Introduction
Cadbury Schweppes plc is a confectionery and beverage company with its headquarters in London. However, it does not manufacture Schweppes beverages for Ireland or the United Kingdom, having sold its trademarks there to The Coca-Cola Company. The company came under minor criticism for failing to have any Fairtrade products and so Cadbury Schweppes bought out organic chocolate maker Green & Black\'s in 2005 from their original 5% stake (it is also notable that none of its major competitors (Nestlé, Mars et al.) have Fairtrade branded chocolate either).
The first Cadbury factory was built in the country; it was built in the green fields of Kings Norton, outside the city of Birmingham, between 1899.
This place was named “Bournville”, which was named by George Cadbury where he built the factory. This took place because George Cadbury had an image, with a saying,
“If the country is a good place to live in, why not work in it?”
So he took his workers to live and......
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