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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] That same year, Arnott married Margarete McLean Fleming.
Arnotts is the oldest and largest department store in Ireland. It is located on Henry Street , on the north side of central Dublin . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Together with the Brown Thomas chain of department stores, it is owned by UK-based Selfridges , which in turn is owned by Thai Conglomerate Central Group and Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF).
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.
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
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Background: The incumbent in the race, Arnott first took on the role as Greene County Sheriff in 2008.Prior to his initial run for office, Arnott began his career in law enforcement at the Greene ...
Sir John Arnott, 1st Baronet JP (26 July 1814 – 28 March 1898) was a Scottish-Irish entrepreneur and a major figure in the commercial and political spheres of late-19th century Cork. He was also founder of the Arnotts department chain .