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The company was founded by two Scottish brothers-in-law, Richard Callard and John Bowser, in 1779 in Maryhill, Glasgow during the Scottish Enlightenment period. [2] Callard and Bowser was owned by Arthur Guinness & Sons from 1953 to 1982 when it was acquired by the American conglomerate Beatrice Foods. In 1988 it was purchased by United Biscuits.
Pizzaland restaurant on Grey Street in Newcastle upon Tyne, 1989. Pizzaland was a chain of pizza restaurants owned by Associated Newspapers and then by United Biscuits. [1] In the early 1990s, Pizza Hut and Pizzaland were regarded as the largest pizza eateries in Britain; [2] [3] UK business ceased in 1996.
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.
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At the age of 16, the Grand Rapids native got his break in snacks washing trucks for Hekman Biscuit Company, which was later acquired by Keebler and then folded into the United Biscuit Company.
A 66-year-old paedophile who sexually abused two girls more than 30 years ago has been jailed for 22 years. Kevin Calderbank carried out the sexual assaults in Peterborough between 1985 and 1989.