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McVitie & Price's first major biscuit was the McVitie's digestive, created in 1892 by a new young employee at the company named Sir Alexander Grant. [26] The biscuit was given its name because it was thought that its high baking soda content served as an aid to food digestion. [25] [27] Grant later became managing director of the company.
Sir Alexander Grant, 1st Baronet (1 October 1864 – 21 May 1937) was a Scottish businessman, biscuit manufacturer and philanthropist. He was managing director of McVitie and Price Ltd., developed the recipe of the McVitie's digestive biscuit, and gave an endowment of £200,000 to help establish the National Library of Scotland.
McVitie's-branded Club mint biscuit as sold on the UK market in 2017. A thin layer of "mint flavoured cream" can be seen on the inside of the biscuit. Club is a range of chocolate covered biscuits, sold in the Republic of Ireland under the Jacob's brand name and in the United Kingdom under McVitie's.
The commercial recipe for Hobnob biscuits was introduced by McVitie's in the UK in 1985. [5] A best seller, demand for the plain Hobnobs led to the introduction of a chocolate variant in 1987. [5] The biscuit is available in many varieties, including dark chocolate, chocolate orange, and Hobnob bars.
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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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