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Revision as of 08:26, 24 October 2011
William Batchelor was born in Sheffield, to Zechariah Batchelor who was a grocer from Camp Lane in Sheffield.
- 1895 William discovered a way to can vegetables such as mushy peas and formed Batchelors Foods.
- 1913 Whilst on holiday in Bridlington he died in August 1913, aged 53. His daughter Ella (who became Ella Gasking), aged 22, took over leadership of the company and developed it to include processed peas, eventually becoming a household name.
- WWII Due to staff difficulties and rationing in the war, the company was bought by James Van den Bergh of Unilever in 1943, where it became part of Van den Bergh Foods (later based in Crawley).
- In 1948, Ella Gaskin retired and her younger brother Maurice Batchelor took over. The company took over Poulton and Noel, another soup company.
- In 1949, the first dried soup, chicken noodle flavour, was sold.
- In 1972, 'Cup A Soup' was launched.
- In January 2001, Unilever took over Bestfoods. To be allowed to take over the American company, Unilever had to sell off some brands for monopoly regulation. It sold off Batchelors and Oxo to Campbell Soup UK.
Sources of Information
- [1] Wikipedia