[{"id": 599660, "created": "2025-06-24T10:38:23.862087", "project_id": 282, "task_id": 636706, "user_id": 325, "user_ip": null, "finish_time": "2025-06-24T10:40:49.114592", "timeout": null, "calibration": null, "external_uid": null, "media_url": null, "info": {"id": "uk-england-birmingham-23730480", "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-23730480", "text": "The parcels included a Christmas card, sweets and chocolates and were posted to retired employees of the Bournville-based factory. Retired staff this week received a final gift of a \u00a315 voucher and a letter informing them of the decision. Mondelez International said the move is \"unlikely to be well received\", but the gesture is \"no longer viable\". Disgruntled ex-workers have now formed a protest on Facebook in a bid to change bosses minds at the US-based parent company. 'Long-term interests' A spokesman for Mondelez said: \"We understand this decision is unlikely to be well received but, as the custodians of the Cadbury Pension Fund, we hope members will understand we have a duty to make sure it's run efficiently. \"We face increasing pension costs at a time when the number of pensioners within the fund is rising annually and it's simply no longer viable to send 14,000 parcels out each year. \"We have the long-term interests of the pension fund at heart.\" Former employees and Bournville residents are now petitioning the decision. Steve Courtenay said online: \"As someone born and brought up in Bournville, I always considered them to be a beacon of industry to be proud of - not any more.\" Mondelez was formed in 2010 when Cadbury was purchased by US food multi-national Kraft, who split the business in two. The firm has not disclosed how much they will be saving by scrapping the annual gifts.", "title": "Cadbury Christmas gifts for ex-staff 'no longer viable'", "clarity": "somewhat_unclear", "summary": "Up to 14,000 retired Cadbury workers have had their traditional festive food parcels stopped by its US owners.", "faithfulness": "slightly_faithful", "plausibility": "weakly_plausible", "informativeness": "moderately_informative"}}, {"id": 600901, "created": "2025-06-25T17:25:30.547634", "project_id": 282, "task_id": 636706, "user_id": 315, "user_ip": null, "finish_time": "2025-06-25T17:26:23.383977", "timeout": null, "calibration": null, "external_uid": null, "media_url": null, "info": {"id": "uk-england-birmingham-23730480", "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-23730480", "text": "The parcels included a Christmas card, sweets and chocolates and were posted to retired employees of the Bournville-based factory. Retired staff this week received a final gift of a \u00a315 voucher and a letter informing them of the decision. Mondelez International said the move is \"unlikely to be well received\", but the gesture is \"no longer viable\". Disgruntled ex-workers have now formed a protest on Facebook in a bid to change bosses minds at the US-based parent company. 'Long-term interests' A spokesman for Mondelez said: \"We understand this decision is unlikely to be well received but, as the custodians of the Cadbury Pension Fund, we hope members will understand we have a duty to make sure it's run efficiently. \"We face increasing pension costs at a time when the number of pensioners within the fund is rising annually and it's simply no longer viable to send 14,000 parcels out each year. \"We have the long-term interests of the pension fund at heart.\" Former employees and Bournville residents are now petitioning the decision. Steve Courtenay said online: \"As someone born and brought up in Bournville, I always considered them to be a beacon of industry to be proud of - not any more.\" Mondelez was formed in 2010 when Cadbury was purchased by US food multi-national Kraft, who split the business in two. The firm has not disclosed how much they will be saving by scrapping the annual gifts.", "title": "Cadbury Christmas gifts for ex-staff 'no longer viable'", "clarity": "clear", "summary": "Up to 14,000 retired Cadbury workers have had their traditional festive food parcels stopped by its US owners.", "faithfulness": "faithful", "plausibility": "plausible", "informativeness": "informative"}}]