Comments on: Cadbury’s sneaky 20% downsize http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/21/cadburys-sneaky-20-downsize/ now with extra source Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:48:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: AnaM http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/21/cadburys-sneaky-20-downsize/#comment-32155 AnaM Thu, 23 Jul 2009 08:29:05 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=74874#comment-32155 I don't mind the packaging, but the excuses used by the company are hilarious. It's always about the 'obesity epidemic' to them, saying that reducing the content will round off the calorie count, which is utter rubbish, just another ploy for a multinational to reap more profits at the expense of the consumer. Also, it took this long to realise that child/slave labour is used to harvest cacao beans? Some form of slave labor and/or exploitation has been used ever since the Spanish made the rest of the world chocolate-aware. That's nothing new. Workers in China are also experiencing similar issues that workers in England experienced during the Industrial Revolution; living in dorms, working 7 days a week. Now that's slave labour and we all accept it for everything, right down to our smalls. So what's a chocolate bar? I don’t mind the packaging, but the excuses used by the company are hilarious. It’s always about the ‘obesity epidemic’ to them, saying that reducing the content will round off the calorie count, which is utter rubbish, just another ploy for a multinational to reap more profits at the expense of the consumer.
Also, it took this long to realise that child/slave labour is used to harvest cacao beans? Some form of slave labor and/or exploitation has been used ever since the Spanish made the rest of the world chocolate-aware. That’s nothing new. Workers in China are also experiencing similar issues that workers in England experienced during the Industrial Revolution; living in dorms, working 7 days a week. Now that’s slave labour and we all accept it for everything, right down to our smalls. So what’s a chocolate bar?

]]> By: mickjpc http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/21/cadburys-sneaky-20-downsize/#comment-31995 mickjpc Wed, 22 Jul 2009 09:00:49 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=74874#comment-31995 Forget about the high-fives in the Cadbury marketing dept, ask Cadbury Australia why they have failed to fall in line with Cadbury UK and start using fair-trade or similarly sourced cocoa. The real rip-off is westerners eating chocky made with the sweat and deprivation of child slavery. Although, maybe this is what the customers want??? Forget about the high-fives in the Cadbury marketing dept, ask Cadbury Australia why they have failed to fall in line with Cadbury UK and start using fair-trade or similarly sourced cocoa. The real rip-off is westerners eating chocky made with the sweat and deprivation of child slavery. Although, maybe this is what the customers want???

]]> By: Simon Doyle http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/21/cadburys-sneaky-20-downsize/#comment-31903 Simon Doyle Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:22:21 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=74874#comment-31903 Have been buying Aldi's 'Choceur' chocolate for some years now. Their block is 300 gram for the same price or less. And it's good chocolate which comes from Austria, I read in the fine print. So that's another option for discontented Cadbury addicts. Have been buying Aldi’s ‘Choceur’ chocolate for some years now. Their block is 300 gram for the same price or less. And it’s good chocolate which comes from Austria, I read in the fine print. So that’s another option for discontented Cadbury addicts.

]]> By: Scott Grant http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/21/cadburys-sneaky-20-downsize/#comment-31843 Scott Grant Tue, 21 Jul 2009 07:10:42 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=74874#comment-31843 BTW, I also noticed on the Cadbury wrapping that they no longer list their address as "Claremont, Tasmania'. Have they set up a chocolate factory in St Kilda Road, Melbourne, perchance? BTW,

I also noticed on the Cadbury wrapping that they no longer list their address as “Claremont, Tasmania’. Have they set up a chocolate factory in St Kilda Road, Melbourne, perchance?

]]> By: Scott Grant http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/21/cadburys-sneaky-20-downsize/#comment-31838 Scott Grant Tue, 21 Jul 2009 07:02:32 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=74874#comment-31838 When I first noticed this, I thought I would switch to Nestle chocolate and never buy Cadbury again. Guess what! Nestle did the same thing at around the same time as Cadbury! I also noticed that around the time of the Cadbury and Nestle changes, that Woolworths stopped stocking their house brand (Woolworths Select) chocolate. Now there's consumer choice for you! I have stopped buying Cadbury AND Nestle chocolates. These days I mostly buy Whittakers's, the Coles house brand (I forget the name) and the Aldi house brand (I forget the name). All report a higher percentage of "cocoa solids" which, I think, bears some relationship to quality. While Lindt and others are nicer chocolates, I get annoyed at the small blocks they offer, and I find the prices hard to justify as an "impulse" buy. When I first noticed this, I thought I would switch to Nestle chocolate and never buy Cadbury again. Guess what! Nestle did the same thing at around the same time as Cadbury! I also noticed that around the time of the Cadbury and Nestle changes, that Woolworths stopped stocking their house brand (Woolworths Select) chocolate. Now there’s consumer choice for you! I have stopped buying Cadbury AND Nestle chocolates.

These days I mostly buy Whittakers’s, the Coles house brand (I forget the name) and the Aldi house brand (I forget the name). All report a higher percentage of “cocoa solids” which, I think, bears some relationship to quality. While Lindt and others are nicer chocolates, I get annoyed at the small blocks they offer, and I find the prices hard to justify as an “impulse” buy.

]]> By: Nicholas Faiz http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/21/cadburys-sneaky-20-downsize/#comment-31835 Nicholas Faiz Tue, 21 Jul 2009 06:45:36 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=74874#comment-31835 I'm not sure if this article is accurate, but there's also the question of less cocoa content: http://westernpatriot.com.au/2009/06/cadbury-crisis-chocolate-now-just-a-cocoa-flavoured-confectionary-1781 . I’m not sure if this article is accurate, but there’s also the question of less cocoa content: http://westernpatriot.com.au/2009/06/cadbury-crisis-chocolate-now-just-a-cocoa-flavoured-confectionary-1781 .

]]> By: Sam See http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/21/cadburys-sneaky-20-downsize/#comment-31828 Sam See Tue, 21 Jul 2009 06:15:10 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=74874#comment-31828 Well done on reporting the sneaky Cadbury scam. Their more insidious trick was cutting down on the expensive cocoa content and changing Cadbury chocolate to Crapbury. I prefer to pay the extra for Lindt and Sprüngli, another good Aussie company (or not)! If you can be bothered investigate, Arnott's, yet another Aussie company. Well done on reporting the sneaky Cadbury scam. Their more insidious trick was cutting down on the expensive cocoa content and changing Cadbury chocolate to Crapbury.
I prefer to pay the extra for Lindt and Sprüngli, another good Aussie company (or not)!
If you can be bothered investigate, Arnott’s, yet another Aussie company.

]]> By: Steven McKiernan http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/21/cadburys-sneaky-20-downsize/#comment-31777 Steven McKiernan Tue, 21 Jul 2009 03:37:04 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=74874#comment-31777 Fat boy should stay away from chocolate and do more awesome gym time. Fat boy should stay away from chocolate and do more awesome gym time.

]]> By: Christine Ashby http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/21/cadburys-sneaky-20-downsize/#comment-31774 Christine Ashby Tue, 21 Jul 2009 03:29:20 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=74874#comment-31774 What are all these outraged consumers doing buying Cadbury in the first place? Goes well with International Roast coffee, does it? It's hard to feel much sympathy. What are all these outraged consumers doing buying Cadbury in the first place? Goes well with International Roast coffee, does it? It’s hard to feel much sympathy.

]]> By: Ruth Brown http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/21/cadburys-sneaky-20-downsize/#comment-31769 Ruth Brown Tue, 21 Jul 2009 02:53:08 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=74874#comment-31769 Well, in fairness, the smaller block sizes <i>are</i> good for tight-arses who don't like to share. Giving someone a couple of pieces is now a far smaller proportion of the total block. Well, in fairness, the smaller block sizes are good for tight-arses who don’t like to share. Giving someone a couple of pieces is now a far smaller proportion of the total block.

]]> By: ranto http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/21/cadburys-sneaky-20-downsize/#comment-31765 ranto Tue, 21 Jul 2009 02:01:10 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=74874#comment-31765 Yes. I'm sure many customers said to Cadbury - we'd like to pay the same price for less chocolate. We love being ripped off by clever packaging redesign and "more contemporary block styling". Yes. I’m sure many customers said to Cadbury - we’d like to pay the same price for less chocolate. We love being ripped off by clever packaging redesign and “more contemporary block styling”.

]]> By: Random-Thought http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/21/cadburys-sneaky-20-downsize/#comment-31761 Random-Thought Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:56:35 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=74874#comment-31761 I'm pretty sure that Cadbury announced this a while ago and stated that the change was because of what the customers wanted. I’m pretty sure that Cadbury announced this a while ago and stated that the change was because of what the customers wanted.

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