The UK faces a Ferrero Rocher shortage over Christmas, a union has warned, after staff at a major chocolate factory voted to strike.
Cargill Cocoa and Chocolate is one of the UK’s largest supplier of coco products to the confectionary industry, including to the manufacturers of Ferrero Rocher.
But now staff at the confectionary giant’s site in Worksop – which houses a production line churning out tens of thousands of tonnes of chocolate each year – have voted to take industrial action.
“The spectre of Christmas without this beloved yuletide treat would be devastating,” said Cameron Mitchell, a regional organiser at the GMB union.
“That’s exactly what’s on the cards if company bosses don’t act urgently to avoid strike action.
Here’s how I read this:
“We’re doubling the price of this chocolate this year. Here’s a bogus excuse as to why. Enjoy.”
Our international parties will be a disaster!
The butler informed me Kinder Eggs don’t make a nice pyramid, Lindt doesn’t stack and suggested I would offend her ladyship if I tried Heroes.
I have the staff practicing making a house of cards using After 8’s, the butler thinks its something those terrible colonialists would try but he sees no other option
What is going on? Is this the achocalypse? As foretold by Nostradimebar?
gonna chew some nuts and nutella spread to try and get the same effect
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The UK faces a Ferrero Rocher shortage over Christmas, a union has warned, after staff at a major chocolate factory voted to strike.
Cargill Cocoa and Chocolate is one of the UK’s largest supplier of coco products to the confectionary industry, including to the manufacturers of Ferrero Rocher.
But now staff at the confectionary giant’s site in Worksop – which houses a production line churning out tens of thousands of tonnes of chocolate each year – have voted to take industrial action.
More than a dozen staff at the Nottinghamshire site are set to walk out after 100 per cent of employees balloted by the union voted to back industrial action – after rejecting a real-terms pay cut.
“Regarding pay negotiations, we can confirm Cargill has made a market competitive offer of a 5.5 per cent increase, as well as an £1,400 one-time bonus payment, as we greatly value our employees and the work they do.
Ferrero Rocher have been a Christmas staple in the UK since the 1990s, when a now well-known TV advert set in a European ambassador’s official residence saw the chocolates arranged into a pyramid and handed out to guests.
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“Oh no! We can’t have Christmas without that one specific type of candy! What do they expect us to do? Eat something else??? DEVASTATING!!!”
Speak for yourself. I can only eat foods served in Pyramids, this Christmas is going to be all Profiterols and Goa’uld Symbiots.
Goa’uld Symbiots.
Fuck me what a reference 🤣👍.
No Toblerone?
Or do you mean literally inside a pyramid?
Prismic structures give me horrible indigestion I’m afraid.
It’s not just “One specific type of candy”, it’s a sign of good taste. These are the only chocolates good enough for the ambassador’s reception.
See this British documentary on youtube: “With these Rocher, you are really spoiling us”
Since Brexit, a pyramid of these chocolates served on a silver plate, is all we’ve got left for international diplomacy.
They sell them at the gas station down the road from me
Excellent. Buy a load of them, make them onto a pyramid, chuck them on a silver plate - then use it to lure loads of ambassadors to your house.
Once you’re noted in society for your exquisite taste, you can influence foreign policy and international trade.
[Edit] Alternately, you can just eat them. They’re quite nice.
One type of sweet!
Candy is the generic American word for sweets. American’s think chocolate should include stale milk and use Fructose! (cancer causing, obesity driving) Fructose in everything.
One could easily argue American candy has nothing in common with UK sweets (have you tried an American Kit Kat?).
Its like serving a German a Richmonds sausage, they’ll get confused.
It’s just candy dude, it’s not that big of a deal
