J. S. Fry & Sons
British chocolate brand and former confectionery manufacturer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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J. S. Fry & Sons, Ltd., better known as Fry's, was a British chocolate company owned by Joseph Storrs Fry and his family. Beginning in Bristol in 1761, the business went through several changes of name and ownership, becoming J. S. Fry & Sons in 1822. In 1847, Fry's produced the first solid chocolate bar.[1][2][3] The company also created the first filled chocolate sweet, Cream Sticks, in 1853.[1] Fry is most famous for Fry's Chocolate Cream, the first mass-produced chocolate bar, which was launched in 1866, and Fry's Turkish Delight, launched in 1914.[1]
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Company type | Private (1761–1919) |
Industry | Confectionery |
Founded | 1761 in Bristol |
Founder | Joseph Fry |
Defunct | 2010; 14 years ago (2010) |
Fate | Merged with Cadbury Brothers in 1919. Loss of operational independence in 1967. Original factory closed 2011. |
Headquarters | , |
Key people | Joseph Storrs Fry II |
Products | Chocolate |
Brands | |
Parent | Cadbury (1919–2010) |
Fry, alongside Cadbury and Rowntree's, was one of the big three British confectionery manufacturers throughout much of the 19th and 20th centuries, and all three companies were founded by Quakers.[4][5] The company became a division of Cadbury in the early 20th century. The division's Somerdale Factory near Bristol was closed after the 2010 takeover of Cadbury's by Kraft Foods Inc.[6][7]