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Nor was it a particularly British firm. About 80% of Cadbury's business and over 85% of its employees were already outside Britain.

British chocolate manufacturer Cadbury's are celebrating one hundred years of producing their popular chocolate bar .

For Hershey, this may be an opportunity to pick up pieces like parts of Cadbury's international chocolate or U. S. gum businesses.

Cadbury's mainly British investors are likely to want to see more cash in the takeover offer rather than shares in Kraft.

Cadbury's new owner Kraft Foods has confirmed plans to move part of the business to Switzerland in a move which could cut its UK tax bill.

It would compound the control issues and there could be squabbles over carving up Cadbury's chocolate and chewing gum businesses.

The American food giant's sweetened offer, too toothsome to turn down, was accepted by Cadbury's board on Tuesday January 19th.

Kraft says it is pressing on regardless. It is expected to have to improve its terms to win over Cadbury's shareholders.

Mr Carr's decision to recommend Kraft's offer has also sparked outrage among some of the descendents of Cadbury's founding family.

Cadbury's chocolates sold in the United States were not affected, said a spokesman for Hershey's, Cadbury's sole U. S. distributor.

Hershey, roughly half Cadbury's size, would have to leverage itself to a distinctly un-Hersheylike degree.

If the price has changed a little, the response of Cadbury's board has not altered one jot.

This time round Cadbury's appetite for a deal is no greater.

But it did hold out the possibility of raising its offer during the battle to win over Cadbury's investors.

Second, for the effort to extend carbon management best practice beyond Cadbury's own operations into the supply chain.

In 2008, the only advertisement any marketer could talk about was Cadbury's drumming gorilla.

Cadbury's second largest shareholder, Legal & General Investment Management, on Friday said Kraft's bid undervalued the firm.

Our offer is fully financed (and), represents a substantial premium to Cadbury's unaffected share price.

All the same, the assertion that Kraft would lower Cadbury's moral tone seems pretty lame.

Markets were frothier then but Cadbury's growth potential may be higher.

The Cadbury's Whole Nut chocolate bar is the biggest seller in the chocolate machines at tube stations.

Once it does, private-equity firms, several of which are interested in Cadbury's soft-drinks business, will be on the prowl again.

If combined with Cadbury's, it could spark concern among competition watchdogs.

We are eager to build upon Cadbury's iconic brands and strong British heritage through increased investment and innovation.

Cadbury's Guide to Low Carbon Dairy Farming deserves recognition for two reasons.

The move is part of Cadbury's Purple Goes Green environmental strategy.

Carr might want to use the Microsoft-Yahoo case study in his face-to-face sessions with Cadbury's big institutional investors.

Do you think 758p represents Carr's notion of Cadbury's 'true value? '

British takeover rules give Kraft 28 days to send its formal offer to Cadbury 's shareholders.

Cadbury's attractions for both are self-evident.

That will be good news for Cadbury's workers, wherever they are based.

Cadbury's shares closed up 38 per cent at 783p.

Consumers are also trading down from one name-brand to another: for example, from Lindt chocolates to Cadbury's.

An 1886 advert for Cadbury's Cocoa features a family sitting around the breakfast table