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Cadbury ‘disappointed’ after being stripped of royal warrant

23 Dec 2024 2 minute read
Former Cadbury customers have complained about recipe changes in recent years, while some are upset about the ethics of its owner, Mondelez

Cadbury has said it is “disappointed” after losing its royal warrant.

The chocolate firm is among the brands and products that have had their warrants withdrawn under the King, a list published by Buckingham Palace’s Royal Warrant Holders Association shows.

The company had held the royal warrant for 170 years since 1854.

Consumer goods firm Unilever, which owns Dove and Lipton, was also stripped of its warrant.

Campaign

Earlier this year, Charles was urged by campaign group B4Ukraine to take warrants from companies “still operating in Russia” after the invasion of Ukraine, naming Mondelez, which owns Cadbury, and Unilever.

A Mondelez International spokesperson said: “Whilst we are disappointed to be one of hundreds of other businesses and brands in the UK to not have a new warrant awarded, we are proud to have previously held one, and we fully respect the decision.”

Pride

A Unilever spokesperson said: “We are very proud of the long history our brands have supplying the Royal Household and of the warrants they have been awarded during this time, most recently by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

“The granting of royal warrants is a matter for the Royal Household.”


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Fi yn unig
Fi yn unig
5 hours ago

Enjoy the freedom of dissociation. We’re still enjoying your products out here. Be happy!

hdavies15
hdavies15
4 hours ago
Reply to  Fi yn unig

A taste for chemically engineered gunk does you no good no matter whose brand has become “dissociated”. No longer cheap and cheerful either, just plain nasty.

Fi yn unig
Fi yn unig
2 hours ago
Reply to  hdavies15

Maybe I’ll give it the swerve after Chrimbo.

Jonathan Edwards
Jonathan Edwards
1 hour ago
Reply to  hdavies15

Yes. I remember when the EU nearly banned Dairy Milk etc because (by Belgian and German = EU standards) Cadbury didn’t make chocolate at all!

hdavies15
hdavies15
23 minutes ago

In which case delisting by the Palace will cause huge emotional instability among us Brexiteers ! What odds on likes of Farage, JRM, Boris et al rushing out and buying big loads of Cadbury’s Craap just to prop up its market image.

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