British Cocoa and Chocolate Co
of Bournville, Birmingham (1966)
1918 Formation of a holding company. 'Arrangements have been made for uniting the business interests of Cadbury Brothers, (Limited), Bournville, and J. S. Fry and Son, (Limited), Bristol, by the formation of a Holding Company. The two companies, Cadbury Brothers (Limited) and J. S. Fry and Sons (Limited), will continue to carry on business in their own names and under their own management, and the identity and goodwill of each company, as they now exist, will be maintained. The preference shares and other securities of the two companies, which are quoted on the Birmingham and Bristol Stock Exchanges, will not be disturbed, as the Holding Company will acquire only the ordinary shares of Cadbury Brothers (Limited) and the deferred ordinary shares of J. S. Fry and Sons (Limited), all of which are held privately. The management of Bournville will continue under the chairmanship of Mr. George Cadbury, and its present directors. The works were moved from Bridge Street, Birmingham, to Bournville in 1879. Cocoa and chocolate were first made at Bridge Street in 1848, when the firm had less than a dozen employees. The number of employees, men and women, at Bournville had before the war grown to nearly 7,000, whom over 2,000 have joined H.M. Services. Messrs. Fry’s s the oldest cocoa and chocolate business in the Kingdom. It has been in existence nearly two centuries, having been established at Bristol in 1728.'[1]
1919 Company became British Cocoa and Chocolate with a capital of £2.5 million. [2]
1961 A new company was registered Cadbury Foods to develop new products in foods.
1962 Paul S. Cadbury was chairman. A factory was built at Moreton to handle the growing trade in chocolate biscuits. Had introduced packaging in this area where biscuits had tended to be sold loose. The company had operated like a family business but now was proposing to list its shares.[3]
1964 Acquired James Pascall Ltd, including the subsidiary R. S. Murray[4]
By 1967 the company included Cadbury's, Fry's, and Pascall. After a report by McKinsey's a new organisational structure was adopted: [5]
- UK confectionery division, chaired by Adrian Cadbury
- UK foods division, chaired by R N Wadsworth (previously a member of the Cadbury board)
- Overseas division, chaired by Brandon Cadbury
1967 The Cadbury/Fry/Pascall Group was typically referred to as Cadbury Brothers[6]
1968 Name changed to Cadbury Group Ltd to reflect its world-wide interests[7]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Birmingham Daily Post - Saturday 19 October 1918
- ↑ Trademarked. A History of Well-Known Brands - from Aertex to Wright's Coal Tar by David Newton. Pub: Sutton Publishing 2008 ISBN 978-0-7509-4590-5
- ↑ The Times May 26, 1962
- ↑ The Times May 24, 1965
- ↑ The Times Feb. 10, 1967
- ↑ The Times May 15, 1967
- ↑ The Times Feb. 3, 1968