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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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Yıldız Holding's food production business was its first and remains one of its key sectors. The company's brands include Ülker, which operates globally and is part of pladis, a group that includes GODIVA, United Biscuits, and DeMet's. As of 2017, pladis was the second-largest biscuit company and seventh-largest chocolate company in the world.
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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 ...
Laing followed his father, and grandfather Sir Alexander Grant, [1] inventor of the digestive biscuit, into the McVitie & Price biscuit business and in 1947 became a director. The company merged to form United Biscuits , and Laing became managing director in 1964 and served as chairman from 1972 to 1990.
LONDON (Reuters) -Global shares headed on Friday for their biggest monthly gains since May on hopes for strong U.S. growth, while Japanese rate hike bets and shifting euro zone monetary policy ...