Cadbury is almost 200 years young with a heritage tracing right back to 1824.
It 's a fascinating story of industrial and social development - the story of a small family business growing up, and joining with others, to become an international world leader. A story of technical invention and secret recipes, marketing savvy and the creation of great brands. A story of people who are passionate, principled, pioneering and just love confectionery.
Cadbury is a British-based confectionery company, the industry 's second-largest globally after the combined Mars-Wrigley Headquartered in Uxbridge, England and formerly listed on the London Stock Exchange, Cadbury was acquired by Kraft Foods in March 2010. The company was an ever-present constituent of the FTSE 100 from the index 's 1984 inception until its 2010 takeover.
The firm was known as "Cadbury Schweppes plc" from 1969 until a May 2008 demerger, which saw the separation of its global confectionery business from its U.S. beverage unit, which has been renamed Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc.
HISTORY
EARLY HISTORY
In 1824, John Cadbury began vending tea, coffee, and drinking chocolate, which he produced himself, at Bull Street in Birmingham, England. John Cadbury later moved into the production of a variety of Cocoas and Drinking Chocolates being manufactured from a factory in Bridge Street, supplying mainly to the wealthy due to the high cost of manufacture at this time. During this time a partnership was struck between John Cadbury and his brother Benjamin. At this time the company was known as 'Cadbury Brothers of Birmingham '.
The two brothers opened an office in London and in 1854 received the Royal Warrant as manufacturers of chocolate and cocoa to Queen Victoria. Around this time in the 1850s the industry received a much needed boost with the reduction in high import taxes on cocoa; this allowed chocolate to become more affordable to everyone.
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