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The original Arnott's logo depicted a multi-coloured parrot sitting atop a T-shaped perch, eating a cracker biscuit. During a radio interview on ABC, William Arnott's great-great-great-grandson stated that the logo represents the proverb "Honesty is the best policy" where the phrase was constructed from "On his T, is the best pol' (polly) I see".
William Arnott, c. 1869 William Arnott was a prominent member of the Wesleyan Church and taught Sunday school for close to 25 years. [11] In 1848, Arnott wed Monica Sinclair, who already had four children at the time of the marriage; Sinclair died aged 36 on 11 April 1865. [4]
Arnott's Biscuits became a shareholder in Mills and Ware [4] [5] in 1953 and the company was renamed Arnott's Mills and Ware Ltd. In October 1973 Arnott's became the majority shareholder and in 1991 announced that the factory would be closed in 1992.
The Kingston Biscuit falls under the 'Delicious Creams' family of Arnotts' sweet biscuits. The Kingston is widely available in Australia , sold in most supermarkets in 200 g (7.1 oz) packages of twelve individual biscuits, [ 4 ] or as one of the five biscuits in the Arnott's Assorted Creams 500 g (18 oz) variety pack.
In the 1993 book The Story of Arnott's Famous Biscuits, Ross Arnott states that Sao was the name of a sailing boat [a] which his grandfather (Arnott's founder William Arnott) saw on Lake Macquarie, of which he said "That would make a good name for a biscuit." [7] 1905 advertisement for SAO biscuits in the Sydney Morning Herald
Brockhoff Biscuits was an Australian manufacturer of biscuits founded in 1860 by Adolf F. Brockhoff. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] In 1963 Arnott's Biscuits and the company merged, although they continued to trade under both names for several years until the "Brockhoff" name was completely dropped in the late 1970s.
A plate of Iced VoVo biscuits. An Iced VoVo is a wheat flour biscuit topped with 2 strips of pink fondant flanking a strip of raspberry jam and sprinkled with coconut. [1] It is a product of the Australian-based biscuit company Arnott's (now American-owned). Previously known as Iced Vo-Vo biscuits, the brand was first registered in 1906. [1]
Arnotts can refer to; Arnott's Group, an Australian biscuit and salted snack food company; Arnotts (Ireland), a department store in Dublin, Ireland; Arnotts (Scotland) a department store in Glasgow and group of department stores in Scotland. A trading name of House of Fraser which is no longer in use.