H. S. Whiteside and Co
Factories at Parkhouse Works, Camberwell and Golborne, Lancs.
General food manufacturer, especially chocolate, sugar confectionery and peanut butter, nuts, dates and dried fruits, chocolate coverture.
1925 Incorporated as a private company, Gilbert Ltd
1927 Name changed to present title
1946 Became a public company. Trademark Sunpat. Disposed of Stanwhite subsidiary[1]
1957 Acquired Elizabeth Shaw[2]
1958 Acquired Maconochie Foods[3]
1962 Formed Branded Foods Ltd in conjunction with Marmite Ltd to manufacture snack foods under the Sun-Pat and Marmite brands[4]
1963 The 38th AGM. Sun-Pat Salted Nuts, Sun Pat Peanut Butter, Pan Yan Pickle, Rob Roy fish products. T. A. Barnes is Chairman and MD.[5]
1965 Identified large discrepancy in stock values; planned to close Camberwell factory[6]
1967 The company was put into liquidation[7] The receiver sold Sun-Pat Products and Maconochie Brothers (Hadfield), both of Hadfield near Glossop, to Rowntree and Co[8]. Thomas Arthur Barnes, Chairman lost his personal fortune.[9]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Times, January 6, 1947
- ↑ The Times July 27, 1957
- ↑ The Times, October 3, 1958
- ↑ The Times September 24, 1962
- ↑ Birmingham Daily Post - Thursday 26 September 1963
- ↑ The Times, July 23, 1965
- ↑ The London Gazette 8 December 1967
- ↑ The Times, June 21, 1967
- ↑ Liverpool Daily Post (Welsh Edition) - Tuesday 07 November 1967