Cadbury questioned an investor’s intentions.

Cadbury Schweppes PLC, nervous about General Cinema’s recent purchase of 8.3% of Cadbury, warned that any additional purchases “would not be welcome.” General Cinema, based in Chestnut Hill, Mass., is a soft-drink bottler, theater operator and major stockholder of Los Angeles-based retailer Carter Hawley Hale. General Cinema Chairman Richard Smith suggested a meeting with Cadbury officials and said in a letter, “I would be happy to discuss General Cinema’s investment in Cadbury Schweppes and to answer any questions you might have.”