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Cadbury Schweppes plc
Type Public
(LSECBRY, NYSECSG)
Founded 1905
Headquarters Flag of the United KingdomLondon, England, UK
Key people Sir John Sunderland, Chairman
Todd Stitzer, CEO, Director
Industry Beverages (Non-Alcoholic) and Confectionery
Products See below
Revenue £7,427 million (2006)
Operating income £909 million (2006)
Net income £1,165 million (2006)
Employees 59,000
Slogan Working together to create
brands people love.
Website www.cadburyschweppes.com

Cadbury Schweppes plc is a confectionery and beverage company with its headquarters in Berkeley Square, London, England, UK. Cadbury Schweppes is currently the only major international confectionery manufacturer to produce Fairtrade or organic products, which it sells through its subsidiary company Green & Black's. Cadbury_Schweppes logo This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Source by Greyworld, in the new LSE building Paternoster Square. ... The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), nicknamed the Big Board, is a New York City-based stock exchange. ... For other uses, see 1905 (disambiguation). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... The word drink is primarily a verb, meaning to ingest liquids, see Drinking. ... It has been suggested that Candy be merged into this article or section. ... Look up revenue in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... For details of notes and coins, see British coinage and British banknotes. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT), also known as operating income and operating profit, is a term used to describe a companys earnings. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... For details of notes and coins, see British coinage and British banknotes. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Net income is equal to the income that a firm has after subtracting costs and expenses from the total revenue. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... For details of notes and coins, see British coinage and British banknotes. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about work. ... Look up slogan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... It has been suggested that Candy be merged into this article or section. ... The word drink is primarily a verb, meaning to ingest liquids, see Drinking. ... Berkeley Square in 1830. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... The fair trade movement promotes international agreements to enforce price supports for commodities, particularly those exported from poor countries to the industrialised West. ... Organic vegetables at a farmers market in Argentina. ... A Green & Blacks advert. ...

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Corporate history

Schweppes

Johann Jacob Schweppe (born 1740 in Witzenhausen, Hesse, Germany; died 2012 in Geneva), watchmaker and silversmith of German descent, developed a method to charge water with carbon dioxide gas. Schweppe patented this method in 1783, some time after Joseph Priestley first discovered a method of impregnating water with carbon dioxide. Carbonated water was originally produced for medical usage. In 1788 he settled in Switzerland. In 1790 he founded a factory to produce soda water in London's Drury Lane. Witzenhausen is a town with a population of 10,000 in the Werra-Meißner district of Hessen, Germany. ... Location Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Administration Country NUTS Region DE7 Capital Wiesbaden Largest city Frankfurt Minister-President Roland Koch (CDU) Governing party CDU Votes in Bundesrat 5 (from 69) Basic statistics Area  21,100 km² (8,147 sq mi) Population 6,077,000 (08/2006)[1]  - Density... Geneva (pronunciation //; French: Genève //, German:   //, Italian: Ginevra //, Romansh: Genevra) is the second most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich), and is the most populous city of Romandy (the French-speaking part of Switzerland). ... A watchmaker is an artisan who makes and repairs watches. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Impact from a water drop causes an upward rebound jet surrounded by circular capillary waves. ... Carbon dioxide is a chemical compound composed of two oxygen atoms covalently bonded to a single carbon atom. ... Priestley by Ellen Sharples (1794)[1] Joseph Priestley (March 13, 1733 (old style) – February 8, 1804) was an eighteenth-century British natural philosopher, Dissenting clergyman, political theorist, theologian, and educator. ... Bubbles in carbonated water float to the surface. ... Drury Lane is a street in the Covent Garden area of London, running between Aldwych and High Holborn. ...


Cadbury's

Independently, in 1824, John Cadbury began vending tea, coffee, and (later) chocolate at Bull Street in Birmingham in the UK and sometime in India. The company was then known as Cadbury Brothers Limited. 1824 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Chocolate Chocolate We all love chocolate, White, milk and dark its all good chocolate chocolate yum yum yummmmm. ... Birmingham (pron. ...


After John Cadbury's retirement, his sons, Richard and George, opened a major factory in the purpose-built suburb of Bournville, four miles south of the city. Chocolate Chocolate We all love chocolate, White, milk and dark its all good chocolate chocolate yum yum yummmmm. ... Richard Cadbury (1835 - 1899) was the second son of Quaker John Cadbury, the founder of Cadburys cocoa and chocolate company. ... George Cadbury (September 19, 1839 – October 24, 1922) was the third son of Quaker John Cadbury, the founder of Cadburys cocoa and chocolate company. ... Bournville is an area on the south side of Birmingham, best known for its connections with the Cadbury family and chocolate - including a dark chocolate bar branded Bournville. It is also home to a campus of the Birmingham Institute of Art and Design. ...


After World War I, Cadbury Brothers Limited undertook a financial merger with J.S. Fry & Sons Limited. “The Great War ” redirects here. ... J. S. Fry & Sons, Ltd. ...


Merger

The two companies merged to form Cadbury Schweppes in 1969. Also: 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ...


Domestic and international subsidiaries

United Kingdom

Cadbury UK also owns Trebor Bassett, Fry's, Maynards and Halls. The confectionery business in the UK is known as Cadbury Trebor Bassett and, as of August 2004, had eight factories and 3,000 staff in the UK. Trebor Bassett is a British confectionary company, associated with several famous types of confectionary including liquorice allsorts, jelly babies, and dolly mixture. ... J. S. Fry & Sons, Ltd. ... Cadbury Trebor Bassett is a British confectionery company, associated with several famous types of confectionery including liquorice allsorts, jelly babies, flumps and Dolly Mix. ...


Canada

Cadbury Beverages Canada Inc., based in Mississauga, Ontario is the company's Canadian subsidiary for beverage related products while Cadbury Adams is the company's Canadian confectionery subsidiary, based in Toronto. Most brands and products match those in the UK; the chocolate bar line was rebranded in late 2005 to the UK-standard purple wrapper theme. Cadbury Beverages Canada Inc. ... Motto: Pride in our past, Faith in our future Area: 288. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Official languages English (de facto) Government - Lieutenant-Governor David C. Onley - Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 106 - Senate seats 24 Confederation July 1, 1867 (1st) Area... Cadbury Adams, a subsidiary of Cadbury-Schweppes, is a candy, gum, breath mint and cough drop company headquartered in Parsippany, New Jersey. ... This article is about the color. ...


United States

The Cadbury Schweppes company's presence in the United States consists of the beverage unit Cadbury Schweppes Americas Beverages, and confectionery unit Cadbury Adams. Cadbury merged with Peter Paul in 1978, Although Cadbury Schweppes chocolate products have been sold in the U.S. since 1988 under the Cadbury trademark name, the chocolate itself has been manufactured by Hershey's and can be found in Hershey's chocolate stores. Cadbury Schweppes Americas Beverages (CSAB) is a unit of Cadbury Schweppes plc that handles its parents core United States beverage business. ... Cadbury Adams, a subsidiary of Cadbury-Schweppes, is a candy, gum, breath mint and cough drop company headquartered in Parsippany, New Jersey. ... The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY), until April 2005 Hershey Foods Corporation[5], commonly called Hersheys, is Americas largest chocolate company. ...


Elsewhere

Cadbury also operates factories in Alexandria, Cairo and Ramadan City (Egypt), Barcelona (Spain), Dublin (Ireland), Dunedin (New Zealand), Port Elizabeth (South Africa), Mexico City, (Mexico), Ringwood (Melbourne, Australia) and Claremont (Hobart, Australia). This article is about the city in Egypt. ... Nickname: Egypt: Site of Cairo (top center) Coordinates: , Government  - Governor Dr. Abdul Azim Wazir Area  - City 214 km²  (82. ... Location Coordinates : Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer: CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name Barcelona (Catalan) Spanish name Barcelona Nickname Ciutat Comtal (City of Counts) Postal code 08001–08080 Area code 34 (Spain) + 93 (Barcelona) Website http://www. ... Dublin city centre at night WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: , Statistics Province: Leinster County: Dáil Éireann: Dublin Central, Dublin North Central, Dublin North East, Dublin North West, Dublin South Central, Dublin South East European Parliament: Dublin Dialling Code: +353 1 Postal District(s): D1-24, D6W Area: 114. ... Dunedin (ÅŒtepoti in Maori) is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the region of Otago. ... Port Elizabeth is a city in South Africa, situated in the Eastern Cape Province, at 33°58′ S 25°36′ E. The city is located on Algoa Bay, and is one of the major seaports in South Africa. ... Nickname: Motto: Capital en movimiento Location of Mexico City in south central Mexico Coordinates: , Country Federal entity Boroughs The 16 delegaciones Founded c. ... Ringwood is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... This article is about the Australian city; the name may also refer to City of Melbourne or Melbourne city centre. ... Cadburys Chocolate Factory, is a working Chocolate Factory belonging to the australian division of international confectionary company Cadbury Schweppes, and is located in Claremont, Australia. ... Hobart is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. ...


Schweppes

Cadbury Schweppes does not manufacture Schweppes beverages for Brazil, Hong Kong, Mexico, Ireland, New Zealand, Romania. In the United Kingdom, they are produced by The Coca-Cola Company) and, in Poland, by PepsiCo. For an overview of the Schweppes family of businesses, see Cadbury-Schweppes. ... The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) is one of the largest manufacturers, distributors and marketers of nonalcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups in the world. ... PepsiCo, Incorporated (NYSE: PEP) is a global American beverage and snack company. ...


Accounting

In May 2006, Cadbury Schweppes announced that it would be outsourcing its transactional accounting and order capture functions to Shared Business Services (SBS) centres run by a company called Genpact, (a businesses services provider) in India, China, and Romania. This was to affect all business units and be associated with US and UK functions being transferred to India by end of 2006, with all units transferred by mid-2008. Depending on the success of this move, other accounting Human Resources functions may follow. This development is likely to lead to the loss of several hundred jobs worldwide, but also to several hundred jobs being created, at lower salaries commensurate with wages paid in developing countries. Genpact is a BPO company in India. ...


Demerger

In March 2007, it was revealed that Cadbury Schweppes is planning to split its business into two separate entities: one focusing on its main chocolate and confectionery market; the other on its US drinks business.[1] It is speculated that the split could dramatically increase Cadbury's value, from its current market value of about £12,600 million, to up to an estimated £16,000 million combined value.


In October 2007, Cadbury announced the closure of the Keynsham chocolate factory, formerly part of Fry's. Between 500 and 700 jobs would be affected by this change. Production will be transferred to other plants in England and Poland.


Products

Cadbury Schweppes produces beverages, chocolates and sweets/candies such as the popular 'Dairy Milk'. Cadbury Schweppes products include beverages, chocolates and sweets/candies. ...


References

Cadbury New Zealand Chocolate Crumb Plant Expected to Be Completed in 3 Months (FLEXNEWS, 31 July 2007) BBC News is the department within the BBC responsible for the corporations news-gathering and production of news programmes on BBC television, radio and online. ... is the 73rd day of the year (74th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st Century. ...


See also

Cadbury Adams, a subsidiary of Cadbury-Schweppes, is a candy, gum, breath mint and cough drop company headquartered in Parsippany, New Jersey. ... Cadbury Trebor Bassett is a British confectionery company, associated with several famous types of confectionery including liquorice allsorts, jelly babies, flumps and Dolly Mix. ... Map of Cadbury World, Bournville Cadbury World is a visitor attraction created and run by the Cadbury chocolate company at Bournville, Birmingham, England; and Dunedin, New Zealand. ... Stimorol is a Danish company producing chewing gum. ... Big Chocolate is a pejorative business term assigned to multi-national chocolate food producers, much akin to the terms assigned to Big Oil and Big Tobacco. According to Asamoah and Estis, Big Chocolate companies are Cadbury Schweppes; Mars, Incorporated; Nestlé; and The Hershey Company. ... Bournville is an area on the south side of Birmingham, best known for its connections with the Cadbury family and chocolate - including a dark chocolate bar branded Bournville. It is also home to a campus of the Birmingham Institute of Art and Design. ...

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