Sweet wrappers over the years

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Very old bar, but still in the traditional gold, purple & white

From a design perspective everything about this interation works. It could still be used today.

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Excellent pic. I remember that design fondly. Everything from the royal seal to the font and the artwork looks so much classier than the plastic rubbish we have now.

Funny how times change, when I was a kid Cadbury were the chocolate makers and such things as their Fruit & Nut bar was, to my young eyes, a highly sophisticated looking product that was to be cherished like gold if I was ever given even the smallest of pieces by my parents. Nowadays however, with increased competition from companies trading on their cocoa content and provenance, Cadbury has been somewhat demoted to a second class brand. To my mind though, this status shift has not only not been resisted but also encouraged by the evolution of the product itself. Small things like the smart artwork, fonts and Royal Seal communicated a certain pride in the product together with a sense of Britishness and prestige that is totally lacking today.


Anyways, thanks again for the memories.

Matthew

How can something be resisted and then encouraged?

Anyhow, Cadbury's is **** now. Its no longer British for one thing but even long before that the taste of their Chocolate had a sort of vegetable oil flavour to it. Its not even laced with much Cocoa nowadays. The bars get smaller by the month, the price goes up, up, up. Continental Chocolate, when you are actually abroad [I]tastes[I] like chocolate [I]should[I] taste, rich in cocoa content; dark chocolates taste a tiny bit bitter, whilst milk chocolate sweets taste both milky and chocolatey. Cadbury's today is awful.

They should be ashamed of what they've done to themselves since the 1980s as thats when their product went downhill.....to be precise, circa 1987 onward as thats when my family started noticing the quality, taste and size began to diminish...and don't get me started on their clever rebranding from 'CADBURY'S' to.....CADBURY WHAT A WASTE OF MONEY, DROPPING AN 'S'...

[darren]

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Trebor Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back

i wonder did they do star wars and reurn if the jedi ones.
id bet they did.

[darren]

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Got to be honest I have no idea about this one. when it was sold etc??



Hollands Red Witch Stick

i tried to fid out more about this sweet.
all i could find out is hollands are dutch.

[Heather74]

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Trebor Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back

[Heather74]

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Got to be honest I have no idea about this one. when it was sold etc??



Hollands Red Witch Stick

[sixtyten]

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Ooh! that's a new Phantom.. Raspberry & Pineapple?? weird combo, but probably fab

[Heather74]

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Trebor Phantom

[Heather74]

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Trebor Superman

[RetroAEROSMITH]

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Strange thing is though all these companies bragging about their high cocoa content such as Lindt...I dont like the chocolate. Its terrible. There is nothing better than the taste of cadburys and you really do know when its cadbury. Sad thing is now that cadbury is no longer British.
I find galaxy chocolate too sickly, Nestle chocolate to bland and almost gritty or smoky, Mars is too sugary,Lindt is vile, Kinder is too milky...Cadbury is just divine.

But you know what....I could really murder a Cabana right now

[matt]

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More than welcome..
Here's another variant

Excellent pic. I remember that design fondly. Everything from the royal seal to the font and the artwork looks so much classier than the plastic rubbish we have now.

Funny how times change, when I was a kid Cadbury were the chocolate makers and such things as their Fruit & Nut bar was, to my young eyes, a highly sophisticated looking product that was to be cherished like gold if I was ever given even the smallest of pieces by my parents. Nowadays however, with increased competition from companies trading on their cocoa content and provenance, Cadbury has been somewhat demoted to a second class brand. To my mind though, this status shift has not only not been resisted but also encouraged by the evolution of the product itself. Small things like the smart artwork, fonts and Royal Seal communicated a certain pride in the product together with a sense of Britishness and prestige that is totally lacking today.


Anyways, thanks again for the memories.

Matthew

[stuckinthe80's]

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Those Canbana wrappers certainly have the memories flooding back. Especially the blue one. I dont remember the Nestle Feast though. Would love to see a 'Splicer' wrapper again but as yet I cant find one.

[Heather74]

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Nestle Feast

[Heather74]

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and again

[Heather74]

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Rowntrees Cabana