{"id":151984,"date":"2024-10-11T13:38:10","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T13:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/11\/mp-launches-campaign-to-cut-price-of-freddo-chocolate-bar-to-5p\/"},"modified":"2024-10-11T13:38:10","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T13:38:10","slug":"mp-launches-campaign-to-cut-price-of-freddo-chocolate-bar-to-5p","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/11\/mp-launches-campaign-to-cut-price-of-freddo-chocolate-bar-to-5p\/","title":{"rendered":"MP launches campaign to cut price of Freddo chocolate bar to 5p"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Labour MP has launched a campaign to cut the price of Freddo chocolate bars to 5p. <\/p>\n

Patrick Hurley, who represents Southport, has said he set up a petition after speaking to students at a school in his constituency. <\/p>\n

Announcing the move on social media,<\/a> he said: “20 pence for a Freddo is too much, especially in a cost of living crisis”. <\/p>\n

The 18g Cadbury chocolate bar was originally introduced to the UK in the 1973 and then relaunched in 1994 when it cost 10p.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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For over a decade, the price of a Freddo stuck at 10p, not rising with inflation.<\/p>\n

Since the mid 2000s the price started to rise and costs currently stand at around 30p. <\/p>\n

However, the 10p Freddo has gained a nostalgic status, and price increases are greeted with, sometimes tongue-in-cheek, outrage.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Hurley told the BBC he was inspired to launch his campaign after speaking to students at a local school in his constituency.<\/p>\n

“The girls were very clued-up about political issues, including assisted dying and the Middle East.”<\/p>\n

However, he said one of the students also asked if he could launch a petition to cut Freddo bars to 5p. <\/p>\n

Hurley said he didn’t expect the campaign to succeed but that the petition was a “lovely, little whimsical, light-hearted thing we can do” that might help engage young people in politics. <\/p>\n

“If you start talking about gas bills, the average 14-year-old might switch off, but if you talk about the price of chocolate bars…”<\/p>\n

The Southport MP added that since announcing the campaign he had “learnt more about Freddos than any person should”.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson from Mondelez International, the company which owns Cadbury, said: “It’s fantastic to hear about young people engaging in politics.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s also important to note that as a manufacturer we do not set the retail prices for products sold in shops. <\/p>\n

“However, what we can say is that since Freddo launched in 1973, our manufacturing costs have increased significantly and cocoa prices are at a record high, all of which need to be taken into consideration.”<\/p>\n

Prices for cocoa, the key ingredient for making chocolate, have been driven up<\/a> after dry weather hit harvests in West Africa.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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