Cadbury

Pebbles and Jaffas rattling in boxes are now nothing more than a memory. And the machine that once filled the cardboard packets has been consigned to the scrapyard.

Otago charities will benefit from next month's 13th annual Dunedin Cadbury Chocolate Carnival.

Dunedin's Cadbury chocolate manufacturing plant could be sourcing the majority of its cocoa bean ingredient from the Asia-Pacific region in coming years.

A jail term of two years and three months was appropriate for a woman who stole from her employer, Cadbury, the sentencing judge said.

A blogger's claim that Cadbury is winding down its Dunedin operation has been labelled by the company as disappointing and irresponsible.

Cadbury Confectionery Dunedin is to make two new products for New Zealand and Australia this year, but has also started consulting up to 20 staff affected by a drop in crumb production.

It was like any other Saturday shopping expedition. The Hogg family pulled up to the Cadbury car park and opened the window to pay, just as they do most Saturday mornings - except this time, a gathered crowd went wild with celebration.

The snow that is playing havoc around the South has affected the Dunedin Cadbury Chocolate Carnival, and shifts at the Dunedin factory have been cancelled.

Taking part in Cadbury's "Joy Collector", a portable recording box based at the Golden Centre during the weekend, are, from left, Rileigh Fields (12), Alana Samuel (12) and Nicole Samuel (10).

Newly-appointed Cadbury Confectionery Dunedin site manager Adam Burton is promising a period of consolidation and growth for the company so integral to the city's business community.

Cadbury is vowing to regain its top spot, after the chocolate giant discovered its support with the public had melted away in the latest survey of New Zealand's most trusted brand.

The $70 million investment Cadbury made in its Dunedin plant before it was swallowed up by food giant Kraft seems to have gone down well with the new owner.

United States food giant Kraft - which purchased Cadbury for $US19.5 billion ($NZ27.4 billion) in February - has received consent from the Overseas Investment Office to buy Cadbury's Auckland and Dunedin assets, which are valued at more than $100 million.

A taste test of Cadbury's new and old Moro bars, conducted by the Otago Daily Times yesterday, proved inconclusive.

Cadbury is warning the New Zealand chocolate-eating public that Moro bars could taste a little different from today.