Cadbury to move jobs to Poland

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Cadbury to move jobs to Poland

By Angela Monaghan

Last Updated: 3:25pm BST 03/10/2007

Cadbury Schweppes has announced that it is to move part of its UK operation to Poland as it axes 700 job in the first wave of a £300m cost-cutting programme.

The maker of Dairy Milk is closing its chocolate factory in Keynsham, Somerset, where all 500 employees will lose their jobs by 2010.

Cadbury plans to move some of the Keynsham production to Poland where it already has a factory, and plans to axe a further 200 jobs from its Bourneville factory in Birmingham after part of its function move to Poland next year.

It is the first step of the company's broader plan to cut 15pc of its factory staff and 15pc of its confectionery staff, which was announced in June.

Managing director Trevor Bond said that despite moving some production over to Poland it did not spell the end for Cadbury in the UK.

"In order to continue to compete in the extremely competitive confectionery industry in the future we need to make the right decisions today.

"Whilst the proposed closure of our Keynsham factory will be difficult for those affected our ongoing commitment to manufacturing in the UK is absolute," he said.

Full story, Source: The Telegraph

[Roj47]

Cadbury to move jobs to Poland

Great……. As we get an influx of Polish nationals…. We ship our business over to Poland…

[Mr Black]

Cant beat cadburys chocolate! Best in the world (Bar belgian chocolate).................shame i am alergic to the blooming stuff! I often run the gauntlet and indulge in a bar or two.............just makes me really sick!

[chemical-licker]

im no longer eating chocolate.................. i mean it...poland indeed

[ships-cat]

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

First they move HP Sauce to Holland, now Cadburies is going to Poland.

I've already embargoed HP Sauce. Now it will be Cadburies Dairy Milk and Bournville chocolates

Three of my favourites

My life is being slowly dismantled and shipped overseas

Thank Gawd Minstrels are still made in the UK. (the parent company is just down the road from me in Melton Mowbry)

Meow Purr.

[Duality]

Cadbury to move jobs to Poland

"In order to continue to compete in the extremely competitive confectionery industry in the future we need to make the right decisions today.

"Whilst the proposed closure of our Keynsham factory will be difficult for those affected our ongoing commitment to manufacturing in the UK is absolute," he said.

Full story, Source: The Telegraph

Next time you pop in to Tesco's take a look at the shelves for how much "competition" Cadbury's have. Very little except by Own brand variants presumably made at the same or similar Factory as Cadbury's own.

The last sentence is a complete oxymoron, we are moving a factory to Poland, but we are firmly comitted to UK manufacturing.

In a similar vein, Chickens only have to be "prepared" in this country to be labelled "British".

[questionmark]

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

First they move HP Sauce to Holland, now Cadburies is going to Poland.

I've already embargoed HP Sauce. Now it will be Cadburies Dairy Milk and Bournville chocolates

Three of my favourites

My life is being slowly dismantled and shipped overseas

Thank Gawd Minstrels are still made in the UK. (the parent company is just down the road from me in Melton Mowbry)

Meow Purr.

Think they are going to call it Cadburski chockski now?

[evil inside]

I love chocolate! I don't care where it comes from!!

[IronGhost]

Hey yeah, well -- welcome to the new global economy. This is the new reality folks, so get used to it.

I just read the book "The Celtic Tiger" about how Ireland's economy has gone big time recently -- it's interesting that many of the things which benefitted Ireland in its amazing economic boom are now setting up in other countries, like Poland, or even amazing places like Botswana, Africa. They are inviting in multinational corps, supplying cheap, yet pretty well-educated labor, strong worth ethic, etc.

Poland may be the new Ireland -- also, there's zillions of Poles in Ireland and the U.K., now.

Let's face -- the European Union is melding all these countries more and more. Products that are culturally "authentic" to a region will become more of a speciality thing, whereas big companies that want to sell a lot of products to a lot of people need to take into account labor costs, transportation values, even time zone -- for example, American companies loved Ireland and Irish workers partially because they are 6-7 hours ahead of the U.S., so when American workers are sleeping, Irish workers are working, and vica versa.

It's all very complex.

By the way, I'm of 100% Polish descent, (even though my name does not end in a "Ski") and have a lot of relatives over there, so, good for them. Do a good job on that Brit candy, my cousins.

[BrucePrime]

Those Monsters!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111111111

[stevewinn]

Well its a sign of the times, but then again after Britain robbing Poland of most of its skilled workers its the least a British company can do by relocating to Poland, a bit of give and take, the Poles have took alot of stick lately, after what the poles did in WW2 I say give me a Pole any day of the week,

[chemical-licker]

this country needs good ole english working together again, we done it once and can do it again, but only when we find a new place maybe easter island, them build up all the defences strong. so this never happens again

im having the last proud english moment. this is what happens when you take chocolate to poland, its deep real deep

[evil inside]

You sound like this funny old man who lives down the road from me, LOL.

[chemical-licker]

kick these bloody foreigners out. COM ON ENGLAND. <-------FUNNY OLD MAN DOWN THE ROAD. lol

[Bill Hill]

Managing director Trevor Bond said

My name's.... Bond, Trevor Bond! Nah doesn't work.. does it.

I can't believe Cadbury are doing this.. and I love Cadbury's chocolate as well

Have none of these long standing companies got any loyalty anymore?

Come the revolution, when the ship's cat is our new dictator- Cadbury managers will be the first against the wall.

[Moon Monkey]

Not long ago the EU were trying to stop us calling our chocolate,"chocolate" as it had too little cocoa or something in it, so it is therefore 'British chocolate' and should have the same status as Parma ham and Stilton cheese etc. and only be allowed to be made in the UK. Anyhoo...pound to a penny it doesn't taste quite right when it comes back from Poland.

[chemical-licker]

im quite sure the polish workers who pick vegstables and pack them spit and pee on it, so when you consider chocolate doesn;t leave much to te imagination

[Rocket88]

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

First they move HP Sauce to Holland, now Cadburies is going to Poland.

I've already embargoed HP Sauce. Now it will be Cadburies Dairy Milk and Bournville chocolates

Three of my favourites

My life is being slowly dismantled and shipped overseas

Thank Gawd Minstrels are still made in the UK. (the parent company is just down the road from me in Melton Mowbry)

Meow Purr.

Melton Mowbry, Leicester ?

Me & the wife have relatives there.

Might be nice to see you sometime when we are visiting, & put faces to avatars !

Edit: I don"t like Cadburys anymore.

Edited October 3, 2007 by Rocket88

[ships-cat]

Melton Mowbry, Leicester ?

Me & the wife have relatives there.

Might be nice to see you sometime when we are visiting, & put faces to avatars !

The very same - home of the Pork Pie

Cool - drop me an email.

Meow Purr.

[Rocket88]

Not long ago the EU were trying to stop us calling our chocolate,"chocolate" as it had too little cocoa or something in it, so it is therefore 'British chocolate' and should have the same status as Parma ham and Stilton cheese etc. and only be allowed to be made in the UK. Anyhoo...pound to a penny it doesn't taste quite right when it comes back from Poland.

No it wont. It will be,"chocolate flavoured", just like the other "European" "chocolate".

[Rocket88]

The very same - home of the Pork Pie

Cool - drop me an email.

Meow Purr.

Freshly made pork pies, still warm, & succulent & OOoohhhhhhh..............................

I"m hungry now.

Melton Mowbry pork pies are the best!

They"ll be making Melton Mowbry pork pies in Croatia next year! Enjoy em while ya can.

Edited October 3, 2007 by Rocket88

[Caesar]

Well it would be cheaper in Poland, a friend in the service said they tried to get the U.S. to move some military bases from France to Poland.

[bathory]

you guys don't get nestle over there?

over in aus its either Nestle, Cadbury or Masterfoods pumping out the majority of tasties

Edited October 4, 2007 by bathory

[She-ra]

I'll just stick with my Ghiradelli's... yum yum yum...

[Caesar]

I'll just stick with my Ghiradelli's... yum yum yum...

What is "Ghiradelli's" if I may ask. it sounds like it comes from India.