Cadbury Schweppes PLC

1969-2008
Cadbury Schweppes formed in 1969 by merger of British chocolate company Cadbury and Swiss carbonated beverage company Schweppes.

In 2008, after several subsidiaries and brands are sold, Cadbury Schweppes finally splited up and refocused as its predecessors. Confectionery business became Cadbury plc and US soft drinks business became Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc.

Cadbury itself later acquired by Kraft Foods in 2010, and became Mondelēz International in 2012. Mondelez, coincidentally, had 13% stakes in newly-merged Keurig Dr Pepper (formerly Keurig Green Mountain and Dr Pepper Snapple Group) which owns several former Cadbury Schweppes beverage brands.