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Chocolate Wars: From Cadbury to Kraft: 200 years of Sweet Success and Bitter Rivalry Kindle Edition
by Deborah Cadbury (Author)
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The delicious true story of the early chocolate pioneers by the award-winning writer, and direct descendant of the famous chocolate dynasty, Deborah Cadbury
In 'Chocolate Wars' bestselling historian and award-winning documentary maker Deborah Cadbury takes a journey into her own family history to uncover the rivalries that have driven 250 years of chocolate empire-building.
Beginning with an account of John Cadbury, who founded the first Cadbury's coffee and chocolate shop in Birmingham in 1824, 'Chocolate Wars' goes on to chart the astonishing transformation of the company's fortunes under his grandson George. But while the Cadbury dynasty is the fulcrum of the narrative, this is also the story of their Quaker rivals, the Frys and Rowntrees, and their European competitors, the Nestles, Suchards and Lindts. These rivalries drove the formation of the huge chocolate conglomorates that still straddle the corporate world today, and have first call on our collective sweet tooth.
This is narrative history at its most absorbing, peopled by wonderfully colourful characters - the true story of the chocolate pioneers, the visions and ideals that inspired them and the mouth-watering concoctions they created.
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out of 5 stars and the development of chocolate and how Quakers didn't like wealth for only it's sake 11 September 2014
By Pamela Wood - Published on Amazon.com
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This is one of the most fascinating non-fiction books I have ever read. It is the story of the Cadbury Chocolate family business and the other companies that were the rival chocolate makers. All the confectionary companies in Britain were Quaker families and it is such an interesting book on several accounts, the Industrial Revolution, the society of the 1800's and the 1900's, and the development of chocolate and how Quakers didn't like wealth for only it's sake, they were obliged to put it back into the communities for the good of everyone. They were committed to ending the slums of Birmingham, and make homes for their workers in the countryside, with room for a vegetable patch and places for the children to play. It talks about Rowntrees, Frys, Terry's, Hershey's, Mars etc in so much detail.
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HASH(0xaca54684) out of 5 stars Fascination and Delicious 6 April 2013
By OmNomAlly - Published on Amazon.com
I learnt so much from this book and never realised that many of the big chocolate houses were founded and run on Quaker altruism. It was interesting to read about the early chocolate formulations, the origins of the candy bars we love to eat to today (and how unpalatable the early creations sounded like).
While it was my love for all things chocolate that initially drew me to the book, I found it mostly to be a highly enjoyable read of the social and economic history of chocolate making up until the First World War. The last third of the book was fascinating account of the end of the Cadbury era and one that makes me question my loyalty to purchasing a chocolate brand that no longer really the historical "Cadbury" brand but part of a faceless conglomerate.
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out of 5 stars A wonderful book 28 September 2011
By Helereb - Published on Amazon.com
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In my opinion this book is wonderful. Not only is it the story of the Cadbury Chocolate Company but also a social history of Britain from the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. I learnt a great deal about the Quaker movement which in itself was truly remarkable. Growing up in England I remembered most of the various confections and chocolates that were mentioned in the writing and hence they brought back memories. The village of Bournville must surely be worth a visit to feel and sense the impressive history of the place. What comes through about this story is the changing world that we live in and the power of the multi-national companies. I thoroughly recommend this book to anyone interested in the global economy.
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out of 5 stars The Chocolate Wars 14 July 2012
By Anne - Published on Amazon.com
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I loved this book. It was very well written and gave a comprehensive history of the various players in the chocolate industry. It was very interesting to compare the type of capitalism we live with today which too often only benefits the few at the top against that of the model which quaker families such as Cadburys and Rowntrees etc sought to promote. Their model saw financial success as a means to benefit the wider society recognising that people matter more than personal profit. An inspirational theme which could and should be promoted as an alternative form of capitalism to be revisited in the 21st century!
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out of 5 stars Fascinating 4 July 2013
By Jacqui T - Published on Amazon.com
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I bought this book on the recommendation of a friend. I expected it to supply a fascinating history about the different role players in the chocolate industry, and this is what the book offered. An unexpected gift was the consistent reflection on ethics in business. As a non-business person I found the book very readable. My area of interest is social development and poverty alleviation and I was surprised how inspiring the Cadbury story is. Eating chocolate now has a whole new dimension to it.
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