- Cadbury Trebor Bassett
Cadbury Trebor Bassett is a British
confectionery company based atBournville inBirmingham .History
In 1824,
John Cadbury began vending tea, coffee and, later, chocolate at Bull Street inBirmingham in theUK and then inIndia . The company was known as Cadbury Brothers Limited. AfterJohn Cadbury 's retirement, his sons, Richard and George, opened a major factory in the purpose-built suburb ofBournville , four miles south of the city.After
World War I , Cadbury Brothers Limited undertook a financial merger with J.S. Fry & Sons Limited. In 1969, it merged withSchweppes to form the International confectionary and beverage company,Cadbury Schweppes . In 1989, the company purchasedTrebor Bassett and formed the UK confectionery subsidiary, Cadbury Trebor Bassett.As of August 2004, Cadbury Trebor Bassett has 3,000 members of staff in eight factories in the UK, including Marlbrook,
Bournville and Somerdale.Brands
As well as Cadbury's chocolate, the company also owns Maynards and Halls and is associated with several famous types of confectionery including Liquorice Allsorts, Jelly Babies, Flumps, Mints,
Dolly Mix ,Black Jack chews,Trident, and Soft mints.Restructuring
In October 2007, Cadbury announced the closure of the Somerdale chocolate factory, formerly part of Fry's. Between 500 and 700 jobs would be affected by this change. Production will be transferred to other plants at Bournville and in Poland.
Health and safety
2006 "Salmonella" scare
On
19 January 2006 , Cadbury Schweppes detected a rare strain of the "Salmonella " bacteria, affecting seven of its products, said to have been caused by a leaking pipe. The leak occurred at its Marlbrook plant, inHerefordshire , which produces chocolate crumb mixture; the mixture is then transported to factories atBournville and Somerdale to be turned into milk chocolate. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5110674.stm Cadbury recall after health fears] -BBC News ,23 June 2006 .]Cadbury Schweppes did not officially notify the
Food Standards Agency until Monday, 19 June, 2006, shortly after which it recalled more than a million chocolate bars.c]In December 2006, the company announced that the cost of dealing with the contamination would reach £30 million. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/6583027.stm Cadbury faces salmonella action] -
BBC News ,23 April 2007 .] [ [http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/consumer_goods/article2456483.ece TimesOnline, Cadbury recalls thousands of chocolate bars after error over allergy warning] ]In April 2007,
Birmingham City Council announced that it would be prosecuting Cadbury Schweppes in relation to three alleged offences of breaching health and safety legislation. An investigation being carried out at that time byHerefordshire Council led to a further six charges being brought.c] The company pleaded guilty to all nine charges [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/6755945.stm Cadbury admits salmonella charges] -BBC News ,15 June 2007 .] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hereford/worcs/6265548.stm Cadbury admits salmonella charges] -BBC News ,3 July 2007 .] , and was fined £1 million at Birmingham Crown Court - the sentencing of both cases was brought together. [http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20070716/tts-uk-cadbury-salmonella-a8bf950.html Cadbury gets 1 mln pound salmonella fine] -Yahoo! News ,16 July 2007 .] Analysts have said the fine is not material to the group, with mitigating factors limiting the fine being that the company quickly admitted its guilt and said it had been mistaken that the infection did not pose a threat to health.c]2007 Recalls
During February 2007, Cadbury announced they would be recalling a range of products due to a labelling error. The products were produced in a factory handling nuts, potential allergens, but this was not made clear on the packaging. As a precaution, all items were recalled.
On
September 14 ,2007 , Cadbury Schweppes investigated amanufacturing error overallergy warning , recalling for the second time in 2years thousands ofchocolate bars . APrinting mistake at Somerdalefactory resulted in theomission ofnut allergy labels from 250gDairy Milk DoubleChocolate bars .References
External links
* [http://www.cadbury.com Cadbury official website]
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