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A product of the General Foods Co
Invented (?) by Charles William Post, who left a large fortune when he died c.1922[1]
Pre-WWII General Foods established the Grape Nuts Co to distribute its packaged foods in the UK[2]
Post-WWII Production and marketing was taken on by Alfred Bird and Sons who soon joined the General Foods group.
1954 Made by Alfred Bird and Sons (see advert)
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