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Cadbury's Bournville Factory

Morturn said:
Richard, I agree entirely with you on quality. I’m on the back foot with Cadburys products now as I don’t eat anything with sugar in (only 100% chocolate), so can only rely on other who say their chocolate is not as good. There does seem to be a common theme that it has alterd for the worse and it is known that they now remove a lot of the cocoa butter and substitute it for other less expensive oils.

A lot of confectionary manufactures have also been involved in shrinkflation. If you look at the Penguin and Club biscuit multipacks, they are down from eight bars to seven (12.5% smaller) same price.

The original Jacob Club biscuit was in my opinion a classic example of cost cutting and quality loss.
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Mort, the shrinking is alive and well here combined with a price increase. At McDonalds they had a dollar menu $1.00 that is now $1.39, fortunately the same size. We used to buy coffee in I pound, 16 oz can, that same can is priced higher and there is only 12ozs. We buy coffee in a bag that used to be 16ozs now 10 or 12 for the same price! What is a shame when they shrink products they leave the packaging the same size wrapper and box. They should shrink both, increase the shipping density and reduce freight and cost, I think the only person they are fooling is themselves!
 
Monique Woodward said:
I played hockey for Bournville with home matches at Cadbury’s complete with after match food (Cadbury’s Smash - urg!). Anyone know if they still house a hockey club?
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They now seem to be called Bournville and Kings Heath Hockey club and based at King's Heath Cricket club.
Also play at King Edwards school.

I too played at Cadbury’s but against Bournville (dare I say - it was in the 1970s).
 
As probably recorded earlier in this, or similar threads, I used the Cadbury swimming baths when at college in 1953. To avoid having wet trunks and towels we were obliged to sim in the nude. :blush:
It was not mixed bathing, the odd wag wished it was, but it brought most people to realise beneath all we are similar whatever the station in life. :)
 
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