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[Tams]

Cadbury flake now too crumbly for 99 cones, say ice-cream sellers | Food & drink industry | The Guardian

Businesses say product arrives as box of shards and quality has dropped since manufacturing move

amp.theguardian.com

Fucking state of the world.

And this is why you don't allow massive acquisitions to go through.

 

[Maiden Voyage]

RIP civilization

 

[jason10mm]

I've read this article 3 tomes and still can't figure out what the hell a 99 and a flake are. Can anyone debritish this story?

 

[Maiden Voyage]

I've read this article 3 tomes and still can't figure out what the hell a 99 and a flake are. Can anyone debritish this story?

Yum yum no more yum. All out of yum.

 

[Doom85]

And this is why you don't allow massive acquisitions to go through.

CMA: We can’t allow the Activision deal to go through!
Phil Spencer: On what grounds?!
CMA: Remember the Cadbury!
Phil Spencer:

 

[SirTerry-T]

Cadbury flake now too crumbly for 99 cones, say ice-cream sellers | Food & drink industry | The Guardian

Businesses say product arrives as box of shards and quality has dropped since manufacturing move

amp.theguardian.com

Fucking state of the world.

And this is why you don't allow massive acquisitions to go through.

Fuck Kraft Foods and fuck the UK government that allowed the buy out to through in the first place....



...and bring back the old style chunks on a bar of Dairy Milk.

 

[SirTerry-T]

I've read this article 3 tomes and still can't figure out what the hell a 99 and a flake are. Can anyone debritish this story?

This is a Flake....though this advert may also lead you to believe it maybe a dick ...


(Incidentally, I used to think the bird in this advert was the blonde one from Abba)

This is an ice cream van...

This is an ice cream cone...

And this, my friend, is the taste of heaven that happens when a genius decided to stick a chocolate bar in the aforementioned ice cream cone...

It's called a 99 because Cadburys sold the smaller versions of the Flake bars used in this masterpiece in boxes of 99.

 

[AlteredForms]

Always have a vacuum cleaner handy when eating one of these things.

 

[Tams]

Fuck Kraft Foods and fuck the UK government that allowed the buy out to through in the first place....



...and bring back the old style chunks on a bar of Dairy Milk.

When it was taking over Cadbury, US food firm Kraft promised to keep open the chocolate firm's Somerdale factory near Bristol.
But soon after the deal was done, Kraft announced a U-turn and shut the factory that employed 400 staff.

The fuckers aren't even 'Kraft' anymore. They became 'Mondelez'.

 

[SirTerry-T]

The fuckers aren't even 'Kraft' anymore. They became 'Mondelez'.

The sheer fucking audacity of those fuckers.

 

[BlackTron]

Sounds like a bunch of fucking flakes to me.

 

[Maiden Voyage]

Mondeledeeznutz

 

[AJUMP23]

Is this some British stuff?

 

[Lord Panda]

FFS, is nothing sacred anymore? First they remove cocaine from Coke, then they reduce the size of a Pringles can, and now this?!

 

[Maiden Voyage]

You'll know the end is neigh when Snickers no longer contain any knickers.

 

[nightmare-slain]

first freddos being a complete fucking rip off, then toblerones getting cut down, and now we need to put up with this?

i'm all for WW3 now. nuke this fucking rock please.

edit: this might sound like i'm joking but i'm actually fucking raging. can't even have a fucking ice cream cone with a flake in it anymore?

 

[Jinzo Prime]

Hey, don't blame us for this. Mondelez is ran by a Belgian! You'd think he would know chocolate!

 

[Fuz]

This is a Flake....though this advert may also lead you to believe it maybe a dick ...


(Incidentally, I used to think the bird in this advert was the blonde one from Abba)

This is an ice cream van...

This is an ice cream cone...

And this, my friend, is the taste of heaven that happens when a genius decided to stick a chocolate bar in the aforementioned ice cream cone...

It's called a 99 because Cadburys sold the smaller versions of the Flake bars used in this masterpiece in boxes of 99.

Yum, looks like crap.

Only the brits.

 

[Porcile]

Any G's here push the flake down into the bottom of the cone?

 

[Brian Fellows]

That looks like a great way to ruin an ice cream cone.

 

[Dr. Suchong]

Use a Twirl instead.

 

[SirTerry-T]

Yum, looks like crap.

Only the brits.

Whereas these look, smell AND taste like crap

 

[Spaceman292]

Welp, guess it's time for suicide

 

[Spaceman292]

Jk I never liked 99s much anyway. The ice-cream is about as flavourful as paper and the chocolate is too cold so you can't really taste it.

 

[The Pleasure]

The chocolate is too cold so you can't really taste it.

That's why the Brits love it so much. Reminds them of their women.

 

[Spaceman292]

That's why the Brits love it so much. Reminds them of their women.

?

 

[The Pleasure]

?

 

[SirTerry-T]

That's why the Brits love it so much. Reminds them of their women.

Our women are cold because the cost of heating has gone through the bloody roof!

 

[mitch1971]

I prefer a 69.

 

[Happosai]

Always have a vacuum cleaner handy when eating one of these things.

 

[The Pleasure]

Our women are cold because the cost of heating has gone through the bloody roof!

Burn a toboggan and have a british heatblastermeister.

 

[BigDeadFreak]

You'll know the end is neigh when Snickers no longer contain any knickers.

I bet you had to check that post about 100 times to make sure you didn't spell anything wrong.

 

[nush]

and there was me thinking coming back to blighty and living on a notrthern council estate with a prostitute was as bad as it could get.

 

[Maiden Voyage]

I bet you had to check that post about 100 times to make sure you didn't spell anything wrong.

 

[Fools idol]

chocolate made with toxic palm/veg/seed oils was destroying your health anyway. If you are going to eat chocolate, go for the organic / raw stuff that is 75%+ dark cocoa variety and has not been made with palm oils and crap that is toxic for you. Once youve tried 'real' chocolate it's hard to go back.

Green and black's is a good start.

G&B Organic Dark 85% 90g Bar

Green & Black's Dark 85%, 85% cocoa solids for an intense hit of cocoa.

www.greenandblacks.co.uk

 

[daffyduck]

Is this some British stuff?

Commonwealth.

 

[daffyduck]

Though it's been a while since I've seen the Flake bar specifically, and the "99/cone" thing might be reserved to England.

 

[Kamina]

they probably save 1 penny per package with the new recipe, so they dont care for the loss in quality

 

[JonSnowball]

A chocolate sundae with a flake and hot fudge/chocolate sauce is the fucking best. Cadbury gone down hill so fuckin' steep it's waxy ass penis chocolate. Buy other brands.