Elizabeth Shaw
of Bristol
Chocolate and sugar confectionery manufacturer
1937 Elizabeth Joice and her husband Patrick, started a cottage confectionery business making honeycomb mint-flavoured crisps and named after Elizabeth and taking Shaw from her former employer Page and Shaw.
1939 Opened a new factory in Brentford called Mint House
1953 Fire damaged the factory and the Joice's had to sell the company and production was moved to a factory in Camberley
1954 Public company incorporated
1955 Unexpected severe loss[1]
1957 Acquired by H. S. Whiteside and Co[2]
1967 H. S. Whiteside was put into liquidation
1968 Fire damaged the business
Later owned by Cavenham Foods
Became part of Famous Names[3]
1981 Management buy out of Famous Names[4]
1985 Acquired by Imperial Group
1986 Imperial was acquired by Hanson Trust
c.1987 Name changed to Elizabeth Shaw
1989 Management buy out from Hanson[5]