Battle of the Brands Season 1 Episode 4 - Cadbury vs McVitie's

Airdate: 2026-Apr-17

Episode summary:

Kate Quilton peers into the cookie jar to look at the rivalry between the confectioners. She takes in the development of new products, the shrinking of existing ones, and how the contest for publicity takes in everything from the cake-v-biscuit debate and drumming gorillas. Kate also looks at how McVitie's are reinventing the Jaffa Cake, while Cadbury are leaning into collaborations with Biscoff, Oreo and Daim to extend their Dairy Milk empire.

About Battle of the Brands series:

Documentary pitting two similar companies against one another each week.