H. J. Packer and Co
of Armoury Square and Greenbank, Bristol, chocolate and confectionery, importers, exporters and makers.
1881 Founded by Edward Packer, in Armoury Square, Bristol.
1884 Partnership dissolved. '...the Partnership heretofore existing between us the undersigned, Henry John Burrows and Edward Packer, under the style of E. Packer and Co., at 7, Paul-street, St. Paul's, in the city of Bristol, as Chocolate and Cocoa Manufacturers, has been dissolved, by mutual consent, as and from the 25th day of November, 1884; and all debts due and owing by the said firm will be received and paid by the said Henry John Burrows, who will in future carry on the said business as heretofore...'[1]
1903 New factory opened at Greenbank.[2]
1908 The company expanded by buying Glasgow-based high-end chocolate manufacturer Carsons, as well as the creation of the new brand Bonds of Bristol to sell luxury chocolate products made at Greenbank.
1959 George Watkins photographed a table engine, Packer's first engine, at the Greenbank Works.[3]
1908 H. J. Packer and Co Ltd was registered at Companies House; the company took over the business of H. J. Packer and Co.
1964 Became the founding company of Cavenham Foods
By 1980 it was known as Cavenham Confectionery Ltd and was sold to Generale Occidentale
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The London Gazette Publication date:28 November 1884 Issue:25418 Page:5557
- ↑ Clifton and Redland Free Press - Friday 27 March 1903
- ↑ 'Stationary Steam Engines of Great Britain, Volume 6: The South Midlands', by George Watkins, Landmark Publishing Ltd, 1993, Plate 19