Why does so much of the UK's and US's chocolate manufacture originate with Quakers?

zbeckabee

Here is a good place to start: For a considerable time, the Cadbury family was prominent both in the life of the city of Birmingham, England, and in the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). They sought to put Quaker testimonies such as that of human equality before God into practice. Even the choice of chocolate as a line of business related to their Quaker testimonies. John Cadbury, the founder of the Cadbury chocolate business, was active all his life in the temperance society. He felt alcohol was a major cause of poverty and other ills among working people. He saw cocoa and chocolate as an alternative to alcohol. http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/1370/34342 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cadbury Jun 30 06, 4:46 PM

satguru

Mind you, now it's nearly all owned by Nestles. Jun 30 06, 4:49 PM