Foster Clark
of Maidstone
Manufacturers of biscuits, custard, soup and Eiffel Tower (Drink).
1891 Founded by George Foster Clark and his brothers William Barton Clark (1861-1940) and Henry Charles Clark (1875-1958) as Foster Clark and Co
1895 The company purchases part of the former Charles Chambers Jam Factory at the Kent Preserving Works in the Lock Meadows
1910 Registered as a private company
1920 Company reconstruction. '..."That it is desirable to reconstruct the Company, and accordingly that the Company be wound up voluntarily; and that George Foster Clark, of Maidstone, in the county of Kent, and Henry Charles Clark, of Maidstone aforesaid, be and they are hereby appointed Liquidators for the purposes of such winding-up'.[1]
1928 Became a public company
1929 Commenced canning of fruit and vegetables
1960 Foster Clark merged with St Martin Group of companies
1965 Foster Clark is sold to Oxo (later Brooke Bond Oxo)
1967 Paul Busuttil, a distributor for Foster Clark in Malta, encourages owners OXO/Brooke to set up a join venture manufacturing in Malta.
1974 Frank Busuttil succeeds his father and contributes to the growth of the business, both in Malta and overseas.
1984 Unilever acquires Brooke Bond and its share in Foster Clark
1986 Charles Busuttil succeeds his brother and leads the company
2000 The Busuttil family acquires all the shares in the company