOfMart
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Prefer the Cadbury and Galaxy Caramel eggs that come out around easter, I need to stockpile them when they do come out.
Not Spaceghost
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I've actually never had a Creme Egg. I was actually pretty convinced that every time people talked about Cadbury eggs they were always referring to mini eggs...which are fucking awesome.
Muppet of a Man
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the original dairy milk recipe was amazing. America always fucks up everything because we produce greedy fuck business, marketing, and financial people. And I say this as an American.
bigbaldwolf86
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Muppet of a Man
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If Kraft or whoever can replace the dairy, sugar, cocoa liquor, and cocoa butter elements of milk chocolate with cheaper substitutes, they will. Probably HFCS, partially hydrogenated vegetable fats, and some sort of edible wax in there as fillers now.
Muppet of a Man
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Well, you could always eat this amazing-ness from a non-sellout company:
EdwardTeach
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Good, I'm soured on cadburys since they left UK ownership since they sold out. This was just one of many terrible decisions.
CharmingCharlie
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Ha good luck finding Ritter sport anywhere. The only place I ever saw it being sold was Woolworths (which went bankrupt) and Sainsburys (which no longer sell it).
As for the ole Creme Egg, glad Kraft got a good financial kicking, they deserved it. I used to consume a ton of Cadburys chocolate till Kraft took over and changed the recipes. The final Cadburys product I still bothered with was the Creme Egg. That was till last year when the new recipe made me feel physically nauseous.
It is always the same old story. I remember when Nestle took over Rowntrees again the products suffered because of it. There is fuck all we can do about it though except vote with our wallet which will inevitably lead to companies thinking "hm these products are no longer profitable we should ditch them".
peanutbutterlatte
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Bumping because Jesus Christ what a travesty. Just had one and it's incredibly noticeable: the chocolate isn't textured the same, and as such you feel like you're eating an off-brand imitation.
thelatestmodel
Junior, please.
Good. Kraft can suck it for ruining a once great brand.
Thank you for the report from the field.
I noticed my local corner shop has been selling off all cream eggs on the cheap.
The public have spoken.
Guerrillas in the Mist
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Fuck Kraft (sorry, "Mondelez"). More than this, they bought over the company promising to keep jobs in the UK, and then immediately shut down production and shifted it abroad.
Standard corporate behavior, but a phenomenally poor way to treat a beloved British brand, regardless of how you feel about Cadbury's products in themselves.
Standard corporate behavior, but a phenomenally poor way to treat a beloved British brand, regardless of how you feel about Cadbury's products in themselves.
Yep Aldi chocolate is what I live on.
And then their board refused to attend parliament. Cowardly cutting cunts.
JonnyDBrit
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So I guess you guys watched the documentary too, huh?
No, what documentary? I've just been saddened by the gutting of a British institution by foreign profiteers.
Whoa whoa whoa.
Old Creme Eggs were godly. Don't you dare try and take that away. Those are fighting words.
Dat Kraft lowest possible cost/denominator skill. Professional gutters of previously loved brands.Just had one of the new ones...
Everything about them just feels and tastes like a cheapy knock off.
Fight him on the beaches!
Just had one of the new ones...
Everything about them just feels and tastes like a cheapy knock off.
Just think how many Easter Sundays have been ruined by this despicable act. Kraft must pay dearly for it.
Yup fuck Kraft.
I understand wanting to streamline costs but Christ, don't mess around with the actual receipe.
Many people who I wouldn't have thought would be aware of this are fully engaged and realise it's gone to shit.
They've quite simply killed a brand. Even if they reverted the decision, the damage is done
I understand wanting to streamline costs but Christ, don't mess around with the actual receipe.
Many people who I wouldn't have thought would be aware of this are fully engaged and realise it's gone to shit.
They've quite simply killed a brand. Even if they reverted the decision, the damage is done
hydrophilic attack
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Serves them right, fucking cunts
Wispa's taste drier now if that makes any sense.
I'm willing to bet all the decisionmakers were American and didn't realize there was a huge gulf between what we produce here in the US vs the quality standards expected in the UK.
Tea and Toast
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Lidl is your friend.
Aldi is ironically becoming quite popular with the middle classes.
JonnyDBrit
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Dispatches basically covered the trail of lies and broken promises last week. 'Secrets of Cadbury.
iceatcs
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Oh man, thanks for a laugh. Not my local. It is full of crackhead beggars area. My Aldi is a bit like Iceland or B&M.
There always a fighting in the store. A lot of police coming back.
Their foods and baking stuff are great although, shame about atmosphere.
peanutbutterlatte
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lol Aldi has better stuff than Asda half the time, especially some of the more interesting continental foods.
Well, it's easier to set a new record with smaller eggs.
Lidl and Aldi are unironically great.
I wish this was the first reply. Mini eggs are awesome.
Truth, I do all my shopping at Lidl. Unless you want specific brands it's great, and I save £30+ per shop
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