McVitie's () is a British snack food brand owned by
United Biscuits
United Biscuits (UB) is a British multinational food manufacturer, makers of McVitie's biscuits, Jacob's Cream Crackers, and Twiglets. The company was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. In Nove ...
. The name derives from the original Scottish biscuit maker, McVitie & Price, Ltd., established in 1830 on Rose Street in
Edinburgh
Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian ...
,
Scotland
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. The company moved to various sites in the city before completing the St Andrews Biscuit Works factory on Robertson Avenue in the
Gorgie
Gorgie ( ) is a densely populated area of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is located in the west of the city and borders Murrayfield, Ardmillan and Dalry.
Name
The name is thought to be Brythonic in origin. Early forms suggest it derives from ''gor g ...
district in 1888.
The company also established one in Glasgow and two large manufacturing plants south of the border, in
Heaton Chapel
Heaton Chapel is an area in the northern part of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. Within the boundaries of the Historic counties of England, historic county of Lancashire, it borders the Manchester districts of Levenshulme to the north, th ...
,
Stockport
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Most of the town is within ...
, and
Park Royal
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It is the site of the largest business park in London,
but despite intensive existing use, the area is, toget ...
,
London
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. There are seven McVitie's factories in the UK, with each producing a different types of
biscuit
A biscuit is a flour-based baked and shaped food product. In most countries biscuits are typically hard, flat, and unleavened. They are usually sweet and may be made with sugar, chocolate, icing, jam, ginger, or cinnamon. They can also be ...
; the
Harlesden
Harlesden is a district in the London Borough of Brent, North West London.
Located north of the Grand Union Canal and Wormwood Scrubs, the Harrow Road flows through the centre of the area which goes eastwards to Central London and west towards ...
site in north-west London manufactures the
chocolate digestive
A digestive biscuit, sometimes described as a sweet-meal biscuit, is a semi-sweet biscuit that originated in Scotland. The digestive was first developed in 1839 by two Scottish doctors to aid digestion. The term ''digestive'' is derived from the ...
s.
Under United Biscuits McVitie's held a
Royal Warrant from Queen
Elizabeth II
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. The best-selling biscuit manufacturer in the United Kingdom, McVitie's produces
chocolate digestive
A digestive biscuit, sometimes described as a sweet-meal biscuit, is a semi-sweet biscuit that originated in Scotland. The digestive was first developed in 1839 by two Scottish doctors to aid digestion. The term ''digestive'' is derived from the ...
s,
Hobnobs
Hobnobs (sometimes stylized as HobNobs) is the brand name of a commercial biscuit. They are made from rolled oats, are similar to a Flapjack (oat bar), flapjack-digestive biscuit hybrid, and are among the most popular British and Irish biscuits ...
and
Rich tea
Rich tea is a type of sweet biscuit; the ingredients generally include wheat flour, sugar, vegetable oil and malt extract. Originally called Tea Biscuits, they were developed in the 17th century in Yorkshire, England for the upper classes as a l ...
(ranked the three favourite biscuits to
dunk into tea), and
Jaffa Cakes
Jaffa Cakes are a cake introduced by McVitie and Price in the UK in 1927 and named after Jaffa oranges. The most common form of Jaffa cakes are circular, in diameter and have three layers: a Genoise sponge base, a layer of orange flavoured ...
(the best selling cake in the UK). In 2020, sales of McVitie's biscuits in the UK were more than five times the next two competitors.
History
![Memorial to Robert McVitie, Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/Memorial_to_Robert_McVitie%2C_Dean_Cemetery%2C_Edinburgh.jpg)
Robert McVitie was born in
Dumfries
Dumfries ( ; sco, Dumfries; from gd, Dùn Phris ) is a market town and former royal burgh within the Dumfries and Galloway council area of Scotland. It is located near the mouth of the River Nith into the Solway Firth about by road from the ...
in 1809.
[Made in Scotland, by Carol Foreman] He served an apprenticeship with a baker and in 1834 he and his father John McVitie moved to
Edinburgh
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, where John's brother William already lived. They initially lived and worked at 130 Rose Street, just north of
Princes Street
Princes Street ( gd, Sràid nam Prionnsan) is one of the major thoroughfares in central Edinburgh, Scotland and the main shopping street in the capital. It is the southernmost street of Edinburgh's New Town, stretching around 1.2 km (three ...
in the
New Town
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. In 1835 they moved to the adjacent building at 129 Rose Street. It is called a "provision Shop". The following year it is being run by Robert rather than his father. The father left around 1836 to be a mail guard but his uncle William joined him in 1840. In 1843 he opened a second shop at 14 Charlotte Place, just west of
Charlotte Square
300px, Robert Adam's palace-fronted north side
Charlotte Square is a garden square in Edinburgh, Scotland, part of the New Town, designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The square is located at the west end of George Street and was intended ...
(later renamed Randolph Place).
McVitie's is first described as a "baker and confectioner" rather than a provision shop in 1856 at 5 Charlotte Place. He utilised the basement area below the shop as the bakery.
By 1865 the bakery had moved to 47 London Street at the east end of town and he was living nearby in a flat at 76 Broughton Street.
Robert McVitie had two biscuit works at the head of
Leith Walk
Leith Walk is one of the longest streets in Edinburgh, Scotland, and is the main road connecting the centre of the city to Leith. Forming most of the A900 road, it slopes downwards from Picardy Place at the south-western end of the street to the ...
in
Edinburgh
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in 1870: 12 Antigua Street and 2 East London Street. McVitie lived nearby in a flat at 76 Broughton Street.
Robert retired in 1880 and died in 1884 leaving his eldest son Robert McVitie (1854-1910) to run the business. It was only then that the business abandoned bread and cakes to concentrate on biscuits, largely due to their longer lifespan. In 1887 he employed Alexander Grant from Forres, an experienced biscuit maker, to aid in this. He was employed as foreman of the bakery but left to set up his own bakery in
Inverness
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but this failed and he returned to McVitie's.
In 1875 the company had been joined by
Charles Edward Price
Charles Edward Price (1857 – 7 July 1934) was a Scottish biscuit manufacturer who served as a politician in later life. He served as Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for Edinburgh Central from 1906 to 1918.
Price began his career as a salesm ...
as a salesman. His success in this role led to a partnership in 1888 to create McVitie & Price. In 1888 they built the huge St Andrews Biscuit Works on Robertson Avenue in the
Gorgie
Gorgie ( ) is a densely populated area of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is located in the west of the city and borders Murrayfield, Ardmillan and Dalry.
Name
The name is thought to be Brythonic in origin. Early forms suggest it derives from ''gor g ...
district of south-west Edinburgh. Price left in 1910 following the death of Robert.
![Biscuit tins VA 2490](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/Biscuit_tins_VA_2490.JPG)
In 1891 the London salesman for the company George Andrews Brown persuaded the company to redesign their
Rich Tea
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biscuit to a smaller size to accommodate the London taste. In 1898 McVitie rebranded the company McVities Guest after joining with his brother-in-law Edward Graham Guest. In 1903 they built the renowned McVities Guest Tearoom at 135/136
Princes Street
Princes Street ( gd, Sràid nam Prionnsan) is one of the major thoroughfares in central Edinburgh, Scotland and the main shopping street in the capital. It is the southernmost street of Edinburgh's New Town, stretching around 1.2 km (three ...
. The original Gorgie factory burned down in 1894, but was rebuilt the same year to a much improved technical standard. It remained operative until 1969 when production ceased and operations were transferred to the English sites which had been established at
Harlesden
Harlesden is a district in the London Borough of Brent, North West London.
Located north of the Grand Union Canal and Wormwood Scrubs, the Harrow Road flows through the centre of the area which goes eastwards to Central London and west towards ...
, north-west London in 1902 which is the largest biscuit factory in the UK, and
Manchester
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in 1914.
Robert McVitie died married but childless in 1910 in
Berkhamsted
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rather than at his home 12 Greenhill Gardens in south Edinburgh. He is memorialised in
Dean Cemetery
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in Edinburgh. Prior to death he set up the company (retaining the name McVitie's) as a
limited company
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placing Alexander Grant as managing director and principal share-holder.
[Made in Scotland, Carol Foreman]
The firm acquired the Edinburgh bakery of Simon Henderson & Sons in 1922.
McVitie & Price merged with another Scottish bakery company, Macfarlane, Lang & Co., Ltd, in 1948 to become United Biscuits Group. McVitie's brand products are now manufactured in five United Kingdom factories: the two former McVitie & Price factories in Harlesden and Manchester, a former Macfarlane, Lang & Co. factory named Victoria Biscuit Works in
Glasgow
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, a former
Carr's
Carr's is a British biscuit and cracker manufacturer, currently owned by Pladis Global through its subsidiary United Biscuits. The company was founded in 1831 by Jonathan Dodgson Carr and is marketed in the United States by Kellogg's.
Histor ...
factory named The Biscuit Works established 1831 in
Carlisle
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, and the McVitie's Cake Co. factory (formerly Riley's Toffee Works) in
Halifax.
![McVitie's chocolate digestive biscuit](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/McVitie%27s_chocolate_digestive_biscuit.jpg)
McVitie & Price's first major biscuit was the McVitie's
digestive, created in 1892 by a new young employee at the company named
Alexander Grant. The biscuit was given its name because it was thought that its high baking soda content served as an aid to food digestion.
Grant was later to become managing director of the company. In 1923 he was the main benefactor in establishing the
National Library of Scotland
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giving an endowment of £100,000. Grant donated a further £100,000 in 1928 to assist with the building of the
National Library
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premises on
George IV Bridge
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A bridge connecting the Royal Mile to the south was first suggested as early as 1817, but was first p ...
in Edinburgh.
In 1924 Ramsay MacDonald, prime minister of Britain’s new Labour Government, admitted that Grant had given him a Daimler car and £30 000 of shares in the McVitie and Price company. Grant had been MacDonald’s childhood friend, and shortly after received a baronetcy (hereditary knighthood) from the prime minister. The affair, regarded by many as corruption by the prime minister, severely shook the government.
![Rich tea](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/Rich_tea.jpg)
The McVitie's Chocolate Homewheat Digestive was created in 1925. Over 71 million packets of McVitie's
chocolate digestive
A digestive biscuit, sometimes described as a sweet-meal biscuit, is a semi-sweet biscuit that originated in Scotland. The digestive was first developed in 1839 by two Scottish doctors to aid digestion. The term ''digestive'' is derived from the ...
s are eaten in the United Kingdom each year, equating to 52 biscuits per second.
Hobnob
Hobnobs (sometimes stylized as HobNobs) is the brand name of a commercial biscuit. They are made from rolled oats, are similar to a Flapjack (oat bar), flapjack-digestive biscuit hybrid, and are among the most popular British and Irish biscuits ...
s were launched in 1985 and a
milk chocolate
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variant followed in 1987. Launched in 1927,
Jaffa Cakes
Jaffa Cakes are a cake introduced by McVitie and Price in the UK in 1927 and named after Jaffa oranges. The most common form of Jaffa cakes are circular, in diameter and have three layers: a Genoise sponge base, a layer of orange flavoured ...
were ranked the best selling cake or biscuit in the UK in 2012.
Some of the products in the McVitie's line were rebranded ''McV'' in 2002, but this was replaced in 2005 with a restyled version of the ''McVitie's'' brand logo. In 2007, United Biscuits
licensed
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the McVitie's brand to
Meiji Seika Kaisha Ltd for biscuit production in
Japan
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.
In 2009, McVitie's biscuits were voted the most popular biscuits to
dunk in
tea
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, with McVitie's
chocolate digestive
A digestive biscuit, sometimes described as a sweet-meal biscuit, is a semi-sweet biscuit that originated in Scotland. The digestive was first developed in 1839 by two Scottish doctors to aid digestion. The term ''digestive'' is derived from the ...
s,
Rich tea
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and Hobnobs ranked the country's top three favourite biscuits in 2009.
["Chocolate digestive is nation's favourite dunking biscuit"](_blank)
''The Daily Telegraph'' (London). 2 May 2009
In June 2014, McVitie's announced their intention to make 157 shop floor roles redundant at their Manchester manufacturing facility. This redundancy announcement was also due to the modernisation agenda of the company and also involves a move from an 8-hour 5-day operation, to a 12-hour 7-day operation. In November 2014, United Biscuits, and hence also McVitie's, became owned by Turkish company
Yildiz which in 2016 merged some of its subsidiaries including
United Biscuits
United Biscuits (UB) is a British multinational food manufacturer, makers of McVitie's biscuits, Jacob's Cream Crackers, and Twiglets. The company was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. In Nove ...
as
pladis
Pladis Global (styled as pladis) is a British confectionery and snack foods company encompassing United Biscuits, Ülker, Godiva Chocolatier and DeMet’s Candy Company. It was formed in January 2016 as a subsidiary of Yıldız Holding with its ...
.
In 2020, sales of McVitie's biscuits in the United Kingdom were more than five times their closest two competitors in the biscuit category (
Kit Kat
Kit Kat (stylised as KitKat in various countries) is a chocolate-covered wafer bar confection created by Rowntree's of York, United Kingdom, and is now produced globally by Nestlé (which acquired Rowntree's in 1988), except in the United Stat ...
and
Cadbury
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biscuits).
[ In 2022, McVitie's became the main sponsor of '']Britain's Got Talent
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''.
Wedding cakes
Although not their core operation it is noteworthy that McVitie's were commissioned in 1893 to create a wedding cake for the royal wedding between the Duke of York and Princess Mary, who subsequently became King George V
George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until Death and state funeral of George V, his death in 1936.
Born duri ...
and Queen Mary. This cake was over 2 metres high and cost 140 guineas. It was viewed by 14,000 and was wonderful publicity for the company. They received many commissions for royal wedding cakes and christening cakes. In 1947, McVitie & Price made the principal wedding cake
A wedding cake is the traditional cake served at wedding receptions following dinner. In some parts of England, the wedding cake is served at a wedding breakfast; the 'wedding breakfast' does not mean the meal will be held in the morning, but at ...
for Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten
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, which was served at the wedding breakfast. McVitie's were commissioned to make a chocolate biscuit
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Chocolate biscuits are quite popular in places all over the world, particularly the United Kingdom. ...
cake as a groom's cake
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While a wedding cake may often be light in texture or color and decorated in white, the groom's cake can tak ...
for the Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton
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in 2011.
Products
Biscuits
* Abbey Crunch
*All Butter Shortbread
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* BN
*Chocolate Digestives
*Club
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Brands and enterprises
...
Biscuits.
*Cookies
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, including Boasters.
*Deli Choc
* Digestives
*Digestives Lights
*Fig Roll
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History
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*Fruit shortcake
*Ginger Nuts
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*Gold Bar
*Hobnobs
Hobnobs (sometimes stylized as HobNobs) is the brand name of a commercial biscuit. They are made from rolled oats, are similar to a Flapjack (oat bar), flapjack-digestive biscuit hybrid, and are among the most popular British and Irish biscuits ...
*Iced Gems
*Marie finger biscuit
*Minis
*Penguin
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*Rich Tea
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*Tasties
*Taxi
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* Trio
*United (discontinued)"United Bars are the eighties sweets we need to see back on our shelves
" ''The Daily Edge'', 9 February 2016
*V.I.Bs (Very Important Biscuits)
Cakes
![JaffaCake](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/JaffaCake.jpg)
*
Carrot Cake
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*
Fruit cake
Fruitcake (or fruit cake or fruit bread) is a cake made with candied or dried fruit, nuts, and spices, and optionally soaked in spirits. In the United Kingdom, certain rich versions may be iced and decorated.
Fruitcakes are typically served ...
*
Jaffa Cakes
Jaffa Cakes are a cake introduced by McVitie and Price in the UK in 1927 and named after Jaffa oranges. The most common form of Jaffa cakes are circular, in diameter and have three layers: a Genoise sponge base, a layer of orange flavoured ...
*Jamaica Ginger Cake
*Lemon Cake
*
Lyle's Golden Syrup Cake
*Mini Rolls
*Moments Brownies
*
Tunis Cake
* Waffles
Other snacks
![McVities Mini Cheddars (Original and BBQ) with bags](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/McVities_Mini_Cheddars_%28Original_and_BBQ%29_with_bags.jpg)
*Breakfast
*
Cheddars
*Cracker Crisps
*Digestive Thins
*Family Circle
*Krackawheats
*McVities Digestive Slices
*Minis
*
Mini Cheddars
Cheddars are a brand of baked Cheddar cheese-flavoured British-style savoury biscuit. They were originally manufactured and sold by Crawfords. Until 2014, Cheddars were marketed under the McVitie's brand, but are now marketed under the Jacob's b ...
*Nibbles (Digestive and Hobnob varieties)
*Victoria Biscuit Selection
See also
*
Burton's Foods
Burton's Biscuit Company is a British biscuit manufacturer. It is recognised in the UK as the second-biggest supplier of biscuits. The company was formed by the merger of Burton's Gold Medal Biscuits and Horizon Biscuit Company in October 2000. I ...
*
Fox's Biscuits
Fox's Biscuits is a British biscuit manufacturer, founded by the Fox family in a terraced house, 17 Whitaker Street, Batley in West Yorkshire in 1853. The head office and main factory are based in the town and has another site in Wesham in Lanc ...
*
Jacob Fruitfield Food Group
The Jacob Fruitfield Food Group is a company that once produced food products in Ireland, but is now mainly a brand for imported foods targeted at the Irish market. It was formed by Fruitfield Foods' acquisition of the Republic of Ireland portion ...
*
Huntley & Palmers
Huntley & Palmers is a British company of biscuit makers originally based in Reading, Berkshire. Formed by Joseph Huntley in 1822, the company became one of the world's first global brands (chiefly led by George Palmer who joined in 1841) and r ...
*
Sunshine Biscuits (Australia)
Sunshine Biscuits was an Australian producer of biscuits in Albert Park, Victoria, Albert Park, Victoria, Australia, Victoria. The company manufactured high class biscuits and confectionery.
History
Sunshine Biscuits was founded in 1854 by Ja ...
, a licensed manufacturer of McVitie's biscuits
References
External links
United Biscuits - page on McVitie's.
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