- List of Quaker businesses
This is a list of notable businesses, organizations or charities founded by Quakers. Most of these are no longer managed or influenced by Quakers.
At the end of the article are businesses that never had any connection to Quakers, but some people may believe that they did or still do.
Businesses, organizations or charities with Quaker origins
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Amnesty International , human rights organization.
* Allen and Hanbury Ltd, Manufacturing chemists.
*Albright and Wilson , Manufacturing chemists.B
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Barclays Bank , finance
*Bryant and May , match manufacturer
* [http://www.baldwinlinguas.com Baldwin Linguas] , linguistic services, translation agencyC
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Cadbury plc , chocolate and drinks manufacturer
* [http://cadbury.org Cadbury Senior Services] , continuing care retirement communities
*Clarks, shoe manufacturer
*Coalbrookdale Company, iron manufacturerF
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Friends Provident , life assurance
*J. S. Fry & Sons , chocolate manufacturer
* Friends Hospice, Outpatient Hospice Care Philadelphia, PAG
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Greenpeace , campaigning environment organization,Although NOT an organization founded, nor organized by Quakers, its predecessor, "Don't Make a Wave Committee", was organized by Quakers.H
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Huntley and Palmers biscuits , manufacturer inReading, Berkshire
*Huntsman, steel manufacturerL
*Lloyds Bank (now
Lloyds TSB ), financeM
The Mohonk Mountain House, Hotel
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Oxfam , charity
* [http://openconcept.ca OpenConcept Consulting Inc.] , web development businessP
*Philadelphia Quartz Company, or [http://www.pqcorp.com/corporate/PQHistory.asp PQ Corporation] , chemical manufacturer
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*Rowntree's (now
Rowntree Mackintosh ), chocolate manufacturer (now owned byNestlé )S
*Seaboard Life, Inc., life insurance
*Strawbridge and Clothier , department store chain, USA (Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware)
*Sturge , Manufacturing Chemists, Birmingham
*Sony (formerly Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo); TTK's founding board chair was Tamon Maeda, a Japanese Quaker.Businesses with no Quaker connection
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Quaker Oats Company , food manufacturer
*Quaker State , motor oil brand
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