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Cadbury expands production at Bournville

Cadbury is adding two fresh products to the range of chocolates it produces at Bournville.

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Production is being increased at the Cadbury factory in Bournville, owned by Mondelez

Cadbury Dairy Milk Oreo and Cadbury Dairy Milk Tiffin marks the the first expansion in production at the factory since parent Mondelez International invested £75 million to improve productivity levels,

The company said it was back to normal after last week's cyber attack which hit production at Bournville ans saw some staff sent home.

Glenn Caton, president of Northern Europe for Mondelez, said: “I am delighted that Cadbury Dairy Milk Oreo and Cadbury Dairy Milk Tiffin will be made in Bournville. These great tastes are the first additional products that we are welcoming to Bournville following our multi-million pound investment in the UK. It shows that our investment has paid off and that Bournville is now competing in the Premier League of European factories.”

Cadbury Dairy Milk Oreo is a recent innovation by the chocolate maker, which has never been made in Bournville before, combining Cadbury’s favourite chocolate with the US-favourite Oreo biscuit.

Cadbury's chocolate moves down the production line at the Bournville production plant in Birmingham

The Bournville chocolate factory, which dates from 1879, will use fresh British milk to produce some 28 million bars a year which will be on the shelves this autumn.

Cadbury Dairy Milk Tiffin was originally launched in 1937. The product was withdrawn from sale in 1972, brought back in 1985 and withdrawn again in 2003. Bournville will now produce 20,000 200 gramme Cadbury Dairy Milk Tiffin bars an hour.

Bournville apprentice Oliver Marnock said: “This is an exciting time and the announcement has a big thumbs up from all of us at the factory. Bournville is the home of Cadbury and the heart of chocolate manufacturing, and it’s brilliant that we can now compete with overseas chocolate factories. I have to say I love my job, I’m learning new skills all the time and I can’t wait to start working these new Bournville bars. We are looking forward to welcoming even more products to Bournville in the future.”

Mr Caton continued: “Today’s announcement demonstrates two of our major strengths: bringing innovative new treats to the nation with great products like Cadbury Dairy Milk Oreo and listening to what people want which has driven us to launch a comeback for an old favourite Tiffin.”

Mondelez International has invested more than £200 million into UK manufacturing, research and invention since 2010 including the £75m investment at Bournville to create four state-of-the-art new lines to increase productivity and more than £18million to create new knowledge, jobs and innovative manufacturing techniques across the Global Chocolate Centre of Excellence in Bournville and Reading Science Centre on the Reading University campus.

Other products made at Bournville include Cadbury Dairy Milk, Giant Buttons, Wispa, Easter eggs and Cadbury Creme Eggs.

It produces 5.5 million blocks of Cadbury Dairy Milk, 400m Cadbury Dairy Milk buttons and over a million Wispa bars every day.