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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 .
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 September 2004 United Biscuits bought what was by then known as the Jacob's Biscuit Group for £240 million from Groupe Danone. [ 11 ] In 2017, the Peek Frean trademark was acquired by the great-great-grandson of Francis Hedley-Peek, the first Chairman of Peek Frean and the nephew of founder James Peek.
View of the production floor, Jacob's Ireland factory, 1910. The originator of the Jacob's brand name was the small biscuit bakery, W. & R. Jacob, founded in 1851 in Bridge Street, Waterford, Ireland, by William Beale Jacob and his brother Robert. In 1852, it moved to Bishop Street in Dublin, Ireland, with a factory in Peter's Row.
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.
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]
The original bakery on The Shore is the third building from the left in this print, showing a visit by King George IV in 1822. [1]Crawford's is a brand of biscuits.. It started as a Scottish baker of ship's biscuits in a public house on The Shore, Leith in 1813.
The Counting House, part of the brewery complex in central Cork, Ireland. The Cork Porter Brewery was founded in 1791 by Beamish, Crawford, Barrett, and O’Brien. [7] [8] They purchased an existing brewery from Edward Allen (the son of Aylmer Allen who had run the brewery until his death in May 1791) on a site in Cramer's Lane that had been used for brewing since at least 1650 (and possibly ...