New Zealand Conservative

Some of our readers may remember the furore a few months ago over Cadbury replacing cocoa with palm oil and the competition heating up with Whitakers and the subsequent back-down of Cadbury . What did they say? - Cadbury New Zealand managing director Matthew Oldham said he was "really sorry" and that the decision was in direct response to consumer feedback, including hundreds of letters and emails. "At the time, we genuinely believed we were making the right decision, for the right reasons. But we got it wrong,” he said. "Now we’re putting things right as soon as we possibly can, and hope Kiwis will forgive us. The change will be made within the next few weeks, he said. Ok, so that was in August, so yours truly has been to the supermarket to find out if anything has changed... The result? I don't think so. Looking at the back of both Cadbury and Whitakers, Cadbury still has the less cocoa (at 21%), while Whitakers is at 33%. So maybe this is old sto...

We all know that a recession is not a good thing. People lose their jobs, spend less, the housing market slumps and there are many other run-on effects. It's at times like these that companies try to work out ways to cut spending. For instance, airline JAL has shaved a little bit off the plastic cutlery that it gives to passengers to save weight, and thus fuel. Also gone are in-flight magazines. JAL of Japan, took everything it loaded from a 747 and put it on the floor of a school gym to see what it really needed. As a result it shaved a fraction of a centimetre off all its cutlery to cut weight. "When you are talking about a jumbo jet with 400 people on board, being served two to three meals, this can save a few kilos," he said. "You work out how much fuel that consumes over a year, and you can be talking about a considerable amount of money". As for food companies, has anyone noticed that Cadbury Kingsize blocks are smaller now? According to Fair ...