This is a Damned Outrage!!

[Hotter Otter 1,211]

Fellow Brit expats in America, I'm not sure if you saw an article that appeared in the NYT last week but it appears that Hersheys are taking action to prevent Cadbury's being imported from the UK to the US (basically because they are aware their own chocolate takes like ####### and doesn't compare). Not sure how many British import shops will be hit by this but stock up while you can!

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/24/nyregion/after-a-deal-british-chocolates-wont-cross-the-pond.html?_r=1

“Have you tried Hershey’s chocolate?” asked Nicky Perry, a longtime British expatriate living in New York.

“I’d never sell it in my store,” she said, using a string of imaginative expletives to describe how the ubiquitous American chocolate tastes to her.

Ms. Perry, a native of Blackheath, England, owns Tea & Sympathy, a tea shop and restaurant; Carry On Tea & Sympathy, a British goods store; and A Salt & Battery, a fish and chips restaurant, all in Greenwich Village.

As such, she is naturally partial to Maltesers and Flake bars. She is also positively appalled at the notion that some of her beloved chocolates will no longer be available in the United States.

As a result of a settlement with the Hershey’s Company, Let’s Buy British Imports, or L.B.B., agreed this week to stop importing all Cadbury’s chocolate made overseas. The company also agreed to halt imports on KitKat bars made in Britain; Toffee Crisps, which, because of their orange packaging, and yellow-lined brown script, too closely resemble Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups; Yorkie chocolate bars, which infringe on the York peppermint patty; and Ms. Perry’s beloved Maltesers.

“Things in the world are bad enough as it is,” Ms. Perry said, “and now you’re going to take away our chocolate?”

Jeff Beckman, a representative for Hershey’s, said L.B.B. and others were importing products not intended for sale in the United States, infringing on its trademark and trade dress licensing. For example, Hershey’s has a licensing agreement to manufacture Cadbury’s chocolate in the United States with similar packaging used overseas, though with a different recipe.

“It is important for Hershey to protect its trademark rights and to prevent consumers from being confused or misled when they see a product name or product package that is confusingly similar to a Hershey name or trade dress,” Mr. Beckman said in an email.

What many Britons and British-chocolate lovers are most incensed about is the difference in taste between chocolate made in Britain and chocolate made in the United States.

Chocolate in Britain has a higher fat content; the first ingredient listed on a British Cadbury’s Dairy Milk (plain milk chocolate) is milk. In an American-made Cadbury’s bar, the first ingredient is sugar.

American Cadbury bars also include PGPR and soy lecithin, both emulsifiers that reduce the viscosity of chocolate, giving it a longer shelf life. British Cadbury bars used vegetable fats and different emulsifiers.

An informal blind taste test comparing Cadbury Dairy Milk bars — muddled by this reporter’s garlicky lunch — suggested that Ms. Perry had reason to be upset.

The British Dairy Milk was slightly fudgier, allowing for a creamier taste and texture. The American Dairy Milk bar left a less pleasing coating and somewhat of a stale aftertaste.

Another retailer of British goods, who wished to remain anonymous because she feared reprisal from Hershey’s, said she imagined she would go out of business soon.

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“Cadbury’s is about half of my business,” she said, while eating leftover Cadbury’s Christmas chocolate, “and more than that at Christmas. I don’t know how we’ll survive.”

She said she tried to import chocolate herself, but it required dealing with the Food and Drug Administration, as well as customs and the country’s Department of Agriculture, which got to be very complicated.

And because Hershey’s is looking to stop the sale of all Cadbury’s chocolate and the other bars in the United States, it might not help her to import the chocolate herself.

[LORIEandPHIL 123]

#######!! Hershey is now banned in my household!! I buy UK, chocolate every time i see any in stores. Even the cheap imported European bars from Lidl taste a million times better than Hershey's.

[kwakun 23]

https://globalcoachcenter.wordpress.com/2011/11/15/expatriate-vs-immigrant-–-what’s-the-difference/

Based on that definition, fellow "Brit expats" shouldn't be all that outraged. This concerns Brit immigrants. Calm down and look forward to eating Cadbury chocolate when you return to the UK.

[Hotter Otter 1,211]

https://globalcoachcenter.wordpress.com/2011/11/15/expatriate-vs-immigrant-–-what’s-the-difference/

Based on that definition, fellow "Brit expats" shouldn't be all that outraged. This concerns Brit immigrants. Calm down and look forward to eating Cadbury chocolate when you return to the UK.

It actually would concern anyone British who is living in the US (if they like Cadbury's that is) whether temporarily or on a permanent basis so I'm not sure what you are trying to prove here other than you have learnt to copy and paste links?

[kwakun 23]

It actually would concern anyone British who is living in the US (if they like Cadbury's that is) whether temporarily or on a permanent basis so I'm not sure what you are trying to prove here other than you have learnt to copy and paste links?

No, any moron can copy-paste. I am highlighting your wrong choice of word. Your audience (visa journey) is geared towards immigrants. Expatriates convene on a different forum.

Also, you applied and were approved for an IR-1/CR-1 visa. Expatriates aren't your fellows, immigrants are.

Edited January 26, 2015 by kwakun

[Big Papa Zone 93]

"Chocolate in Britain has a higher fat content...."

Something from here that's less fatty than something from there? me, that's a first isn't it?

[-Shana- 152]

I've accepted that living in the US is going to be tough in terms of chocolate...even the Dairy Milk I bought there didn't taste quite right. I'm more of a Mars girl though, I'll probably get chocolate care packages from my parents! I know there are import shops, but usually they're twice the price. What America lacks in chocolate it does make up for in candy though...and food in general. English food isn't known for being great let's face it

[Pheebs1201 269]

I've accepted that living in the US is going to be tough in terms of chocolate...even the Dairy Milk I bought there didn't taste quite right. I'm more of a Mars girl though, I'll probably get chocolate care packages from my parents! I know there are import shops, but usually they're twice the price. What America lacks in chocolate it does make up for in candy though...and food in general. English food isn't known for being great let's face it

Blasphemy! What about fish and chips! Roast dinners! Cornish pasties!

[-Shana- 152]

Blasphemy! What about fish and chips! Roast dinners! Cornish pasties!

Haha, oh my goose, fish and chips gives me terrible stomach cramps, I'm not a big fan of Cornish pasties (and I even lived in Cornwall for 3 years) BUT roast dinners are the bomb. I will miss my Mum's Sunday roast! But the big one I miss while being abroad is Galaxy chocolate...oh, and Jaffa Cakes!! Do they sell Jaffa's in the US?!

[Pheebs1201 269]

Haha, oh my goose, fish and chips gives me terrible stomach cramps, I'm not a big fan of Cornish pasties (and I even lived in Cornwall for 3 years) BUT roast dinners are the bomb. I will miss my Mum's Sunday roast! But the big one I miss while being abroad is Galaxy chocolate...oh, and Jaffa Cakes!! Do they sell Jaffa's in the US?!

No way! I live in Cornwall!

Yes Im bringing roast dinners to the US whether they like it or not

Hmm I don't know I don't like Jaffa cakes

[-Shana- 152]

No way! I live in Cornwall!

Yes Im bringing roast dinners to the US whether they like it or not

Hmm I don't know I don't like Jaffa cakes

Where do you live?? I lived in Falmouth!

Yeah, I may have to bring them over with me too, will have to practice making my own Yorkshire puddings!

I'm going to pretend I didn't read that last line...

[wbeem 568]

I've accepted that living in the US is going to be tough in terms of chocolate...even the Dairy Milk I bought there didn't taste quite right. I'm more of a Mars girl though, I'll probably get chocolate care packages from my parents! I know there are import shops, but usually they're twice the price. What America lacks in chocolate it does make up for in candy though...and food in general. English food isn't known for being great let's face it

Blasphemy! What about fish and chips! Roast dinners! Cornish pasties!

I think I'm going to be just fine. I find most typical British food disgusting and prefer Galaxy to Cadbury (they sell Galaxy as Dove there - much more variety). I spend most of my life here craving good biscuit, Cheetos and root beer. I think I'm safe on the food front

[-Shana- 152]

I think I'm going to be just fine. I find most typical British food disgusting and prefer Galaxy to Cadbury (they sell Galaxy as Dove there - much more variety). I spend most of my life here craving good biscuit, Cheetos and root beer. I think I'm safe on the food front

I'm with you, Galaxy is the best chocolate!

I think I'll be pretty comfy too! I'm all about a good burger and fries, my favourite burger of all time is waiting for me in Colorado. I think I look forward to eating it again more than the whole getting married thing, haha!

[Pheebs1201 269]

I think I'm going to be just fine. I find most typical British food disgusting and prefer Galaxy to Cadbury (they sell Galaxy as Dove there - much more variety). I spend most of my life here craving good biscuit, Cheetos and root beer. I think I'm safe on the food front

I don't think Dove tastes quite the same! But I also agree that galaxy wins over Cadbury every time

[Hotter Otter 1,211]

No way! I live in Cornwall!

Yes Im bringing roast dinners to the US whether they like it or not

Hmm I don't know I don't like Jaffa cakes

Can you bring Cornish pasties too, this Devonian misses them