British Bakeries
British Bakeries was the bread making arm of Ranks Ltd, manufacturing Hovis, Nimble and Mothers Pride as well as supermarket own-brand bread for shops such as Tesco, Asda and The Co-operative Group.
1955 British Bakeries was set up by Hovis to hold their bread-making division, as a counter to the dominance of Allied Bakeries (Sunblest) and ensure an outlet for their flour products. Acquired W. J. Brookes and Sons
1956 Mother's Pride was marketed as a national brand by the new division.
1957 McDougall's and Hovis merged to form Hovis-McDougall.
1962 Hovis-McDougall was acquired by Ranks Ltd
1968 British Bakeries (Southern) Ltd acquired Sunters of Sunderland (incorporated in 1930)
1972 British Bakeries Ltd was renamed RHM Bakeries Ltd[1].
British Bakeries had two factories in Bradford, one in Thornbury and one on Thornton Road, which closed recently as well as further factories in Kingston upon Hull, Glasgow and Wigan.
British Bakeries parent company is now Premier Foods.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Times, 4 January 1972
- [1] Wikipedia
- Companies house filings