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Bird's Custard is the brand name for the original powdered, egg-free imitation custard powder, now owned by Premier Foods. Custard powder and instant custard powder are the generic product names for similar and competing products. The product is a powder, based on cornflour, which thickens to form a custard-like sauce when mixed with milk and ...
Alfred Bird's gravestone at Key Hill Cemetery, Birmingham. Alfred Bird died on 15 December 1878 in Kings Norton, Birmingham and is buried at Key Hill Cemetery in Birmingham. . Famously his obituary in the journal of the Chemical Society (of which he was a fellow) discussed at length his skills and research but did not mention his other activity – the by then famous Bird's Custard and Bird's Jel
Bird's Custard: Dairy North America, United Kingdom, Ireland 2004 Sold to Premier Foods: Bird's Eye: Frozen foods: North America 2004 Sold to Dean Foods: Now owned by Pinnacle Foods: Boboli Baked Goods: North America 1995 Sold to Bestfoods: Canadian rights owned by George Weston Limited; U.S. rights owned by Grupo Bimbo: Breyers: Dairy
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Mr Briggs said: "The vanilla scent candle is to do with the old Birds Custard factory, we wanted to keep the candle names classy and when creating it I first called it Digbeth Bird.
Premier Foods plc is a British food manufacturer headquartered in St Albans, Hertfordshire.The group owns many well-known brands, including Mr Kipling, Ambrosia, Bird's Custard, Angel Delight, Homepride cooking sauces, Lyons, Sharwood's, Loyd Grossman sauces, Oxo, Bisto, Batchelors and Plantastic.
The factory was built by General Foods (GF) in 1964–66 across 42 acres at a cost of £6 million, and employed 1,300 people. [5] It was partly due to the London overspill. [citation needed] In 1966, GF moved production of Bird's Custard from the former Alfred Bird & Sons factory site in Gibb Street, Birmingham (now the Custard Factory) to the new factory.
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