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Cadbury's 'eats' Green&Blacks...

pirate | 14.05.2005 15:43 | Culture | Social Struggles | World

Green & Blacks, the organic choc etc co has 'sold out' to
megacorp Cadbury Sweppes.

Reported in The Independent May 13th. (Timothy Allen)

Five executive directors of Green & Black's, the organic
chocolate brand beloved by foodiess,shared a £5m windfall
yesterday after CadburySchweppes swallowed it for an
undeisclosed sum. The group behind Dairy Milk and
Flake plan to run the company,in which it has had a 5%
stake since 2002,as an independent business. William
Kendal,the chief executive of G&B's,denied it was
abandoning its ethical roots. "If ethical trading is about
small business,then God help the world," he said.

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So that's aleight then ??? I don't think so, Back to
Co-Op (fairtrade chocy) I suppose. (I'll miss the orangy
one)

pirate

Comments

Display the following 11 comments

  1. Bastards — Socialist
  2. chocolate — - -
  3. Swallowed up by chocolate gobblers — dh
  4. But do understand how this works — Mike
  5. Green and Black's Not A Fairtrade Company Anyway — chocoholic
  6. Cash Crop Niche Marketing — Not trade justice - just us
  7. Mixed Feelings — Anne Mari
  8. all your bases are ours — fare trade boy
  9. Office of Fair Trading steps in... — James Page, Green Party Fair Trading Policy Advisor
  10. Cadbury's are ethical to a degree — G
  11. Cadbury 19thC social innovation — William