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Boland's Bakery was the largest bakery in Dublin in the late 19th century. It was founded by the Boland family. It was founded by the Boland family. The company sold a number of products such as bread, biscuits, cakes, confectionery and flour, although over the years biscuits became the company's main product.
The company was listed on the London Stock Exchange as United Biscuits plc on 27 July 1948. [7] In 1972, United Biscuits acquired Carr's of Carlisle, makers of Table Water biscuits, from James Goldsmith's Cavenham Foods for £2.75 million. [8] Two years later, in 1974, it acquired the US-based Keebler Company for $53 million.
In May 2009, Jacobs ceased production of biscuits at its home in Tallaght, Dublin. [5] Production was moved to Portugal, Poland, the UK, France and Malta for cost reasons. [6] Some minor production remains in Ireland with Wafer biscuits made in County Donegal, Real Irish products in Drogheda and premium oat biscuits in Cork.
In 1966, W. & R. Jacob in Dublin merged with Boland's Biscuits to form Irish Biscuits Ltd. and moved to a factory in the Dublin suburb of Tallaght in 1973. [ 1 ] : 19:15 The Liverpool factory joined Associated Biscuits in 1960, which was purchased by Nabisco in 1982.
In 1995, United Biscuits announced plans to spin off the snack chip business, [20] but ended up selling the entire company to a partnership between Flowers Industries and Artal Luxembourg, a private equity firm. [21] Artal Luxembourg sold its holdings in Keebler in an IPO in 1998. [22] The Keebler Company purchased Sunshine Biscuits in 1996. [23]
Campbell Soup Co. may make a £1.5 billion ($2.3 billion) bid for the biscuit-making unit of British company United Biscuits.Campbell is interested in the biscuit business, which makes up around ...
Under United Biscuits McVitie's held a Royal Warrant from Queen Elizabeth II. The best-selling biscuit manufacturer in the United Kingdom, McVitie's produces Jaffa Cakes and popular biscuits such as chocolate digestives, Hobnobs, and Rich tea. In 2020, sales of McVitie's biscuits in the UK were more than five times the next two competitors. [4]
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