W. R. Fox Co
W. R. Fox Co of Acme Confectionery Works, Oxford Street, Leicester.
1880 The company began as a wholesale grocery and confectionery business set up by Walter Richard Fox in a Victorian warehouse in Leicester and traded as Joyce and Fox.
By 1897 they were manufacturing over 100 Fox confectionery lines.
1898 Joyce and Fox was dissolved; Joyce continued the grocery business
1918 Fox's Glacier Mints were launched.
1922 The polar bear Peppy first appeared on packaging and advertising.
1929 Listed Exhibitor. Manufacturers of Fox's Glacier Mints, Fox's Fruits, Fox's Barley Sugar, Fox's Botanic Throat and Chest Tablets, Fox's Eucalyptus and Menthol Tablets, Fox's Glacier Mints - Chocolate Coated. "The Finest Peppermint in the World". (Stand No. L.10) [1]
1956 Glacier Fruits were launched.
1966 The company moved to a purpose-built site in Sunningdale Road, Leicester.
1969 Company bought by John Mackintosh and Co which in turn became part of Rowntree's in 1970 - thence Rowntree Mackintosh.