HR should note takeover consultation

Many of us remember the takeover of UK confectioner Cadbury by US food group Kraft in early 2010. As HR practitioners we particularly noted the disruption to employees at one Cadbury manufacturing site, Somerdale near Bristol, where Double Deckers were made. During the bid process Kraft led employees at Somerdale to believe that they would keep the plant open, unlike under Cadbury who had plans to move production to Poland.