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History of Cadbury. Cadbury is a British multinational confectionery company owned by Mondelēz International. It is the second largest confectionery brand in the world after Mars. [1] . Cadbury is headquartered in Uxbridge, London, and operates in more than fifty countries worldwide. Its best known products include Dairy Milk chocolate.
Cadbury, Rowntree's and Fry's were the big three British confectionery manufacturers throughout much of the 19th and 20th centuries. Cadbury was granted its first royal warrant from Queen Victoria in 1854. It held a royal warrant from Elizabeth II from 1955 to 2022.
Take a look back at where Cadbury began, and the key points in history that shaped the Cadbury we know today.
Mar 4, 2024 · On 4 March 1824, John Cadbury opened his first grocery shop in Birmingham city centre. From humble beginnings, the family went on to become the world's biggest chocolate maker. From the invention...
The Cadbury family founded their chocolate company in 1824 in Birmingham and later became among the first to sell milk chocolate that everyone could enjoy. WHERE IT ALL BEGAN. THE 1800s. It was in 1824 that Quaker businessman John Cadbury opened his first shop, a grocer’s in Birmingham’s Bull Street.
A History as Rich as Our Chocolate. Our story starts in 1824 when John Cadbury opened a grocer’s store in Birmingham, England, selling coffee, tea and drinking chocolate. Queen Victoria herself granted a Royal Warrant to CADBURY, making it the chocolate of choice among the royal family.
Explore our Cadbury Timeline and discover the key moments in Cadbury history which have helped to make Cadbury Britain’s best-loved chocolate today.
