Easter Bunny Threatens Strike Over Cadbury Purchase
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010The Easter Bunny, the long-time spokesperson for Cadbury Creme Eggs, put a wrinkle in Kraft’s winning, $19.7 billion bid for Cadbury Schweppes early Tuesday when the domesticated Flemish giant announced that it would walk off the job if the proposed merger of the consumer packaged goods giants goes through. The small mammal, who has dutifully clucked like a chicken in Cadbury ads for over 20 years, said that it would no longer star in the commercials if the Northfield, Illinois-based company is allowed to take over. ”I’m not about to be Americanized,” said the bunny through its agent. ”Nobunny knows Easter like me, and I’m not about to let some Hillbilly tell me how to say my lines. Besides, I’ve never trusted the whole ‘cheese before the macaroni’ thing. It’s macaroni and cheese people, get it right.”