Dear Cadbury

I would like to thank everyone at Cadbury Adams for their time and kindness these past two weeks. Coming to Brazil I knew absolutely nothing about business, let alone how huge multinational corporations such as Cadbury operate. However after the informative and interactive presentations we received from many members of the Latin America team, I feel I have had a true insight into the way global business happens.

One of my favorite experiences was playing football with the children at Bate Bola (even though my football skills were rather limited!) It was great to see the social responsibility project and the impact it is having on the different communities.

I enjoyed the friendly atmosphere in the office and feel it was conducive to the work ethos and nature of the company. The varied program made our time here very special and I will never forget my time spent at Cadburys.

Thank you for having us!

Katy

Dear Ana,

My thoughts on the two week internship:

On the day of the start of the placement here at Cadbury, I was amidst thoughts of walking into a working environment which was a depiction of the conventional business, with people crouched over their computers in their little cubicles with stacks of paper in shelves. But to find the colourful entrance of the Cadbury Office, with the drawings, made me re-think my prejudiced ideas about Cadbury, but more than that to find that there was a very relaxed atmosphere and complete approachability between the peers and the company officials and the higher ranked staff members with the younger and inexperienced was astonishing. This was an eye opener, and made me re-think my views on business environment.

To learn about the route of the product is very interesting, and then to find that the company goes a step forward and also predicts the amount of candies and sweets that the company may be able to sell in the coming months, gives you an insight into the amount of work involved in the Logistics and Customer Service department. After that was the unforgettable trip to the factory, that must be a big highlight of the trip as it seemed to me, as if I was walking inside Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory. It was amazing to see how a big slab of chewing gum can be transformed in a matter of minutes into a small piece of Trident Chewing Gum. Or to witness the steps involved in the treatment of waste water, how biological compounds in the waste is first skimmed out and then digested using a bacteria and then finally centrifuged and then released back into the river cleaner than it was before Cadbury took it from the river, or indeed in comparison to the water present inside the river.

Lastly I would just like to thank Cadbury for giving us the opportunity to do a two week internship in the company in order to learn and understand how it works and also how it helps and sustains the community around it. Thanks for letting us have this most amazing and memorable experience.

Kind Regards,

Ammar

Dear Cadbury

I think that the Cadburys programme which you put together was spot on. It included enough presentations and information so that we learnt but also had fun activities and excursions allowing us to relate to the presentations and therefore memorize the information better. The staff were all extremely friendly and welcoming and very helpful with anything we needed such as directions and printings. My impression of the company in Brazil and the office is wonderful. I think the office being open and colorful, and the relaxed atmosphere really shows through the employees. Everyone seems happy, motivated and eager to work through this and therefore I believe it has the best outcome for Cadburys.  My highlight of the two weeks with Cadburys was the bate bola projects. I loved the fact that Cadburys was taking an active role in the community. All though it was only a small difference the children at these projects were so happy and grateful for the extra support they were getting. My second highlight is defiantly the visit to the factory. Seeing the actual gum in production was brilliant as I have never seen something like this before. All the different machines and procedures seemed extra complicated but very well set up. As I have a keen interest in business and am going on to study it at university I found it useful being able to apply my knowledge I already had to a real company and gaining more knowledge. I therefore feel that the experience at Cadbury will give me an advantage over others doing the same course as me when at university.

Beth