Frederick's Dairies was an ice cream manufacturer that held the licence to make a number of branded
ice cream
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products and variations. The company currently owns the licence to make a range of
Del Monte and
Cadbury's
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ices, including a number of
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branded cones to compete with
Wall's Cornetto, and a range of hand-held ice creams based on Cadbury's
Dairy Milk
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range.
Fredericks Dairies was acquired by
R&R Ice Cream
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for £49 million in April 2013.
[R&R Ice Cream to buy UK rival Fredericks Dairies]
/ref> It thus acquired control of Cadbury
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, Del Monte and Britvic
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ice cream brands.
History
The family first developed commercially near to the Italian Riviera
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in 1896.Skelmersdale
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, Lancashire
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.
Fredericks was once the UK's number one independently owned ice cream company which manufactures and sells ice cream for brands such as Kraft foods, Del Monte, Tangerine confectionery, Antonio Federici, Lyle's and Britvic soft drinks.
References
External links
Official website
Dairy products companies of the United Kingdom
Companies based in Lancashire
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