Year 1767:
Messrs Bayldon and Berry began selling candied fruit peel to the citizens of York. Joined later by Joseph Terry, the business grew to become Terry's of York, a leading confectionery company.
Year 1825:
Philippe Suchard opened his first confectionery shop in Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
Year 1867:
Johann Jakob Tobler set up a small confectionery business in Berne, Switzerland. Nearly 50 years later the family business produced the Toblerone™ bar.
Year 1892:
A coffee blend developed for the Maxwell House Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, soon became known as Maxwell House™ coffee.
Year 1895:
In Bremen, Germany, businessman Johann Jacobs established Jacobs Kaffee, which was to become one of Europe's leading coffee company
Year1903:
James L Kraft opened a wholesale cheese business in Chicago, Illinois, USA. By 1914, the company was manufacturing its own cheese.
Year 1923:
A co-operative of Kenyan coffee growers set up the Kenyan Coffee Company to distribute high quality beans into Britain. It changed its name to the Kenco™ Coffee Company in 1962.
Year 1924:
JL Kraft opened its first European sales office in London. 1928:
Kraft merged with The Phoenix Cheese Corporation of Chicago, producers of Philadelphia™ Cheese.
Year 1929:
Maxwell House™ Coffee and other famous food brands consolidated under the name General Foods Corporation.
Year 1947:
General Foods purchased Alfred Bird and Sons Ltd.
Year 1970:
Suchard merged with Tobler.
Year1982:
Jacobs Kaffee merged with Suchard-Tobler to form Jacobs Suchard in Europe.
Year1985:
General Foods Corporation acquired by Philip Morris Companies Inc.
Year 1987:
Kenco™ bought by General Foods to form the biggest soluble coffee company in the UK. Year1988:
Kraft Inc became part of Philip Morris Companies Inc, creating the world's largest consumer products company.
Year1989:
The food products division of Philip Morris Companies Inc, became Kraft General Foods.Year 1990:
Kraft General Foods acquired Jacobs Suchard, making it number one in the European roast and ground coffee market and a leader in confectionery.
Year1993:
Kraft General Foods acquired Terry's of York.
Year1994:
Kraft Jacobs Suchard is formed combining the Kraft, General Foods and Jacobs Suchard businesses.
Year2000:
Kraft Foods parent company Philip Morris Companies Inc acquired Nabisco Holdings, a world leader in biscuit, crackers and snacks.
Year 2001:
Philip Morris Companies Inc offered an Initial Public Offering for Kraft Foods in June.
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