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British Sugar is effectively the sole buyer of all of the sugar beet grown in Britain. This output comes from around 2,300 beet growers throughout Britain. [12] There is however a proposal to start growing sugar beet in Eastern Scotland again to produce bioethanol. [13] [14] British Sugar is a supplier of cannabis to GW Pharmaceuticals. [15]
Billington may refer to: Billington (surname) Billington, Bedfordshire, a small parish in England, United Kingdom; Billington, Lancashire, a larger village in England, United Kingdom; Billington Heights, New York, a hamlet in New York, United States; Billingtons, a sugar company founded in 1858 by Edward Billington, taken over by British Sugar ...
Tesco plc (/ ˈ t ɛ s. k oʊ /) is a British multinational groceries and general merchandise retailer headquartered in Welwyn Garden City, England. [8] The company was founded by Jack Cohen in Hackney, London, in 1919.
The business was founded by Malcolm Billington and Brian Mayman: the first store opened in Cleveleys, England, in 1978. [7] It was originally named Billington & Mayman, based on the founders' names, but was soon shortened to "B&M". [8] The company was the subject of a management buyout, financed by Phildrew Investments, in October 1996. [9]
In 1976, the Company acquired a 33% stake (increased to 63% in 1988) in Amylum, a European starch-based manufacturing business. [3] The Liverpool sugar plant closed in 1981, and the Greenock plant closed in 1997. [9] In 1988, Tate & Lyle acquired a 90% stake in A. E. Staley, a US corn processing business.
The company sold Fine Fare in 1986 to the Dee Corporation, and in 1991, went on to acquire British Sugar. [13] In 1997, ABF sold its retail operations in Ireland (including Northern Ireland) to Tesco. [14] These businesses were: Quinnsworth and Crazy Prices in the Republic of Ireland and Stewarts Supermarket Limited and Crazy Prices in Northern ...
Its parent company is North West Electricity Networks. Elstree Film Studios Ltd — operates Elstree Studios which is a film and TV production centre that was established in 1925. It is located at Borehamwood, Hertfordshire. The company was founded in 2000 as Elstree Film and Television Studios Limited and is owned by Hertsmere Borough Council.
Booker Group Limited is a British wholesale distributor, and subsidiary of Tesco. [2] In January 2017, it was announced that the British multinational supermarket retailer Tesco had agreed to purchase the company for £3.7 billion. It was confirmed on 5 March 2018 that Tesco had completed its acquisition of Booker Group Limited. [3]