A pop-up café has opened for business in central London – selling just four items, which all contain Cadbury’s Creme Eggs.
The Cadbury Creme Egg café will be open in Soho on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays in the run-up to Easter. On the menu are Creme Egg and soldiers, a Creme Egg toastie, strawberries and Creme Egg, and a Creme Egg tray bake.
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The Cadbury’s café has popped up to serve the chocolate-based dishes with a choice of tea or coffee and – according to reports – to win back fans after complaints the firm had changed the recipe for the iconic Easter treat.
A year ago, the company’s new American owners came under fire from customers for allegedly swapping the Dairy Milk shell for a generic chocolate one.
But Claire Low from Mondelez, which markets the Creme Egg, told The Daily Telegraph the café wasn’t a public relations ruse to remove the focus from complaints about the recipe.
She said: “We’ve been overwhelmed by the really amazing response to the café so far. We put 50 per cent of the bookings online, and they were all sold-out within one hour. I think we’ve given the café a twist, a charm and a real uniqueness that only Creme Egg could do.”
Cadbury is the latest in a line of big brands to try the pop-up café idea to attract good publicity. It’s also been used in recent years by companies Marmite, Ikea and Grey Goose.
