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After an interminably long stand-off, U.S. food giant Kraft has agreed a deal to buy British confectioner Cadbury for 11.9 billion pounds.
While the announcement that an agreement had finally been reached hardly came as a surprise, it has provoked an outpouring of consternation and sentimental musing on message boards and social media sites like Twitter.com
A fourth generation member of Cadbury’s founding family, Felicity Loudon, expressed dismay that the iconic sweet maker, with brands such as Flake, Twirl and Wispa, should sell out to a “plastic cheese company” and some members of the general public have expressed similar concerns.
@CharmedLassie, writing on Twitter, said: “If there’s any chance we can stop Cadbury being taken over by Kraft we should take it. This is another sad step out of the UK.” Another user, @ClareCarney wrote: “No! It’s the end of an era!”
On a lighter note, journalist Caitlin Moran (@caitlinmoran) posted: “Gordon Brown should have nationalised Cadbury, and given everyone a free Twirl = shoe-in at the next election.”
‘Cadbury’ is currently one of the most talked about topics on Twitter and hundreds of users have signed up to the ‘I love Cadbury’ campaign on the micro-blogging site.
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The Wall
If Kraft were a company with quality products then perhaps this takeover would not be opposed so much. But the stuff it calls cheese is vile and its chocolate biscuits must be a major contributor to obseity in America. Kadbury’s is doomed.