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Cadbury on the front foot in its war of independence
Of course, like many a senior executive, the speeches given by Todd Stitzer, the CEO of UK confectioner Cadbury, are littered with jargon and business-speak. Phrases like consumers "building participation" in the chocolate category" or the "operational drivers" of spending money on distribution and moving into new markets sometimes struggle to get ...
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What is it about our great leaders? First Gordon Brown, after endless soul-searching, discloses that his favourite biscuit is "anything with a bit of chocolate". Now the man actually running the country, Business Secretary Lord Mandelson, pops up with an impassioned defence of Cadbury all timed just as things are starting to get crunchie, with ...
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