Mondelez… nuts! (Or Mondeez Nutz, I dunno, it was funny in my head.)
Cadbury is also owned by Mondelez, so many British chocolate bars are out too.
And Cadburys have reduced the quality of their chocolate since the take over, to maximise profits further. I largely try to avoid them along with Nestle, but that mostly leaves you with store own brands & the more expensive but much better quality smaller brands (until they get bought out & ruined in the process!).
I’ve started seeing Tony’s Chocolonely in stores recently, but it’s about £3.80 UK price as opposed to a similarly sized Cadbury’s bar which is anywhere from £1.50 to £2.00.
It’s a shame because I love a good chocolate bar but nearly £4 is a bit too steep for me.
it is steep but it’s good chocolate. It makes you rethink your relationship with it doesn’t it, we take it for granted when in fact it should be a very occasional treat. This is not meant as a preachy statement, I’m very guilty of eating too much chocolate but I think it’s the first step in a more positive direction.
This is part of a more systemic issue.
In general, American capital has been buying up European assets for the past 20 years at a large scale.
Because of the way we (EU) prioritize workers, society and customers and they (US) prioritize shareholders and capital, their companies are always in a better position to take over our companies.
We need to protect our European companies in the same way China and Japan protect their companies.
