GENERAL INFORMATION
The name of the business we've
taken is Cadbury Schweppes plc.
It's a fusion of the firm Cadbury which makes chocolates products and Schweppes
which makes essentially drinks.
The owners are ABN Amro, BNP Paribas, Cazenove, Credit Suisse First Boston, Deutsche Bank, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, Investec Henderson, Lehman Bros, Merrill Lynch, Moragan Stanley, Schroders Salomon Smith, Barney, UBS, West LB Panmure who are in United Kingdom and in the USA Sanford Bernstein.
Cadbury Schweppes is a major global company that manufactures markets and distributes- branded beverages and confectionery products around the world.
This firm is listed on the Stock Exchange.
John Sunderland runs Cadbury Schweppes. He's the chairman.
History of the firm
1783: Jacob Schweppes invents
an efficient system for the manufacture of carbonated mineral water.
1824: John Cadbury, the son of Richard Cadbury, opens his shop at 93 Bull Street,
then a fashionable part of Birmingham. Apart from selling tea and coffee, John
Cadbury sells hops, mustard and a new sideline- cocoa and drinking chocolate,
which he prepares himself using a mortar and pestle.
1831: Schweppes becomes the Supplier of Soda Water and Mineral Water to the Royal Family.
1834: John Kemp-Welch and William Evill buy J.Schweppes and Co extending the product range to include flavoured soda drinks such as lemonade.
1837: Cadbury manufactures its first milk chocolate.
1913: Dairy Milks becomes Cadbury's best selling
1969: Schweppes merges with Cadbury Group to create Cadbury Schweppes.
1986: Canada dry is acquired by Cadbury Schweppes.
1995: Cadbury Schweppes acquires Dr Pepper/ Seven-Up Companies Inc.
1999: Cadbury Schweppes acquires all rights to Hawaiian Punch for US $ 203 million.
2000: Orangina, part of the Pernod Richard's range of soft drinks is sold to Cadbury Schweppes.
2002: Halls Fruit Breezers is launched, the first non-mentholated products
Cadbury Schweppes belongs to the second sector"Food producers and processors".
They sell food and drinks, especially chocolate products and sweet drinks.
The headquarters take place in
25 Berkeley Square London. (www.londonstockexchange.com).
The establishments are implant in 200 places in the world.
Recent statistics:
In 2002, the turnover is on average
5,298 million of £.
In 2002, the profits are 1, 041 million of £
There are on average 55000 employees.
We haven't found the growth rate of the number of employees.
The value of the share is £ 7, 2 billion at the end of December 2003.
