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A Slimming World branded car in London. Slimming World is a weight loss organisation based in Derbyshire in England that caters for men and women [3] of all ages. It was founded in Derbyshire in 1969 by Margaret Miles-Bramwell, who remained its chairperson until her death on 2 February 2025.
Curry powder was used as an ingredient in 18th-century British recipe books, [7] and commercially available from the late 18th century, [8] [9] [10] with brands such as Crosse & Blackwell and Sharwood's persisting to the present. In Australia, a common curry spice is Keen’s curry powder.
Nestlé divested the Crosse & Blackwell operations in 2002. Today ownership of the brand is divided between The J.M. Smucker Company in North America, Princes Group in Europe and Tiger Brands in South Africa. In Japan, the company's curry powder is still manufactured by Nestlé for food service packages of 400g, 2 kg and 10 kg each. [18]
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Combe Incorporated, based in White Plains, New York, is an American personal-care company founded in 1949 by Ivan Combe. Combe products are sold in 64 countries on six continents. Ivan Combe primarily promoted the brand names instead of the company name. Combe owns the brands Just for Men, Sea-Bond, Vagisil, and Grecian Formula. [1]
The company produces Chinese, Indian and Thai food products and ingredients. It produces many cooking sauces, which usually come in a recognisable square jar, and also curry pastes and powders, pappadoms, naan breads, noodles, prawn crackers and ready meals. It holds the largest market share in Britain in this range.
Weight Watchers, one of the most popular slimming clubs, was founded in the United States in 1961, when housewife Jean Nidetch began a support group at her home in Queens. In the UK, Slimming World was founded in Derbyshire in 1969. [1] [2] Rosemary Conley founded another British slimming club, which is now online only. [5]
Patak's is a UK brand of Indian-style curry pastes, sauces and spices. It was founded in 1957 by wife-and-husband team Gujarati-British entrepreneurs Shanta Pathak and Lakshmishankar Pathak, who came to Britain, penniless, with their family as refugees from Kenya, and acquired by Associated British Foods in May 2007 for £200 million.