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Fox's may refer to: * Fox's Biscuits, a bakery company in the United Kingdom * Fox's Confectionery, a confectioner in the United Kingdom ** Fox's Glacier Mints * Fox's Pizza Den, a pizza restaurant chain See also * {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fox's Biscuits
Fox's Biscuits is an English biscuit manufacturer, founded by the Fox family in Batley, West Yorkshire, in 1853 and currently a subsidiary of Ferrero. The head office and main factory are based in the town, and the company has another site in Wesham in Lancashire. Its biscuits are exported to Europe, North America and Asia. The business is known for mass-market and chocolate-covered biscuit bars such as Rocky, Classic, Echo, Crunch Creams and Party Rings. The company also makes own brand biscuit products for a number of supermarkets. History The company was founded in 1853 in a terraced house, 17 Whitaker Street, in Batley in West Yorkshire by Michael Spedding, who worked from his small bakehouse making "eatables" to sell at feasts and fairs held throughout the north of England. His daughter Hannah provided the name for the company when she married Fred Ellis Fox in the late 1800s. The house in Whitaker Street still stands. The bakery moved to former wartime allotments site i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fox's Confectionery
Fox's Confectionery Ltd is an English confectionery company based in Braunstone, Leicester which was founded in 1880. History The company was set up by Walter Richard Fox as a wholesale grocery and confectionery business in 1880. It started in a Victorian warehouse in Leicester. By 1897 Fox was manufacturing over 100 different confectionery lines. In 1969, the company was acquired by Mackintosh's, a year prior to the creation of Rowntree Mackintosh when Mackintosh merged with Rowntree's of York. After purchasing Rowntree-Macintosh in 1988, Nestlé sold the Fox's Brand and its Leicester site to Northern Foods in 2001. The company was sold to Big Bear Ltd in 2003. Big Bear Confectionery had sites in Blackburn, Leicester and Nimbus. Peppy (from ''peppermint'') the polar bear is the original trademark used for Fox's Glacier Mints and was created by Leicester-based artist C. Reginald Dalby, better known for illustrating ''The Railway Series'' books by the Rev. W. Awdry. Fox ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fox's Glacier Mints
Fox's Glacier Mints are a brand of boiled mint sold in the United Kingdom since 1918 and now manufactured by Valeo Confectionery. History Background Walter Richard Fox, the founder of Fox's Confectionery, originally manufactured sweets as part of the Joyce and Fox partnership, but this was dissolved in 1897. Fox continued to make confectionery, and was joined in 1914 by his son Eric. Product creation and development Glacier Mints were first created in 1918 by Eric Fox. To begin with, they were called Acme Clear Mint Fingers, but this was changed to Glacier Mints in 1919, apparently on the advice of Eric Fox's wife. From 1928, the mints have been individually wrapped. Since 1922, the mints have been branded with Peppy the polar bear, who was designed by Clarence Reginald Dalby. As part of an advertising campaign. Fox's commissioned a taxidermist to shoot and stuff a real polar bear for display purposes; the stuffed bear was shown at public events until in 1969, upon Fox's ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |