
Chocolate Wars
The 150-Year Rivalry Between the World's Greatest Chocolate Makers
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Deborah Cadbury
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Deborah Cadbury
With a cast of characters that wouldnt be out of place in a Victorian novel, Chocolate Wars tells the story of the great chocolatier dynasties, through the prism of the Cadburys. Chocolate was consumed unrefined and unprocessed as a rather bitter, fatty drink for the wealthy elite until the late 19th century, when the Swiss discovered a way to blend it with milk and unleashed a product that would conquer every market in the world.
Thereafter, one of the great global business rivalries unfolded as each chocolate maker attempted to dominate its domestic market and innovate new recipes for chocolate that would set it apart from its rivals. The contest was full of dramatic contradictions: The Cadburys were austere Quakers who found themselves making millions from an indulgent product; Kitty Hershey could hardly have been more flamboyant yet her husband was moved by the Cadburys tradition of philanthropy. Each was a product of their unique time and place yet they shared one thing: they want to make the best chocolate in the world.
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Great book..... well worth it! Really well done
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Would you listen to Chocolate Wars again? Why?
I have listened to this book more then any other book in my life. I am a chocolate lover and history buff and this book has so much to it and all told from and by a Cadbury. Deborah Cadbury did such an amazing job on this book. No only will it give you the history of chocolate from the start of cadbury it brings you right up to date to when cadury was sold to Kraft. So much history and such a well thought out book.Who was your favorite character and why?
all of them as this is a history of the chocolate world and the industry so many of us love.What does Deborah Cadbury bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
Yes, because unlike so many other audible books this one was written and is being told you by a Cadbury. Deborah also has an amazing voice and tells you not only her families history but her countries history from the start of the cocoa bean in the UK to the land of chocolate in Swiss and across the Pond to chocolate town and the from Chicago to NJ and the Mars family to the company that would take her families business away Kraft.If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
Chocolate wars history of an IndustryAny additional comments?
Even for some strange reason your not a chocolate lover but want to know some if the vast history of the UK or the Mars family or Milton Hershey or even Industry as a whole you will love this book. Plus Deborah has an amazing British Voice with such passion on this subject you will love this book. This is my go to book when I am in between things to listen to. Just love itHistory of chocolate and so much more
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Ms. Cadbury years for a time when the titans of industry w we’re not solely concerned about profits for their company. Her grandparents might have been that way but caring about profits is not a modern day idea. Ask the slaves in the Roman Empire . What about the enslaved people in the US and Britain. Thankfully the Quakers were ahead on this but examples of profits over people is not a new modern idea. Rockefeller, Carnegie, Frick, Vanderbilt and more.
Great info but hard to follow and unbearable at times that the Cadbury family was so much better and mor moral than anybody else in the business world. I love the Quakers but damn Deborah but this is spread too thick
Needed an Editor and not based in reality at all times
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Light on the War
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After reading this I must say how sad the sale to Kraft actually is.
I highly recommend this read, chocaholic or not.
Highly recommended!
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Quaker Capitalism
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A Sweet Read
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Awful narration - lip smacking and swallowing ugh
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A fascinating look at candy as commerce
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can’t get over the narration
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