Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Brooke Bond Oxo

From Graces Guide

of Great Harwood

1968 Brooke Bond and Co acquired Liebig Extract of Meat Co which owned famous food brands such as Fray Bentos and Oxo, forming Brooke Bond Liebig

1970 Acquired Hayward-Peck and Melbray (pies and cooked meats) from Melbray Group[1]

1984 Brooke Bond Liebig was acquired by Unilever

1985 Unilever sold the Mallinson-Denny timber business (acquired with Brooke Bond) to its management[2].


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Sources of Information

  1. The Times, Apr 11, 1970
  2. The Times Aug. 2, 1985