Short answers, pulled from the story.
Cadbury was founded on the 4th of March 1824 by John Cadbury, a Quaker, who began selling tea, coffee, and drinking chocolate at a stall on Bull Street in Birmingham, England. His sons Richard and George later took over and transformed the business into a major chocolate manufacturer.
Bournville is a model village built by George Cadbury starting in 1893 on 120 acres of land near the Cadbury factory south of Birmingham. George paid for it personally, aiming to alleviate what he called 'the evils of modern more cramped living conditions'. By 1900 it held 314 cottages and houses on 330 acres, with no pubs, reflecting the family's Quaker values.
Cadbury Dairy Milk was launched in 1905, developed by George Cadbury Jr and his research team. It used a higher proportion of milk than any previous British milk chocolate bar and was the first British milk chocolate to be mass-produced. By 1914 it had become the company's best-selling product, and by 1936 it held 60 percent of the UK milk chocolate market.
Kraft Foods launched a hostile takeover bid for Cadbury on the 7th of September 2009, initially offering £10.2 billion, which Cadbury rejected. A deal was reached on the 19th of January 2010, with Kraft purchasing Cadbury at £8.40 per share, valuing the company at £11.5 billion. Kraft secured over 71 percent of Cadbury's shares by the 2nd of February 2010, and Cadbury was subsequently delisted from the London Stock Exchange.
The Cadbury Report was produced in 1992 by Sir Adrian Cadbury, who had chaired the company for 24 years, through a committee set up by the London Stock Exchange. It established a code of best practice for corporate governance that became a basis for governance reform around the world.
On the 23rd of December 2024, it was announced that Cadbury would no longer hold its Royal Warrant under King Charles III, ending a royal association that began with Queen Victoria in 1854. Campaign group B4Ukraine had urged the King to withdraw warrants from companies operating in Russia following the invasion of Ukraine, and Mondelez, Cadbury's parent company, was among those named. No official reason was given for the decision.