Editing Cadbury (section)

==== Schweppes demerger ====
In March 2007, it was revealed that Cadbury Schweppes was planning to split its business into two separate entities: one focusing on its main chocolate and confectionery market; the other on its US drinks business.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6451749.stm |title=Cadbury plans to split business |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410164509/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6451749.stm |archivedate=10 April 2023 |work= [[BBC News]] |date= 14 March 2007}}</ref> The demerger took effect on 2 May 2008, with the drinks business becoming [[Dr Pepper Snapple Group]] and Cadbury Schweppes [[Public limited company|plc]] becoming Cadbury plc.<ref name="demerger">{{cite press release |title=Cadbury plc Demerger |publisher=Cadbury plc |date=7 May 2008 |url=http://www.cadburyinvestors.com/cadbury_ir/shareholder_services/demerger/ |access-date=29 December 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091213192026/http://www.cadburyinvestors.com/cadbury_ir/shareholder_services/demerger |archive-date=13 December 2009}}</ref> In December 2008 it was announced that Cadbury was to sell its Australian beverage unit to [[Asahi Breweries]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Cadbury to sell Australian drinks arm |url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0f0371da-d1a5-11dd-bb61-000077b07658.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0f0371da-d1a5-11dd-bb61-000077b07658.html |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription |work=[[Financial Times]] |date=24 December 2008 |access-date=17 March 2009}}</ref>