Writing: Cadbury

Should Cadbury keep their factory in Dunedin?

When you think of Cadbury chocolate, there’s always a thought in your mind of where it came from 

and where it’s made. Well, the answer to that is Dunedin, but, not for long. In 1868, a man named Richard 

Hudson came to New Zealand and opened up his very first bake house. He was the first person to create the chocolate chip cookies. 16 years later (1884), Richard opened the first chocolate and cocoa manufacturing plant. Later on in 1930, Cadbury partnered up with Richard and they created the very first Cadbury dairy milk bar. 

This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Cadbury factory when it opened.  Tragically on 

March 29th 2018, the Cadbury factory closed down. This would have been a very hard time for the ex Cadbury workers as they would have lost their jobs. When you get to a certain age at the point where you are 40+, it is very hard to find a job and there wouldn’t be many employment opportunities. The workers wouldn’t be getting paid any money and it might be hard for them to pay the bills. They might start having financial problems paying for off mortgages, food, electricity and general household bills.  I am simply perplexed and appalled by the 

closure of a well known kiwi foundation. New Zealand is such a small country and yet again, we are having our products and institutions taken away from us.Too many of our possessions are being assembled and produced

in other countries. The more buildings and properties that get taken down in our country, the more people 

are losing their jobs. This has a huge consequence on us as it can result to, people living on the streets,

shops closing down because they don’t have enough employees, and even people getting kicked out of their

homes because they don’t have enough money to rent them. Now that Australia owns the Cadbury factory,

it causes New Zealand to have money issues. We now have to pay more for it to be shipped and imported from overseas. The prices for chocolate in supermarkets/ dairy’s, might be put up and become more expensive.

My thoughts and opinions about this closure makes me absolutely devastated and gutted. We are losing 150 

years of history! That’s a pretty long legacy that is now just demolished. If the chocolate is made overseas in 

another country, the recipe could change, the packaging might be different, and they might take some of our

chocolate away and swap them with new ones. Cadbury is a well loved chocolate and was a great factory in Dunedin, let’s just hope that Australia carries on with our 150 year old legacy.

 In writing, my class and I looked at the closure of the Cadbury factory in Dunedin. It was a real shock for cadbury lovers including me. Such a strong, long lasting company/factory that is now gone. My opinions stated in my writing, shows that I was completely against the closure. It really is just disappointing that a well loved institution, is taken from us.