BarbaraUK
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Surrounded by my yarn stash on the NE coast of England...............!! Refupea 1702
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Location: England UK
Jun 27, 2014 12:47:11 GMT
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Post by BarbaraUK on Mar 1, 2015 12:31:40 GMT
Oh nooooo......just seen this Dotty. I think I'm going to have to order some of those, thank you.....I think!!!
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ingrid
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Jun 26, 2014 0:52:41 GMT
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Post by ingrid on Mar 1, 2015 20:07:07 GMT
It's a complicated mess that I can't even begin to understand! I think Nestle (or Hershey?) bought the rights to sell products under the Cadbury name here in the states, but the stuff they sell isn't the same product or chocolate as the "real" Cadbury. It pales in comparison, IMHO. Real Cadbury products were still being exported to the US. Nestle (or Hershey, I really can't remember) basically said, "We own the rights to the Cadbury name here and you're cutting into our profits by continuing to sell products under the same name" and were able to block them from continuing to ship any of their stuff over. So the stores that sell Cadbury products that you'd normally find overseas aren't going to be able to replenish their stock anytime soon Again, that's just my take and I'm not the brightest when it comes to business law...stuff. But I do know Cadbury eggs and mini eggs aren't going to be affected. It was Hersey that brought the law suit not Nestle. Nestle has nothing to do with Cadburys or Hershey. The law suit stopped one particular importer...." Lets Buy British" importing certain Cadburys chocolate that had a similar product ( and that is debatable) to what Hershey historically had a licence from Cadburys to produce in the US. They held the licence before Craft Foods bought out Cadburys a couple of years ago. There isn't a lawful ban on actually importing all of British Cadburys chocolate into the USA,it has just made it more difficult for businesses to stock it as their main importer was the " Lets Buy British" company. The lawsuit is only against L.B.B., or Let's Buy British Imports, to stop importing chocolate products that closely resemble alternatives from the American company. This includes Cadbury chocolates. If you look at some of the products they've compared, you'd ask your self how would they even think that the American public would be so stupid not to know the difference between the British products and the Hershey products. I think they're clutching at straws if that is the best they can come up with. I knew I fudged some of the details (see what I did there? it should be illegal) and I appreciate you explaining it all.
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Post by elaine on Mar 1, 2015 21:13:42 GMT
I am stuck indoors with the whole family today because we are having an ice storm - my all time least favorite weather - and it is an ice rink out there.
Every time I come back to this thread I then have to go eat a cube of Aussie Candy Honeycomb.
And I want the Cadbury and Violet Crumble versions too. Now. !
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oldcrow
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Location: Ontario,Canada
Jun 26, 2014 12:25:29 GMT
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Post by oldcrow on Mar 1, 2015 22:03:31 GMT
We call it sponge toffee here. You can get it with or without the chocolate coating.
I used to make it for my children when they were little (that's many, many years ago). You add baking soda to the toffee mixture and then pour on to a pan. They didn't know about chocolate coating.
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Post by elaine on Mar 4, 2015 15:26:57 GMT
I actually prefer Violet Crumbles to Crunchies, the texture and consistency of the honeycomb is better IMO. I also love the big bags of plain honeycomb. I also make my own honeycomb sometimes. Oh, dear lord, I love Violet Crumble. But for some reason, they stopped being imported here in any normal quantity a couple years ago. They are very difficult to find anymore. There's one shop around here that has them on occasion - but they are $7/ea!!! They used to be more like $1.50 before they stopped importing regularly. I just got home from pre-storm shopping at Wegmans - it is amazing how many people were grocery shopping at 8 am - and while cruising the International Aisle, THERE WAS A WHOLE BOX OF VIOLET CRUMBLE!!! And at $2.99 a piece, while they weren't cheap, they weren't prohibitively expensive. How bad is it that I bought 3 for myself and I'm not planning on sharing them with my family?
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May 20, 2024 14:35:02 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2015 16:04:38 GMT
elaine, I would have considered buying the whole box, so you showed remarkable restraint in my book
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May 20, 2024 14:35:02 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2015 16:41:59 GMT
elaine, I would have considered buying the whole box, so you showed remarkable restraint in my book
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Grom Pea
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Jun 27, 2014 0:21:07 GMT
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Post by Grom Pea on Mar 4, 2015 16:56:17 GMT
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