Cadbury's no longer for sale in US

MadsL

http://www.dailyedge.ie/cadburys-no-longer-in-the-states-1901493-Jan2015/

Motherf*ckers!!

Damn it.

Novella

The chocolate over here is so bad! I've been having Whole Nut bars mailed to me like crazy. Mmm Cadbury's! My husband (American) loves Cadbury's too, my mam sends him over all kinds of chocolate.

kowloon

My condolences, US chocolate doesn't appeal to me at all.

irokie

I'll have to get the mother to bring chocolate as well as Tayto and Lyon's tea when she's coming over, so.

InTheTrees

Does that include Creme Eggs?

*sigh*

Dave1442397

InTheTrees wrote: »

Does that include Creme Eggs?

*sigh*

No, because we don't get the European Creme Eggs, so they should still be available.

The rest of it sucks, though. I have a store near me that sells just about everything from the UK and Ireland, and this might put them out of business.

Hershey sucks!

Roosterreid

Kinder Eggs are illegal too....... ridiculous!

the_syco

Roosterreid wrote: »

Kinder Eggs are illegal too....... ridiculous!

Give them a Glock instead :pac:

Will this affect people in Canada?

iusedtoknow

Roosterreid wrote: »

Kinder Eggs are illegal too....... ridiculous!

I am back and forth to Europe quite a few times a year and buy crap loads of them for my colleague to give to her kids.

Got caught once on a random inspection coming through LAX - the customs guy looked at me, said his kids loved them and closed my bag. I would have offered him one, but bribery and all

spideog7

Dave1442397 wrote: »

No, because we don't get the European Creme Eggs, so they should still be available.

Well the Hershey version of all Cadbury will still be available, that's what the ruling was about, they were protecting their rights to sell it here. Unfortunately it's sh*te, so you'll still be able to get creme eggs and dairy milk but it's the Hershy version only, which nobody buys anyway.

Dave1442397

spideog7 wrote: »

Well the Hershey version of all Cadbury will still be available, that's what the ruling was about, they were protecting their rights to sell it here. Unfortunately it's sh*te, so you'll still be able to get creme eggs and dairy milk but it's the Hershy version only, which nobody buys anyway.

The Creme Eggs were never made by Hershey. The ones you get in stores here were imported by Hershey, but if you check where they were made it was always the UK/Europe.

If you want to know exactly how Hershey ended up with the rights to the Cadbury name in the US, the whole sad story is here -

http://www.amazon.com/Chocolate-Wars-150-Year-Rivalry-Greatest-ebook/dp/B0044BD5XU

Harry Palmr

Heard about this on the radio, does the USA have any market for proper chocolate, artisan bakeries must exist with mail order I'm sure.

él statutorio

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Heard about this on the radio, does the USA have any market for proper chocolate, artisan bakeries must exist with mail order I'm sure.

You can get Lindt and stuff like that alright but it is pricey.

spideog7

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Heard about this on the radio, does the USA have any market for proper chocolate, artisan bakeries must exist with mail order I'm sure.

To be fair most good artisan chocolate purists would not appreciate being lumped in to the same category with Cadbury.

You can get decent milk chocolate at Aldi, same as the stuff they stock at home, I've seen Milka around too. Green and Black's and Ghirardelli (Lindt) is also stocked in most stores.

There's plenty of good chocolate, it's just not the same though.

spideog7

Dave1442397 wrote: »

The Creme Eggs were never made by Hershey. The ones you get in stores here were imported by Hershey, but if you check where they were made it was always the UK/Europe.

Oh so they do get the European eggs over here? Hmm last time I had them here they were not good.

eire4

spideog7 wrote: »

To be fair most good artisan chocolate purists would not appreciate being lumped in to the same category with Cadbury.

You can get decent milk chocolate at Aldi, same as the stuff they stock at home, I've seen Milka around too. Green and Black's and Ghirardelli (Lindt) is also stocked in most stores.

There's plenty of good chocolate, it's just not the same though.

You can get some decent Belgian chocolate at some stores like World Market or even at Marshalls and TJ Maxx some times.

ProudDUB

Does this deal just affect stuff imported directly from the UK, or other countries?

When I lived in Atlanta, I used to get my Cadburys loot from Cost Plus World Market. Their Cadburys items stuff definitely had non English print on the back (with the ingredients and what not) that would be in English here and the UK. I think they came from Germany or Switzerland, or some where like that. Although why they would be importing it from the EU and not the UK or Ireland, is anyones guess.

uck51js9zml2yt

Just one more reason why never to go to the US.

silja

I left home when I was 16 (boarding school, later moved to the USA), so fortunately, my mom still thinks I am 17 and sends supply packages. They are now officially for the kids, but there is chocolate tax :P I do miss Flakes, but I rarely bought any here locally anyways.

We do have a wonderful artisan chocolatier within driving distance, for any of you in the MO/ AR area, or willing to do mailorder. A whole different game from mass produced chocolate in taste, quality and price of course: https://askinosie.com/

Novella

Roosterreid wrote: »

Kinder Eggs are illegal too....... ridiculous!

I had no idea! Just this morning I mentioned Kinder Eggs to my husband and he had no idea what I was talking about. I thought it was weird but now it makes sense.

jjbrien

Im lucky we have an Irish store here that sells the stuff from home even taytos so i never have to eat the muck that was Yankee Cadburys

ProudDUB

jjbrien wrote: »

Im lucky we have an Irish store here that sells the stuff from home even taytos so i never have to eat the muck that was Yankee Cadburys

But where do they get their Cadburys items from? Do they have an Irish supplier who sends it to them from Ireland. If they don't & they use the import company named in the link, they could be affected by this too.

jjbrien

ProudDUB wrote: »

But where do they get their Cadburys items from? Do they have an Irish supplier who sends it to them from Ireland. If they don't & they use the import company named in the link, they could be affected by this too.

They get it all sent over from Belfast so its the good stuff. But will check for sure with them. I have also started buying stuff of ebay

ceadaoin.

I'm over visiting home now. I'll be sure to fill up the suitcase before I fly back

eire4

jjbrien wrote: »

They get it all sent over from Belfast so its the good stuff.

Not sure I am correct here but is Hershey's trying to block the sale of any Cadbury's being sold in the US unless it's what they make under license in the US themselves?

tampopo

eire4 wrote: »

Not sure I am correct here but is Hershey's trying to block the sale of any Cadbury's being sold in the US unless it's what they make under license in the US themselves?

that's what I understood from the link and the matter of confusing a reeses peanut bar with a toffee crisp...which seems highly unlikely, nut it IS America after all. And American trademark law, so...

vicwatson

silja wrote: »

I left home when I was 16 (boarding school, later moved to the USA), so fortunately, my mom still thinks I am 17 and sends supply packages. They are now officially for the kids, but there is chocolate tax :P I do miss Flakes, but I rarely bought any here locally anyways.

We do have a wonderful artisan chocolatier within driving distance, for any of you in the MO/ AR area, or willing to do mailorder. A whole different game from mass produced chocolate in taste, quality and price of course: https://askinosie.com/

Had a flake today at lunchtime, first in a long time, nom nom, made up the road from me. You just cannot beat the Irish milk in Cadburys chocolate, simply unbeatable, Kraft are you listening?

ProudDUB

ceadaoin. wrote: »

I'm over visiting home now. I'll be sure to fill up the suitcase before I fly back

Well, as Belfast is technically the UK, they may well be affected by all this, as the shipment has to make it thru US Customs. The Belfast company may need an export license, that they may not be able to get due to all this.

eBay are a a different kettle of fish. They are very quick to act if they think that international copyright laws are being infringed. As I found out when I tried to buy box sets on the cheap, from the US. :rolleyes:

InTheTrees

vicwatson wrote: »

Had a flake today at lunchtime, first in a long time, nom nom, made up the road from me. You just cannot beat the Irish milk in Cadburys chocolate, simply unbeatable, Kraft are you listening?

I used to like the ones that were Flakes but had the chocolate coating.

(I was a messy Flake eater.)

:pac:

ProudDUB

InTheTrees wrote: »

I used to like the ones that were Flakes but had the chocolate coating.

(I was a messy Flake eater.)

:pac:

I do believe that is a Twirl that you are referring to.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twirl_%28chocolate_bar%29

Shame on you for not knowing that.

You'll be saying you don't know what a Curly Wurly is next. :P

spideog7

eire4 wrote: »

Not sure I am correct here but is Hershey's trying to block the sale of any Cadbury's being sold in the US unless it's what they make under license in the US themselves?

Yes that's my reading of it, everything with Cadbury on it unless they're selling it.

Although according to various articles on the matter, it says they settled with the main importer. Technically there was no ruling saying it couldn't be imported (but likely the other importers haven't a licence to do it anyway).

Nobody near me sells it anyway, so it won't bother me!