Short answers, pulled from the story.
John Cadbury opened a small shop on Bull Street in Birmingham, England, on the 4th of March 1824. He initially sold tea, coffee and drinking chocolate to local customers before moving production into a factory on Bridge Street by 1831.
George Cadbury purchased land south of Birmingham in 1893 to build the model village known as Bournville. The factory within this estate opened in 1879 on what was once called the Bournbrook estate and eventually supported over a thousand families by 1900.
Cadbury chose purple as its company color in 1905 to honor Queen Victoria who died four years prior. They trademarked this specific shade for chocolates registering rights in 1995 and again in 2004 despite ongoing legal disputes with Nestlé.
Cadbury merged with Schweppes drinks company in 1969 forming Cadbury Schweppes. This merger ended close ties between the corporation and its Quaker founding family while combining confectionery strength with beverage distribution networks.
The Health Protection Agency identified thirty seven infected individuals linked directly to affected batches from the Salmonella bacteria incident. Waste water dripped onto production lines causing contamination across multiple items leading to an order to recall over one million bars six months after initial detection.