Cabana

[Glamrocker]

 

I'll send them a request from my site maybe we can get a better reaction from a double pronged attack.

 

[oldspice]

Good idea

[minty]

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[simate]

Hello all, I too am a Cabana fan, they were the best. I've just emailed the below to Cadburys, you never know, someone with some sense might think it's worth a relaunch.

You must seriously consider the return of the delicious Cabana. It may have failed in it's day but the world has moved on since, I and many beleive it would be a success in todays market as there is a huge demand for it's return.
This is a link to just one forum talking about how good it was and wanting it brought back.
http://www.chocolatereview.co.uk/chocforum/forum_posts.asp?T ID=1074&PN=1
You could do a limited edition return and see how well it goes if your uncertain of it's possible success, I for one think you'd be mad not to bring it back, it was a classy bar in it's day and in todays market it'd be a very classy bar, there is nothing that even slightly resembles it in regards to appearance, let alone taste! There is no competition.
Get the marketing right and you'd be onto a winner, you have to speculate to accumulate.
Most of your current products are bland and just the same as every other manufacturers offerings. Cabana was an excellent product, I think using Barry Mannilow in the ad for it was a mistake at the time which killed it's success.
It's time to wake up and smell the chocolate! So come on Cadburys, be a little adventurous, be daring, do the right thing and bring back Cabana, you know it makes sense!

Kind regards

 

[smurfboy]

The latest odds from Ladbrokes:

Standard 'thank you for your interest...' email - 2 to 1

No reply at all - 3 to 1

Relaunch - 1,000,000 to 1

[chocolate chick]

Be optimistic Smurfy! 

[simate]

The reply from Cadburys......

Thanks for your e-mail, but the product you refer to is not a Cadbury product.Perhaps you could try Nestle?

Regards

Charlie Cadbury Consumer Relations Department

 

I had no idea who made Cabana tbh, seems it Nestle then lol

[smurfboy]

At least you got a reply, which is more than I got the last time I e-mailed Cadbury about anything! I did here someone else say Cabana was made by Nestle, but another forum member e-mailed Cadbury about it and they said they had no plans to bring it back!

[oldspice]

It was definitely a Cadbury product. nestle could never have made such a bar and anyway, they hadn't taken over Rowntrees at the time and only did bars like Dairy Crunch and Milky Bar.

[smurfboy]

According to Sweet Memories:

Cabana - Cadbury concoction of the sick-making variety. Coconut, caramel and whole cherries encased in milk chocolate - oorgh, no more for me, thanks. Lasted for about a year in the early '80s. Ads, as with Trio, featured the Banana Boat Song, replacing "Day-o!" with "Cabaaaa-na!" to little marketing effect.

But they also reckon Fry's Five Centres was called the Rainbow Bar, so posibly unreliable.

The Chocolate Project lists Cadbury, Nestle AND Rowntree as the makers!

[oldspice]

There is no way Cabana lasted for only a year! They were around for about five years and started in about 1979/1980. I was in retail management at the time and remember them being launched. It was definitely Cadbury's Cabana - or I'm a banana.

[smurfboy]

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[oldspice]

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