Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Cadbury, formerly Cadbury's and Cadbury Schweppes, is a British multinational confectionery company owned by Mondelez International (spun off from Kraft Foods) since 2010. It is the second-largest confectionery brand in the world, after Mars . [ 3 ]
On 4 March 1824, [4] John Cadbury began selling tea, coffee, and drinking chocolate in Bull Street in Birmingham, England. [5] From 1831 he moved into the production of a variety of cocoa and drinking chocolates, made in a factory in Bridge Street and sold mainly to the wealthy because of the high cost of production. [6]
Cadbury World provides a Chocolate afternoon tea. [6] Whilst not a factory tour, Cadbury World offers its visitors the opportunity to explore and discover chocolate's history, and to learn about the origins and story of the Cadbury business, which is now part of Mondelez, the world's second largest confectionery manufacturer. [7]
Cadbury chocolate bars (Dairy Milk back of tray), circa 1910 Dairy Milk sold at Heathrow Airport. In June 1905, in Birmingham, England, George Cadbury Jr made Cadbury's first Dairy Milk bar, with a higher proportion of milk than previous chocolate bars; by 1914, it would become the company's best-selling product. [2]
Somerdale was a chocolate factory located in Keynsham near Bristol in South-west England, closed by Kraft foods in 2011. It was the home of a Cadbury plc production facility, and was originally built by the Fry family when they expanded through consolidation of a number of existing facilities located in the centre of Bristol.
Cadbury Limited is the second largest confectionery company globally after Mars, Incorporated [1] and is a subsidiary of American company Mondelēz International.Cadbury products are widely distributed and are sold in many countries, the main markets being the United Kingdom and Isle of Man, Ireland, Canada, India, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and the United States.
The company was established in 1824 in Birmingham by John Cadbury. Cadbury Ireland built its first Irish factory at Ossory Road, Dublin in 1933, at the time, the company manufactured and sold just three products. [1] In 1948 the company built its chocolate crumb factory in Rathmore, County Kerry, about 20 miles from Killarney.
Dorothy Adlington Cadbury (1892–1987), director of Cadbury and botanist. Her name appears on the side of tubs of Cadbury Roses chocolates. [3] Paul Cadbury (1895–1984), chair of the Barrow Cadbury Trust from 1958 until his death in 1984 [4] Charles Lloyd Cadbury (1926–2000), director of Barrow Cadbury Fund from 1992 until his death [5]