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• No Action from New Cadbury Contestants, But Plenty of Talk

  BNET - 2009-11-23

  The rumors are flying. Hershey HSY is launching a solo bid for Cadbury CBY. Hershey is launching a joint bid for Cadbury with Ferrero. Cadbury is eager for Hershey's bid. Cadbury will reject Hershey's bid. Nestle will join Hershey and Ferrero to bid on Cadbury. Nestle will go it alone....

  Tags: Cadbury Schweppes Plc., Hershey, Corporate Law, Security, Business Operations, Katherine Glover

• Hershey and Ferrero's Cadbury Interest Unlikely to Push Up Kraft Bid

  BNET - 2009-11-18

  It's not that I don't think Kraft Foods KFT will ultimately have to raise its offer in its hostile takeover bid for Cadbury CBY. The offer was low when it was floated in September and, thanks to changes in stock prices, the offer was even lower last week when Kraft...

  Tags: Kraft Foods Inc., Cadbury Schweppes Plc., Food & Beverage, Investment, Games, Financial Accounting, Manufacturing, Finance, Personal Technology, Katherine Glover

• Kraft Battle for Cadbury Takeover Just Beginning

  BNET - 2009-11-09

  Today was the deadline for Kraft Foods KFT to make official its bid on UK-based Cadbury CBY, according to the UK Takeover Panel, and Kraft surprised many by failing to budge from its initial offer. In fact, because of changes in Kraft stock prices, the offer was worth less than...

  Tags: Kraft Foods Inc., Cadbury Schweppes Plc., Financial Accounting, Finance, Katherine Glover

• Bar Raised as Kraft Cadbury Bid Deadline Approaches

  BNET - 2009-10-22

  Cadbury reported higher-than-expected revenues and upgraded its outlook yesterday, potentially raising the bar for any attempted takeover bid by Kraft Foods. Kraft made a $16.7 billion dollar offer for the British company in September, which Cadbury rejected. Cadbury then got the U.K. Panel on Takeovers and Mergers...

  Tags: Kraft Foods Inc., Cadbury Schweppes Plc., Mergers & Acquisitions, Food & Beverage, Financial Accounting, Investment, Finance, Manufacturing, Katherine Glover

• More Drama and Mixed Messages in Kraft-Cadbury Flirtation

  BNET - 2009-09-25

  In case there was any confusion about what Cadbury CEO Todd Stitzer meant when he said, "I would never say there's not some strategic sense in [Kraft and Cadbury] coming together," Cadbury has come forward to clarify things. Apparently Stitzer meant to add, "I mean, it's completely true; there's no...

  Tags: Cadbury Schweppes Plc., Kraft, Food & Beverage, Financial Accounting, Manufacturing, Finance, Katherine Glover

• Cadbury Warms to Kraft Bid, Pushes for Deadline

  BNET - 2009-09-22

  Cadbury chairman Roger Carr recently called Kraft an "unattractive," "low-growth conglomerate," but CEO Todd Stitzer apparently has a much better view of the company. "I would never say there's not some strategic sense in these businesses coming together," Stitzer told the Wall Street Journal. Kraft recently announced...

  Tags: Cadbury Schweppes Plc., Kraft, Takeover Panel, Mergers & Acquisitions, Food & Beverage, Personal Finance, Financial Accounting, Investment, Finance, Manufacturing, Katherine Glover

• Cadbury Chairman Insults Kraft in Open Letter

  BNET - 2009-09-14

  It wasn't enough for Cadbury to simply reject Kraft's surprise $16.7 billion takeover offer. Cadbury chairman Roger Carr had to spell out just how "unappealing" and "unattractive" he finds the prospect of a merger with "a low growth conglomerate" like Kraft. In an open letter to Kraft...

  Tags: Cadbury Schweppes Plc., Kraft, Investment, Mergers & Acquisitions, Food & Beverage, Finance, Manufacturing, Katherine Glover

• Cadbury Playing Hard-to-Get?

  BNET - 2009-09-08

  Cadbury turned down Kraft's surprise $16.7 billion takeover offer yesterday, but nobody seems to think that's the end of the story. Cadbury is giving off mixed signals -- it said it just wanted to fly solo for the moment, but it also said the bid was too...

  Tags: Cadbury Schweppes Plc., Nestle S.A., Kraft, Food & Beverage, Corporate Law, Investment, Manufacturing, Business Operations, Finance, Katherine Glover

• Cadbury Wispa Gold: Social Marketing Win

  BNET - 2009-07-07

  Internet fans have spoken. They want Cadbury to bring back its Wispa Gold chocolate bar in the UK. And Cadbury has answered: shucks, all right. After more than 22,000 fans joined the Facebook group "Bring Back Cadbury's Wispa Gold" -- supposedly on their own, with no prodding...

  Tags: Cadbury Schweppes Plc., Wispa Gold, Internet, Marketing Research, Marketing, Katherine Glover

• Food Roundup: Beverage-Free Cadbury, Phelps-Free Kellogg, WTO Complaints, and More

  BNET - 2009-03-12

  Cadbury done with drink market -- Cadbury is selling Schweppes in Australia, the last of its beverage holdings, to Japanese brewer Asahi for $767 million. The two companies reached a conditional agreement in December, but the Coca-Cola Company still had the right to negotiate with Cadbury over any potential sale....

  Tags: U.S., China, Food, Poultry, World Trade Organization, Beverage, Starbucks Corp., Cadbury Schweppes Plc., Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Katherine Glover