Huntley & Palmers
| Huntley and Palmers Ltd
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| legal form | Limited |
| founding | 1822 |
| Seat | Sudbury (Suffolk) |
| Branch | Food |
| Website | www.huntleyandpalmers.com |
Huntley & Palmers was originally a manufacturer of baked goods ( biscuits ) in England . The company from Reading, Berkshire, was once one of the largest biscuit factories in the world. It was created in 1822 and produced under this name until 1972 and again since 2006 in Sudbury .
history
In 1822 the J. Huntley & Son bakery store was opened on London Street in Reading . In 1832, Joseph Huntley Jr. opened a hardware store and tin can manufacture across from this bakery. His company was later called Huntley, Boorne & Stevens .
In 1841, George Palmer entered into a business partnership with Thomas Huntley, a distant cousin and Quaker . The company was renamed Huntley & Palmer . By 1842, eight agents were busy selling Huntley & Palmer biscuits across the country.
Palmer had ambitious plans and wanted to sell cookies at home and abroad in mass production. For this purpose he bought a former silk factory on Kings Road in Reading in 1846 and converted it into a biscuit factory. At that time 41 men and children were employed here. Various types of cakes and pastries of all shapes and sizes have been produced and packaged in packages, tins and boxes for delivery within the UK and for export to India and the colonies . In 1847 a branch was opened in London , but it closed again in 1861.
His younger brothers, Samuel and William Isaac Palmer, began working for Huntley & Palmers shortly after they moved to the factory in 1846. Samuel managed the London office responsible for imports and exports and William Isaac oversaw the factory. Three months after Thomas Huntley's death in June 1857, Samuel and William Isaac were made partners. The company's name was changed accordingly from Huntley & Palmer to Huntley & Palmers .
Huntley & Palmers received the Royal Warrant from the British King, was purveyor to the court of the King of Italy, Belgium, Denmark, the Queen-Regent of Holland, Siam, the Prince of Wales, and many more. The company has received multiple awards and won the Grand Prix at the Paris World's Fair in 1878 and two Grand Prix in 1900 .
Today the company focuses on the production of fine chocolate .
Cans
Huntley & Palmers presented unusual cookie jars from sheet metal ago that were soon popular as collectibles. An unusual model was the “Syrian” box in the form of an Arabic side table and the “Waverly” box, which was designed in the form of bound books.
Individual evidence
- ↑ About us. Huntley & Palmers, 2009, archived from the original on April 30, 2007 ; accessed on October 17, 2009 .
- ↑ 1822 to 1864. In: Huntley & Palmer's Timeline. Reading Museum Service, 2009, accessed October 17, 2009 .
- ↑ Huntley & Palmers, Syrian, around 1903. AntiquePool Vienna, 2009, accessed on October 17, 2009 (rare Huntley & Palmer "Syrian" biscuit tin, which depicts an oriental table. The tin is from around 1903.).
literature
- TAB Corley: Quaker enterprise in biscuits: Huntley and Palmers of Reading, 1822-1972 . Hutchinson, London 1972, ISBN 978-0-09-111320-9 , pp. 320 .
Web links
Coordinates: 51 ° 27 '2 " N , 0 ° 57' 48" W.