Amusement

[andrewducker]

Name the following business.

It has a workforce of 39,000 outside the UK, with just 6,000 staff in Britain.

Its biggest business is chewing gum.

The focus of much recent investment has been Poland, to replace UK production.

And 50% of the business and management came from the takeover of the confectionery company Adams from an American drugs business some five years ago.

Who is this faceless, heartless global conglomerate, which opportunistically shifts its capital and people to wherever the financial returns are greatest?

It's Cadbury.

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[marrog.livejournal.com]

I thought Wedgewood went bust last year?

[a-pawson.livejournal.com]

They entered administration, but the business survived and the factory was still open last week when I drove through Stoke.

It is now owned by a US private equity firm I believe.