Cadburys was originally founded in 1824, selling just Tea, Coffee, and Hot Chocolate.
In 1861 the two sons of John Cadbury took over the business, at the time the company had eleven employees and was loosing money, however the sons of Mr Cadbury soon turned this around, they were responsible for the Bournville estate which housed 100’s of workers! 
Since the takeover, business had grown so fast and the company had become so well known, that the Cadbury’s was now supplying there famous chocolate to Queen Victoria.
Following the success of Cadburys, in 1969 they merged with another company, Schweppes. This means that Cadburys became a business with a single motive, sell more confectionary, make more money.
Up until the 2000’s things seemed to be plain sailing for the confectionary company, however this was until they had decided to close one of their factory’s in Keyhsham, moving some of the production overseas, gaining interest from a potential new owner.
Prior to the take over in 2010, Kraft Foods had spent months trying to purchase Cadburys. They succeeded and bought the firm for £8.45 per share. Following this take over, Kraft had originally promised to stick to Cadbury’s commitment of only using Fairtrade cocoa beans to produce the chocolate, however this week they have announced that they will be switching to a new cocoa production company, which doesn’t abide by the same rules as Fairtrade.
Before, farmers could earn a minimum of £1600 per tonne of cocoa sold. Cocoa Life, the new production company, does not use the same price rules. By Kraft withdrawing their original commitment, they have definitely caused a lot of uncertainty.