Chocolate Tin

Queen Victoria heard that officers and soldiers gained much pleasure in receiving gifts from home and so decided she would send chocolate, a luxury item to the majority of people in those days, as a Christmas gift. The chocolate manufacturer, Cadbury, which had a Royal Warrant to supply Queen Victoria with cocoa and chocolate, was requested to produce the bars of chocolate, each in its own individual tin. This put Richard and George Cadbury in a dilemma because as Quakers, they were against the war. However, they did not want to refuse a request from the Queen. Their solution was to invite fellow Quakers, Joseph Storrs Fry and Joseph Rowntree into a temporary three-way partnership to complete the order.