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John Cadbury (12 August 1801 – 11 May 1889) was an English Quaker and proprietor, tea and coffee trader and founder of Cadbury, the chocolate business based in Birmingham, England. [1] Life. John Cadbury was born on 12 August 1801 in Birmingham to Richard Tapper Cadbury and his wife Elizabeth Head.
In 1824, John Cadbury opened a grocer's shop in Bull Street, Birmingham. Amongst groceries, he sold cocoa and drinking chocolate - which he prepared himself using a mortar and pestle. And it became very popular.
John Cadbury. 1801 – 1889. John Cadbury foundedwas the fifth child and third son of Richard Tapper Cadbury, a draper, of Birmingham. He was educated at Joseph Crosfields Quaker School at Hartshill. In 1816 he was apprenticed to Quaker John Cudworth of Leeds to learn the retail tea trade.
It was in 1824 that Quaker businessman John Cadbury opened his first shop, a grocer’s in Birmingham’s Bull Street. It was to be the beginnings of a family business that would make milk chocolate the popular treat it remains in the UK and act as a pioneer of good business practices.
Cadbury was founded in 1824 in Birmingham, England, by John Cadbury (1801–1889), a Quaker who sold tea, coffee and drinking chocolate. Cadbury developed the business with his brother Benjamin, followed by his sons Richard and George.
John Cadbury opened his grocer’s shop at 93 Bull Street, Birmingham. Amongst other goods, he sold cocoa and drinking chocolate, which he prepared himself using a pestle and mortar.
Aug 29, 2023 · The man behind this iconic chocolate empire, John Cadbury, was a visionary entrepreneur whose passion for crafting delectable confections laid the foundation for one of the world’s most beloved chocolate brands.
