In 1831, John Cadbury leased an old malting factory in Crooked Lane, Birmingham, which he converted into a chocolate drink and cocoa bean factory. This marked the beginning of Cadbury's chocolate manufacturing career.
In 1854, the Cadbury brothers officially received their first royal authorization as "Queen Victoria's Honorary Cocoa Bean and Chocolate Manufacturers". To this day, Cadbury still proudly holds the special authorization from the British Royal Family.
In 1866, the Cadbury brothers successfully developed a manufacturing process that could make cocoa essence more delicious. This process is the pioneer of today's cocoa processing method. After cocoa beans are pressed, if there is more cocoa butter, the chocolate made from it will taste better.
In 1868, Cadbury launched many new edible chocolates, which not only made the pure chocolate taste more delicate, but also constantly updated the sandwich chocolate patterns. The elaborate chocolate packaging boxes became a popular fashion in the late Victorian period.
Cadbury first produced milk chocolate in 1897.
In 1905, Cadbury first used fresh milk to make milk chocolate.
In the mid-1920s, Cadbury Fresh Milk Chocolate took the top spot in the British chocolate market and continues to do so today.
Cadbury Rose was first launched in 1938.
In the 1860s, Cadbury introduced the most advanced technology and built the most professional milk processing and cocoa bean processing and manufacturing plants.
In 1969, Cadbury and Schweppes merged to form Cadbury Schweppes Co., Ltd.
In 2006, the company had 2,500 products and an annual turnover in the UK of more than 1 billion pounds. In 1969, it merged with the beverage company Yuquan and the company was named Cadbury Plc.
In 2007, private equity funds Blackstone, KKR and Lion Capital were considering proposing a plan to acquire the soda business of Cadbury Yuquan. The consortium led by Blackstone had proposed a price of between 6.4 and 6.9 billion pounds. To acquire the soda business, the plan was rejected by Cadbury Yuquan in early September.
On April 11, 2008, Cadbury spun off its US beverage business subsidiary Dr Pepper Snapple Group and became a publicly listed company. According to the spin-off plan, every 100 Cadbury shares will be divided into 64 London shares after the split. listed Cadbury shares and 12 New York-listed Dr Pepper shares.
On December 24, 2008, Asahi Brewery Co., Ltd. agreed to acquire Cadbury's beverage business in Australia and the non-alcoholic beverage brand of Schweppes for 550 million pounds (73.5 billion yen).
On January 19, 2010, Kraft agreed to exchange 1 share of Cadbury stock for 8.4 pounds per share. The purchase price included 5 pounds in cash and 0.1874 new Kraft shares, with a total value of approximately 11.7 billion pounds ($19.7 billion). ) acquires Cadbury.