Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Avana Meat Products

From Graces Guide

of Warwick and Merthyr

1964 Avana Group acquired R. F. Brookes, maker of meat pies[1]

1972 Avana Meat Products Group of Merthyr (Incorporating Hansen Pies, Swansea).[2]

1972 Avana Meat Products factory at Warwick, formerly Fleur-de-Lys.[3]

1974 Avana Meat Products, manufacturers of the famous Fleur De Lys Pies.[4]

1989 'Northern Foods...on the acquisition from Ranks Hovis McDougall of Avana Meat Products which makes pies and pasties under the Fleur de Lys trademark at its factory at Warwick'[5]

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times June 13, 1964
  2. Glamorgan Gazette - Friday 28 January 1972
  3. Coventry Evening Telegraph - Thursday 07 September 1972
  4. Leicester Daily Mercury - Monday 23 September 1974
  5. Nottingham Evening Post - Tuesday 02 May 1989