Princes
Princes Ltd. is a UK based food manufacturer originally specialising in canned foods, but now produce a range of food and drink products.
1880 Established in Liverpool by Simpson and Roberts, trading canned meats and vegetables.
1946 moved to Southport and began food manufacturing.
1960 set up a European base in the Netherlands.
1962 Name changed to "Princes" Foods Ltd
1968 Acquired by J. Bibby and Sons.[1]
1973 Princes Foods was sold to Buitoni (becoming Princes Buitoni).[2]
1988 Buitoni was acquired by Nestle
1989 the Mitsubishi Corporation bought Princes Foods from Nestlé. The operating company was Princes Foods Ltd.
2001 Acquired Beta Foods Ltd and 51 percent of Napolina Ltd. Subsidiaries included Leon Frankel Ltd and C. Shippam Ltd[3]. Would also manufacture and sell soft drinks.
Princes Ltd's brands included Napolina, Shippam's, Crisp 'n Dry, Cookeen, Mazola, Vier Diamanten, Aqua-Pura, Jucee, Princes Real, Flora, Olivio, Virgin Cola, Cape and Ocean Spray.
2002 Associated British Foods acquired Mazola.
2023 Princes claims to be one of Europe’s largest food and drink groups. It operates a global supply network and owns a portfolio of branded and own-brand products.[4]