Mondelez New Zealand Investments, who owns the closed Cadbury factory in Dunedin, reported a before-tax loss of $17.4million for the year ended December.
A promotional roadshow by Cadbury owner Mondelez will leave a "bitter taste" in the mouths of many after the saga at its Dunedin factory, the E tu union says.
"It's a sad day, that's a fact", was how Cadbury worker Campbell McPhee described the impending final production run of the Dunedin factory this afternoon.
Mondelez was genuinely interested in having some of its line of New Zealand products made in Oamaru, the general manager of Rainbow Confectionery says.
The union representing Cadbury workers and a Labour MP have questions after Mondelez announced it could not find anyone to make Kiwi sweets in New Zealand.
An announcement Mondelez International will complete a $7 million redevelopment of Cadbury World and create 25 new jobs is positive news at a difficult time, a union director says.
The chocolate kept coming at Dunedin’s Cadbury factory, despite international disruption caused by a global cyberattack, owner food giant Mondelez International says.
Labour MP Clare Curran is threatening to pull out of the Mondelez working party and has accused the multinational of showing ''contempt'' for the community.