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Cadbury is headquartered in Uxbridge, London, and operates in more than fifty countries worldwide. Its best known products include Dairy Milk chocolate. In 1824, John Cadbury began to sell tea, coffee and drinking chocolate from his premises in Birmingham. Cadbury developed the business with his brother Benjamin, and later his sons Richard and ...
John Cadbury (12 August 1801 – 11 May 1889) was an English Quaker and businessperson, who founded the Cadbury chocolate company in Birmingham, England.He was also involved in activism and philanthropy, championing workers' rights, environmental and industrial reform, temperance, animal welfare, education, and healthcare, while actively opposing cruelty, exploitation, and indulgent practices.
Cadbury was founded in 1824 in Birmingham, England, by John Cadbury (1801–1889), a Quaker who sold tea, coffee and drinking chocolate. Cadbury developed the business with his brother Benjamin, followed by his sons Richard and George.
The Cadbury chocolate business grew from its small beginnings as a Birmingham, England storefront in the early 1800s into today's second-largest confectionery company in the world. Founder John ...
Edward Cadbury, (1873–1948), head of the chocolate factory, founder of the Edward and Dorothy Cadbury Charitable Trust; [11] married Dorothy Howitt (1872–1950) George Cadbury Jr (1878–1954), chairman of Cadbury, developed the recipe for Cadbury Dairy Milk. [12] Mary Isabel Cadbury (1884–1975); married Kenneth Henry Wilson (born 1885)
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]
Cadbury, founded in 1824 in Birmingham, U.K., is owned by Mondelez International, which also owns brands such as Oreo, Triscuit, Philadelphia cream cheese and Trident gum. Show comments Advertisement
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.