US food giant Kraft has said it hopes to keep open Cadbury's Somerdale facility near Bristol in England, which is scheduled to close in early 2010, saying it will remain "financially disciplined" in its £10.2bn (€11.6bn) pursuit of the chocolate maker.

Protesters demonstrated today outside a Cadbury factory in the UK following the company’s decision to cut hundreds of jobs.

Tests are continuing for the salmonella strain that led to Cadbury recalling one million of its chocolate bars.