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Bournville (/ ˈ b ɔːr n v ɪ l /) is an affluent model village on the southwest side of Birmingham, England, founded by the Quaker Cadbury family for employees at its Cadbury's factory, [2] and designed to be a "garden" (or "model") village [3] where the sale of alcohol was forbidden. [4]
Bournville is a brand of dark chocolate produced by Cadbury. It is named after the model village of the same name in Birmingham, England The first product bearing the Bournville name was Bournville Cocoa powder in 1906 then Bournville Chocolate in 1908. [1] It was first sold as a wrapped bar named Bournville Chocolate in 1908. [2]
Cadbury World is a visitor attraction in Bournville, Birmingham, England, featuring a self-guided exhibition tour, created and run by the Cadbury Company. [1] The tour tells the history of chocolate, and of the Cadbury business. A second location in Dunedin, New Zealand, closed in May 2018. [2]
Cadbury's office block in Bournville. Cadbury has its head office at Cadbury House in the Uxbridge Business Park in Uxbridge, Greater London, England. [90] [91] The company occupies 84,000 square feet (7,800 m 2) of leased space inside Building 3 of the business park, [92] which it shares with Mondelez's UK division. [93]
Bournville (1895), near Birmingham, was established by the Cadbury brothers, George and Richard. George and Richard Cadbury chose to transfer the Cadbury factory to this new site to provide their employees with improved living conditions and a country environment that they could enjoy – a far cry from Birmingham's busy, smoky city centre.
The Cadbury Schweppes logo used until the demerger in 2008. Cadbury merged with drinks company Schweppes to form Cadbury Schweppes in 1969. [17] At the time, the Cadbury family held seven of the thirteen seats on the company board, plus chairmanship. The Cadbury family held approximately 50% of the ordinary shares, while the Frys held about 10%.
Elizabeth Cadbury succeeded her husband as chair of the Bournville Village Trust in 1922. [1] In 1861, George Cadbury and his brother Richard, took over their father's small business, Cadbury, then based in central Birmingham. The business expanded into the manufacture of pure cocoa and then chocolate bars and filled chocolates.
Richard Barrow Cadbury (29 August 1835 – 22 March 1899) was an English entrepreneur, chocolate-maker and philanthropist. He was the second son of the Quaker John Cadbury , founder of Cadbury's cocoa and chocolate company.