Lofthouse of Fleetwood
| Lofthouse of Fleetwood Ltd. | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Ltd. |
| founding | 1865 |
| Seat | Fleetwood |
| management | Duncan's Lofthouse |
| Number of employees | 280 |
| sales | ~ 200 million euros |
| Website | www.fishermansfriend.com |
| Status: 2010 | |
Lofthouse of Fleetwood Ltd. is a British family company based in Fleetwood . It is in the fifth generation and is under the management of Duncan Lofthouse.
The company 's best- known product is the Fisherman’s Friend pastilles .
Two thirds of the company shares are held by Doreen and Tony Lofthouse, the remaining third is held by a family foundation and son Duncan Lofthouse. The company was valued at £ 165 million in 2009 .
Lofthouse of Fleetwood Ltd. has been a shareholder in CFP Brands Süßwarenhandels GmbH & Co. KG , which Fisherman's Friend sells in Germany, since 2005, alongside Perfetti Van Melle .
history
The company emerged from a pharmacy that James Lofthouse ran in Fleetwood. In 1865 he had the idea of filling a tincture of eucalyptus , liquorice and menthol in bottles for the fishermen . Due to the harsh working conditions, these very often broke, so that James Lofthouse looked for an alternative. He thickened the recipe and punched pastilles from the mass. On November 18, 1963, the family converted the sole proprietorship into a Limited Company (Ltd.) .
It took almost 100 years before the pastilles were also offered outside the region. The founding granddaughter Doreen Lofthouse recognized the potential of Fisherman's Friend and expanded sales. Until the early 1970s, the pastilles were still made in the pharmacy, in 1972 production was started on a newly laid out company site on the outskirts of Fleetwood. Over the years it has been expanded continuously so that around six billion pastilles are now produced annually.
The expansion abroad started in Norway . The German market is now Fisherman's Friend's largest customer with a share of 25%. In the United States occupied Lofthouse of Fleetwood on pharmaceutical products for the cold season in ninth place in terms of sales and the packages sold.
Lucrative offers from competitors and others to take over the company have always been rejected. In an interview, Doreen Lofthouse said, among other things:
"We can only eat three times a day, get drunk once a day and drive a car at the same time."
Public engagement
In Fleetwood, the purchase and construction of some sculptures and buildings have been financially supported by the Lofthouse of Fleetwood .
A monument with the inscription: "Fisherman's Friend welcomes you to Fleetwood"
Plastic "Waiting for his ship to come in"
The family is also helping to equip the Fleetwood Hospital with diagnostic equipment and to renovate the buildings.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Fisherman's Friend exhibition at Fleetwood Museum. In: Fleetwoodmuseum.co. November 8, 2019, accessed July 22, 2020 .
- ↑ a b c Katharina Slodczyk: The miracle of Fleetwood. In: Wirtschaftswoche . April 15, 2010, accessed May 17, 2016 .
- ^ Fylde business family beats bad luck. (No longer available online.) In: The Gazette (Blackpool) . HighBeam Research , June 2, 2010, archived from the original on April 9, 2016 ; accessed on May 17, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ A b c Robert Hardman: LOZENGE THAT CONQUERED THE WORLD; They're tongue-numblingly potent and not for the faint-hearted. But they're HUGE in Norway and Thailand - and they've netted a packet for one very modest British family ... HOW I SEE IT. (Features). In: Daily Mail . Questia, May 20, 2009, accessed May 17, 2016 .
- ↑ history. CFP Brands Süßwarenhandels GmbH & Co. KG, accessed on May 17, 2016 .
- ^ History. Lofthouse of Fleetwood Ltd., accessed May 17, 2016 .
- ^ Lofthouse of Fleetwood Limited. Comdevelopment Limited, accessed May 17, 2016 .
- ^ Lofthouse. CFP Brands Süßwarenhandels GmbH & Co. KG, accessed on May 17, 2016 .
- ↑ Nothing to sneeze at: the cough and cold category posted double-digit growth last year and the upward trend is expected to continue this season. (No longer available online.) In: Grocery Headquarters . HighBeam Research, September 1, 2009, archived from the original on May 30, 2016 ; accessed on May 17, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
