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The takeover of Cadbury to foreign owners could leave British chocolate lovers with a bitter taste in thier mouths in more ways than one.
Cocolate enjoyed in the US is often shunned by Brits who believe the taste and texture is far less pleasuing to the palate because of its lower cocoa content.
UK consumers have a [...]

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20th Jan 10

Cadbury accepts £11.7bn takeover bid from Kraft

by Natasha Redman

Cadbury has accepted the takeover bid from Kraft following a revised offer from the US food manufacturer that could be unveiled as early as today.
The offer, said to be between 840-850p per share, values the UK producer of dairy milk chocolate to be at £11.5 billion to £11.7 billion, and is anticipated to be backed [...]

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7th Jan 10

Kraft receives 1.52 percent acceptance in bid for Cadbury

by Adam Richards

Kraft has announced that it had a 1.52 per cent take-up from shareholders of Cadbury for its £10.5 billion hostile bid, with analysts claiming the US based food group would have to raise its bid to win.
The company said on Wednesday that it had received acceptances by the first closing date of January 5th at [...]

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16th Dec 09

Cadbury launches attack on Kraft bid

by Sally Davies

Confectionary producer Cadbury has accused Kraft of attempting to buy it on the cheap as it lays out a robust defence against the US company’s £10 million hostile bid.
The Dairy Milk producer upped long-term performance targets and claimed profit margins for the 2009 were anticipated to be higher than original guidance, as it sought to [...]

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10th Nov 09

Cadbury targeted in takeover bid from Kraft

by Katie Naylor

American food manufacturer Kraft has began a £9.8 billion bid for UK confectioner Cadbury.
Cadbury said that it had emphatically rejected the new offer, which is being put directly to the company’s shareholders.
Kraft said it would add 300p in cash and 0.2589 new Kraft shares for each Cadbury share, the same terms which had been proposed [...]

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