[doganjo]

Green and Black's Milk - my favourite. Although I think G&B is owned by Cadbury now too. Soon the whole world will be owned by a few huge companies - then there will be us smallholders holding back the flood.

Well, Reg Vardy, Arnold Clark, and Richard Branson own the rest of the world so not much left 

[Elissian]

I presume the Bourneville factory and cadbury village is still open, i really don't want to buy it but if it means those people keeping their jobs then i wouldn't stop buying it. I'm actually not chockie myself but i treat my 20 yr old to a huge bar when she's home from uni. If my other half wants to get me a treat then its artichokes in olive oil and king prawns, yum!

[helskitchen]

Hmm, not sure.  Tell you what I'll eat this last Cadbury Easter egg I found in the cupboard and then get back to you.  The things I do .... 

[Bionic]

Helskitchen,
Its tough what you have to do for the sake of research 

[goosepimple]

It was the same when Nestle took over Rowantree - Kit Kat's just tasted rubbish - cheap chocolate - I felt cheated and quite annoyed - silly I know, but why wasn't it part of the deal that they had to keep the same recipe?

[sabrina]

We don't like it now either 

[Sandy]

I too have not eaten chocolate for ages and ages but I did notice how Kit Kat Changed, that seems like cheap choc and artifical sweetener so I wounder if Cabury's have done the same? I like it that chocolate is not so nice now, not so tempting!!!!!!!  DO you know this got me thinking, fish fingers are not the same either!!!

[SallyintNorth]

Green and Black's Milk - my favourite. Although I think G&B is owned by Cadbury now too. Soon the whole world will be owned by a few huge companies - then there will be us smallholders holding back the flood.

Yup, Cadbury bought G&B in 2006-ish.  I do like G&B choc (their 'blue packet' milk is the best milk choc there is, I think) but I am cross with them that they still have not made their choc fairtrade.  They said they needed time to work with their supply chain but this was in 2005...  So these days I am more likely to buy Divine, which is also very good and is - and always has been as long as I have known about it - fairtrade.

I agree that Cadbury's is now more resistable - and am not unhappy about that!  I still like my Crunchies though.

As for Tunnocks, I think British agriculture would grind to a halt without them!

[Sandy]

Ummmmmmmmmmmmmm Tunnocks teacakes, now I dare not even pass them on the supermarket shelves, sooooooo tempting and if I buy any I HAVE to clear up the box!!! (not had any for at least a year)

[goosepimple]

Snowballs.....

[Bionic]

mmmm I love those too

[Sandy]

Messy to eat in the car though 

[Beewyched]

Reading this reminds me of one of the "wind-ups" on Real Radio (Scotland edition) last year after Kraft had taken over Cadburys - the presenter had rung a little newsagent asking him if he was aware of the take-over & asked him to count how many Cream Eggs he had in stock... he then went on to give him instructions on how to scoop out the "cream" filling & refill it with Kraft cheese & rewrap it.
The poor bloke swallowed it hook, line & sinker - bless.  BUT IT WAS SOOOO FUNNY TO LISTEN TO 

[Sandy]

  , that would be funny!!

I had a cafe with my mum when I was younger and the cleaner from the Market used to come in with orders for tea and snacks etc, bless him he had a speach impediment and said " can I have sum bare tits?" I asked again and was trying not to giggle and asked my mum who also had my sense of humer to come and translate, then it dawned on us, it was Bar Six, those biscuit chocolate bars but we did not have any and me and mum laughed for the rest of the day on and off!!!

[Beewyched]