Cadbury's Creme Eggs

Why should an industrial area be squalid and depressing?

Cadbury's Creme Eggs
Taylor James
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Key words

  • Fondant: a thick, soft, sweet food, made mainly of sugar and used to cover cakes, or a small soft sweet made mainly from sugar

Dessert was chocolate fondant.

  • Takeover: to get control of a company by buying enough of the shares in it

The company he works for has recently been taken over.

  • Run-up: the final period of time before an important event

A similar campaign was launched in the run-up to Christmas.

  • Green space: open areas reserved for parks and gardens, including plant life, and other types of natural environment.

The city is mainly a residential one with little green space.

  • Capital expenditure: money that a company spends on land, buildings, and equipment that it uses to produce products and provide services

Capital expenditure on upgrades is expected to rise.


Read the article to find the answers

  1. What is Cadbury best known for?
  2. When are Cadbury's Creme Eggs available?
  3. How many Creme Eggs are produced in the run-up to Easter?
  4. What was Cadbury one of the first companies to introduce?

Cadbury

Founded in Birmingham in 1824 by John Cadbury, a Quaker, Cadbury is the second largest confectionery brand in the world, with operations in more than 50 countries. It is best known for its Dairy Milk chocolate and the Creme Egg, which is available every year between the 1st of January and Easter Sunday.