Deborah Cadbury: "Chocolate Wars"
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2010-11-11/deborah-cadbury-chocolate-wars
A relative of the Quaker family that gave their name to one of the world's most famous brands of chocolate, Deborah Cadbury tells us about the 150-year rivalry between the world's greatest chocolate makers.
Guests
Deborah Cadbury
award-winning documentary producer for the BBC, and the author of seven books.
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I grew up in Uganda, India and my home country UK with Cadbury. I do not remember a day gone by when I did not enjoy Cadbury. Now I reside in USA. Only thing I or my friends brings back to USA is Cadbury's Flake, Wispa bar and Whole Nut. I regard Cadbury is most revered company. The Business model and ethics is model. I felt so sad when Cadbury was taken over by Kraft. The history is repeating. Just like what happened to one of their rival Rowantree. We British are not good in keeping few gems. Cadbury is synonym what is best of British and how an organization should operate. I have real dilemma now as I gave up eating Kit Kat when Nestle acquired Rowantree. I hope Cadbury goes back to British.
Love this interview!! May I share this story with Ms. Cadbury: I grew up in Erie, PA in the '50s and '60"s and Cadbury cookies were a real treat in our household. My mother made sure we always had them on hand, but mostly because they were my father's FAVORITE cookie, next to her homemade ones, of course. To this day, my three brothers and I laugh at our memory of my Dad hiding HIS Cadbury cookies in his underwear drawer to keep from four constantly hungry cookie monsters! They were HIS, and hands-off, kids!
Stephanie
now in Alexandria, VA
A very enjoyable program.
My great grandfather was the primary banker that gave Milton Hershey his initial stake to open the first Hershey factory.
I wish the author could find the time to visit Hershey Park, a great amusement park, and wonder if she is aware of Milton Hershey's orphans' school?
I love Cadbury Dairy Milk and all of the Cadbury chocolate cookies, especially the double chocolate. They are such a treat when friends send them from Australia.
My favorite factory tour of all time was of the Cadbury factory near Hobart, Tasmania in Australia. I toured it with a bunch of engineering colleagues and we were all fascinated by the most fantastic Rube Goldberg-like device with many thousands of moving parts - little levers and arms, pushers, rollers, little motors etc.- that filled and folded closed the paper lined thin cardboard boxes of powdered chocolate. It was an engineering marvel in approx. 1.5 meter by 1.5 meter cube. The machine must be approaching 100 years old now.
Thank you so much!
The last two comments on the show addressed very important points. The guest said nothing after each listern's comment and the host asked such irrelevant and absurd questions such as 'Well, what's your FAVROITE type of chocolate". Really, is that the follow-up to a comment about slave labor???
Why did Mrs. Cadbury not say a thing????