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Cadbury

American  
[kad-ber-ee, -buh-ree] / ˈkæd bɛr i, -bə ri /

noun

  1. a Neolithic and Iron Age site in Somerset, England, traditionally the Camelot of King Arthur.


Cadbury British  
/ ˈkædbərɪ /

noun

  1. George. 1839–1922, British Quaker industrialist and philanthropist. He established, with his brother Richard Cadbury (1835–99), the chocolate-making company Cadbury Brothers and the garden village Bournville, near Birmingham, for their workers

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Mondelez International declined 4.2% after the owner of brands Oreo and Cadbury posted better-than-expected adjusted fourth-quarter earnings but profit declined on higher cocoa costs.

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

The owner of Oreo and Cadbury on Tuesday posted a profit of $665 million, or 51 cents a share, compared with $1.75 billion, or $1.30 a share, a year earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

The 2009-10 pursuit of Cadbury by Kraft Foods began with Kraft’s offer of $16.7 billion and ended when shareholders accepted a bid of $19.6 billion.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025

While living in various Asian countries for the better part of a decade, I’m typically bound to international brands like Cadbury and Ritter Sport.

From Salon • Jun. 15, 2025

"However," as Deborah Cadbury notes in her excellent history of the period, Terrible Lizard, "this piece of work was not quite as original as it appeared."

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson