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United Biscuits (UB) is a British multinational food manufacturer, makers of McVitie's biscuits, Jacob's Cream Crackers, and Twiglets. The company was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index .
Sayers then remained a family business until 1977, when it was sold to United Biscuits. It was sold again to Warburtons in July 1990, a baking firm based in Bolton. Warburtons also bought Hampsons, Sayers' sister company and other bakeries in their estate included Burneys of Rochdale, Spinks of Sharston, Parkers of Eccles, Burtons of Blackpool. [2]
United Biscuits purchased French confectionery company Chocometz for £5.5 million in 1990 and added it to the Terry's Group, while also agreeing a distribution deal for Marabou's Daim bar in the UK. [35] In 1992, United Biscuits purchased 74% of Italian confectionery business Aura which was merged into Terry's Group. [36]
Meanwhile, in 1948, under John Hekman, Hekman Biscuit tripled its production, employing 450 people. Hekman Biscuit became part of Keebler in 1960, which became part of United Biscuit in 1974 and ...
Campbell Soup Co. (CPB) 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 ...
Wimpy Grills – founded in Bloomington, Indiana, in 1934; eventually grew to 25 locations within the United States and 1,500 outside of the U.S.; its international locations were eventually sold to J. Lyons and Co. in the United Kingdom, which remains open while all of the American locations eventually closed by 1978 [14] [15] [16] [17]
A former Red Barn location in Mississauga, Ontario, now a Mr. Sub restaurant. This is a list of defunct fast-food chains.A restaurant chain is a set of related restaurants with the same name in many different locations that are either under shared corporate ownership (e.g., McDonald's in the U.S.) or franchising agreements.
Between the late 1980s and early 1990s, Phileas Fogg snacks achieved a turnover of more than £30 million. In 1993, the brand was purchased by United Biscuits for £24 million. [3] [2] The four founders left after the sale [2] while United Biscuits made significant changes to the packaging and identity, precipitating a decline in popularity.