# Cadbury soon to merge with Hershey?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cadbury-soon-to-merge-with-hershey/758788>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 30, 2016, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cadbury-soon-to-merge-with-hershey/758788 "2016-06-30T16:12:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2016, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cadbury-soon-to-merge-with-hershey/758788/1 "2016-06-30T16:12:57Z")

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Juging by [this Wall Street Journal article](http://www.wsj.com/articles/mondelez-makes-takeover-bid-for-hershey-1467297248), the last hurdle in the Mondelez takeover is the Hershey Trust.

Does this mean better Hershey bars in the future? Or worse Cadbury Eggs?

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2016, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cadbury-soon-to-merge-with-hershey/758788/2 "2016-06-30T20:03:41Z")

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Update: Hershey Trust has rejected the current offer.

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2016, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cadbury-soon-to-merge-with-hershey/758788/3 "2016-06-30T20:22:46Z")

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> [@Skywatcher](#):
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> Update: Hershey Trust has rejected the current offer.

Hershey CEO: it was my way or the highway…

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2016, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cadbury-soon-to-merge-with-hershey/758788/4 "2016-06-30T22:25:07Z")

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So the merger was egged by Cadbury, but barred by Hershey?

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2016, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cadbury-soon-to-merge-with-hershey/758788/5 "2016-06-30T22:36:13Z")

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Good. Hershey bars would never have gotten better. Entropy always wins.

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**Author:** ![Satellite\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Satellite\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satellite_Guy)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cadbury-soon-to-merge-with-hershey/758788/6 "2016-07-01T02:31:30Z")

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So no Cadburshey?