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The Life of Richard Cadbury: Socialist, Philanthropist & Chocolatier

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Uncovers Richard Cadbury’s life, detailing his contributions as a philanthropist, chocolatier, and business visionary.

In 1824, John Cadbury opened a grocer’s shop in Bull Street in Birmingham and started to sell tea, coffee and drinking chocolate alongside everything else. In 1831, he opened a factory and started to manufacture his own product, and by 1842 the company was selling almost 30 different types of drinking chocolate and cocoa.

In 1861, the now floundering firm was taken over by tw...