Booze back in Britain’s only dry village after 120 years
Bournville: A British newsagent has been granted permission to sell alcohol, ending a rare 120-year ban in the last remaining “dry” village in England, officials said Wednesday. Bournville, a suburb of...
View ArticleLone British Island of Sobriety Subsumed Beneath a Tide of Demon Liquor
After more than a century, there is now a single place in Bournville, England—a village built by the founders of Cadbury candy, and still closely tied to the company—where you can buy a goddamn drink....
View ArticleIndian-origin man allowed to sell alcohol in Britain's 'dry village'
London, Oct 3 (IANS) An Indian-origin entrepreneur has been granted permission to sell alcohol in Bournville, dubbed as "The Dry Village" in Britain, lifting a 120-year booze ban from it, a media...
View ArticleIndian-origin man wins right to sell alcohol in dry UK village
LONDON: An Indian-origin shopkeeper in the UK has won a legal battle to be allowed to serve alcohol in what has virtually been a "dry village" for about 120 years. Kamal Sharma made history this week...
View ArticleBucks New University Researcher examines the importance of landscapes of...
(Source: Buckinghamshire New University) Dr Helena Chance, Reader in the History and Theory of Design, has spent a week in San Francisco and Silicon Valley conducting on-site research at the Airbnb...
View ArticlePick and mix the world's best chocolate attractions
People have eaten chocolate at Easter since the first confectionery eggs were created in France and Germany in the early 19th century, although it wasn't until 1875 that John Cadbury produced the first...
View ArticleCadbury owner Mondelez International to cut over 200 jobs at Birmingham...
First they changed the Creme Egg recipe now the US food company which gobbled up Cadbury for £11.5 billion four years ago has set out plans to cut 200 British jobs at the Bournville factory that...
View ArticleCadbury owner Mondelez International ‘paid no UK tax’ for five years since...
The US company that owns Cadbury UK is still not paying corporate tax in Britain, it has emerged. Mondelez...
View ArticleCadbury investment welcome says Unite (UNITE)
(Source: UNITE) Unite, Britain's biggest union, has welcomed the news that chocolate maker Cadbury is to pour £75 million of investment into its Bournville headquarters. The money will be released over...
View ArticleA Sweet (and Sour) Slurpee® Deal 7-Eleven® + SOUR PATCH KIDS® Candy Purchase...
DALLAS, July 22, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- 7-Eleven®'s Sour Slurpee® Summer – try saying that three times fast. Now try saying it eating a SOUR PATCH KIDS® candy ... or ... drinking a FREE SOUR PATCH...
View ArticleThe funky way forward
A blend of freaky and creative thoughts led to the popular production house, ‘Freakitive’, which is a start-up that deals with media-related aspects like marketing, branding and graphic design. Driven...
View ArticleA Sweet (and Sour) Slurpee® Deal (Seven-Eleven Inc)
(Source: Seven-Eleven Inc) 7‑Eleven® celebrates SOUR PATCH KIDS® Day Saturday, July 25, by offering customers free medium Slurpee® drinks with the purchase of any SOUR PATCH KIDS candy or Stride SOUR...
View ArticleMondelez International Announces $50 Million Investment Opportunity for UK...
Mondelez International, Inc. Facebook Twitter Pinterest × Mondelez International, Inc. BANBURY, England, Nov. 7, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Mondelez International, the world's pre-eminent maker of chocolate,...
View ArticleMondelez International Announces $50 Million Investment Opportunity for UK...
(Source: Mondelez International Inc) - Proposal coincides with Banbury coffee plant's 50th anniversary - Planned investment highlights success of Tassimo single-serve beverage system - Part of a...
View ArticleHershey's lawsuit sparks British revolt for 'superior' Cadbury chocolate
The lawsuit seeks to bar imported Cadbury goods in US and has caused British expats to rebel against the American chocolatier: ‘Eating Hershey’s is like a dare’...
View ArticlePrivacy is starting to seem like a very 20th-century anomaly
Medieval villagers couldn’t afford to be too proud. In Montaillou, home to some 200 souls, people would often sleep several to a bed. That meant that they were constantly picking up lice. No matter: in...
View ArticleSir Adrian Cadbury
Former chairman of Cadbury Schweppes and author of the 1992 report that set the standard for corporate governance...
View ArticleSir Adrian Cadbury obituary
That Sir Adrian Cadbury’s 1992 report on corporate governance is still recognised around the world as the starting point on how companies should be managed is no surprise. It bore his hallmarks –...
View ArticleCadbury owner considering £75m upgrade of Bournville site
US firm says securing investment depends on results of staff consultations about cutting costs and changing work practices...
View ArticleMost scrumptious attractions for chocoholics
By Lyn MettlerPublished May 21, 2014FoxNews.com Facebook0 Twitter0 Gplus0 Cadbury World Museum of Cocoa and Chocolate GoldenPass Line Etruscan Chocohotel Hershey Chocolate World Vegas John Dussling...
View ArticleCadbury India changes name to Mondelēz India Foods
Cadbury India Limited on Monday announced it has changed its name to Mondelēz India Foods Limited. The company, however, clarified that the move will have no impact on product names or brands. “The...
View ArticleCadbury chocolate video takes the cake
It’s that time of year when the media loves nothing better than to warn everybody about the dangers of sugar: it’s poisoning us, it’s toxic, it’s the root cause of an obesity epidemic, etc. However,...
View ArticleCadbury's reveals 200 job cuts at Birmingham Bournville plant
About 200 jobs are to be cut at Cadbury's plant in Birmingham as part of a deal to invest £75m in new production lines at the plant. Owners Mondelez International announced the investment last year and...
View ArticleOnce, firms cherished their workers. Now they are seen as disposable
More than 100 years ago, the Cadbury family built a model town, Bournville, for their workers, away from the overcrowded tenements of central Birmingham. Cadbury’s vast chocolate factory was at the...
View ArticleSugar tax will not change diets, says Cadbury chief in wake of childhood...
Executive points to failure of ‘fat tax’ in Denmark as Public Health England urges levy on sugary foods...
View ArticleSugar tax will not change diets, says Cadbury chief
Executive points to failure of ‘fat tax’ in Denmark as Public Health England urges levy on sugary foods...
View ArticleFacebook is planning a new company town - but would you want to live so ...
In Britain, company towns tend to conjure up images of model villages set up by Victorian businessmen who were God-fearing enough to know that they had to do right by the workers who made them millions...
View ArticleHershey banning British company from importing similar chocolates
Published January 23, 2015FoxNews.com Facebook0 Twitter0 livefyre Email Print Cadbury Creme Eggs: First a new recipe and now a lawsuit? (AP Photo) Two weeks ago, Hershey's won kudos for not changing...
View ArticleDemand hits sweet spot for Cadbury
Related articles When Nestlé chocolate leaves a bitter taste CADBURY’s nearly 90-year-old factory sits in front of the North End Lake in Port Elizabeth. Now an industrial hub, much has changed in the...
View ArticleCadbury owner paid no UK tax last year
Mondelez was able to pay no UK corporation tax as a result of a Channel Islands-based bond, despite Cadbury making £96.5m profit in 2014...
View ArticleSir Adrian Cadbury: Pioneer of good practice in corporate governance who also...
Sir Adrian Cadbury was an Olympic rower who went on to run the family business and producing the 1992 Cadbury Report, which became the cornerstone of corporate governance at home and abroad. In a...
View ArticleMinister unwraps new production line at chocolate factory (BIS - UK...
(Source: BIS - UK Department for Business Innovations & Skills) The Business Secretary Sajid Javid visited the home of Cadbury in Birmingham to open a new state-of-the-art production line at its...
View ArticleMinister unwraps new production line at chocolate factory (CMA - Competition...
(Source: CMA - Competition and Markets Authority) The Business Secretary Sajid Javid visited the home of Cadbury in Birmingham to open a new state-of-the-art production line at its chocolate factory...
View ArticleBournville newsagent alcohol sale approval criticised
A newsagent has received permission to sell alcohol on the edge of the "dry" area in Bournville in Birmingham. A ban on selling alcohol in shops in the area has been in place since the village was...
View ArticleExtra-long Easter season a boon to Cadbury: the North Pole of Easter
Connect with us Facebook Twitter Linkedin Google + Email RSS Extra-long Easter season a boon to Cadbury: the North Pole of Easter by Michael del Castillo April 16, 2014 12:31pm EDT « Previous Photo 1...
View ArticleBirmingham: Nine real facts about young UK city
A terrorism commentator has apologised for suggesting Birmingham was a "Muslim-only city" where non-Muslims dare not venture during an interview on US broadcaster Fox News. The claim has baffled many...
View Article£75million investment opportunity for historic Bournville site Click here to...
(Source: Mondelez UK Ltd) £75million investment opportunity for historic Bournville site • Investment will reinforce Bournville's position at the heart of the British chocolate manufacturing industry,...
View ArticleNewsagent's alcohol licence angers pub-free Bournville
Shopkeeper on fringe of historic village’s dry zone says he needs to diversify, but locals fear outbreak of antisocial behaviour...
View ArticleIs Facebook's 'Zee Town' more than just a Mark Zuckerberg vanity project?
The Facebook mogul is following a long line of entrepreneurs from Walt Disney to George Cadbury in creating a 200-acre, 10,000-strong private municipality for his staff. Adam Greenfield asks whether...
View ArticleCadbury jobs cut despite £75m Bournville investment
Birmingham-based chocolate maker Cadbury has warned jobs will be cut despite a £75m investment in its Bournville headquarters. The money - earmarked for modernising machinery - will be released over...
View ArticleCadbury Creme Eggs recipe change ruffles feathers; may scramble Easter sales
You've got to break a few eggs to make an omelet. But that doesn't apply to changing the Cadbury Creme Eggs recipe, it seems. When Kraft Foods announced it was scrambling the iconic candy concoction....
View ArticleHow Much More Indignity Can The Cadbury’s Creme Egg Take?
It is the perfect confectionery: a milk chocolate egg with gooey fondant. But since landing from the UK, the Cadbury Creme Egg has been repeatedly brutalized. Will a recipe change finish it off? In a...
View ArticleCadbury’s gets £75m to spend on Bournville
THE US owner of iconic British chocolate maker Cadbury’s yesterday unveiled a £75m investment in...
View ArticleCould leaving the EU make British chocolate taste bad?
The British are a nation of chocolate lovers but could leaving the EU make our best-loved bars taste bad? How many British people have bought a bar of chocolate on holiday somewhere outside Europe and...
View ArticleNew Zealand’s first Cadbury chocolate cafe opens
Thursday, 27 February 2014, 2:08 pm Press Release: 27 February 2014 New Zealand’s first Cadbury chocolate cafe opens Cadbury opened its first chocolate café today as part of Dunedin’s Cadbury World....
View ArticleCadbury opens gates to real Willy Wonka factory
There are no Oompa-Loompas in evidence on this Reading University campus, but one laboratory tucked away on the site is doing work that would be sure to set Willy Wonka’s pulse racing. Inside,...
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