Green & Black's
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Green & Black's is a UK based chocolate manufacturer, now owned by Cadbury-Schweppes. The company produces a range of chocolate bars, as well as ice cream, biscuits and hot chocolate. All of their products are organic and premium-priced.
Green & Black's was founded in 1991 by Craig Sams and his wife, Josephine Fairley. In 1994 the company began purchasing fairtrade cocoa from Mayan farmers in Belize for their Maya Gold chocolate bar, and were awarded the [1994 Worldaware Business Award] for good business practice. In May 2005 Cadbury-Schweppes bought Green & Black's for an undisclosed sum, estimated to be around £20m. Cadbury has pledged to run the company as a separate business.
External links
- [Green & Black's]
- BBC News: [Cadbury gobbles up organic rival] (13 May 2005)
- The Guardian: [interview with Craig Sams] (16 May 2005)
- The Observer: [How a £1.50 chocolate bar saved a Mayan community from destruction] (28 May 2006)
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