Cadbury says job cuts inevitable

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Cadbury says job cuts inevitable Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Roger Carr: "What you pay enables you to buy what you need." Cadbury's chairman has confirmed to the BBC that job losses are an "inevitability" at the company after its takeover by US giant Kraft Foods.Without estimating how many positions would be affected, Roger Carr said jobs would go at Cadbury's head office in Uxbridge, London. However, he added that he saw Kraft both supporting and developing Cadbury's UK production facilities. Mr Carr was speaking after Cadbury's board backed a £11.5bn bid from Kraft. Prime Minister Gordon Brown said the government was "determined" to ensure that Cadbury jobs were secure. "We are determined that the levels of investment that take place in Cadbury in the United Kingdom are maintained and we are determined that, at a time when people are worried about their jobs, that jobs in Cadbury can be secure," he said.[Read more...]

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