- Burton's Foods
Burton's Foods is a
United Kingdom biscuit manufacturer.The company was formed from the merger of Burton's Gold Medal Biscuits and Horizon Biscuit Company in October 2000. They have factories in
Blackpool ,Llantarnam inCwmbran , South Wales,Edinburgh andMoreton, Merseyside .History
Burton's first biscuits were baked by George Burton (born 1829 in
Leek, Staffordshire ) who began production on Corporation Street in Blackpool. The Burton's Biscuits firm was founded by his grandson Joseph Burton in 1935. They had a factory inSlough until the early 1980s. On18 March 2007 , Burton's Foods was acquired by Duke Street Capital. [cite press release |title= Duke Street Capital Acquires Burton’s Foods |publisher= Duke Street Capital |date=March 18 2007 |url= http://www.dukestreetcapital.com/content/?page=news&item=20070318.html |accessdate= 2007-11-05 ]Biscuit Products
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Cadbury Digestive (under licence fromCadbury Schweppes )
*Cadbury Fingers (under licence)
*Jammie Dodgers
* Lyons Biscuits
*Maryland Cookies
*Viscount Biscuit
*Wagon Wheels ee also
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Fox's Biscuits
*Huntley & Palmers
*Jacob Fruitfield Food Group
*Tunnock's
*United Biscuits References
External links
* [http://www.burtonsfoods.co.uk/ Burton's Foods official web site]
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