Ross Foods
From Graces Guide
1931 Fillets Ltd was incorporated, fish merchants of Hull
1961 Fillets Ltd of Grimsby was renamed Ross Foods Ltd
1969 After Imperial Tobacco Co gained control of Ross Group, the name of the group was changed to Ross Foods. Imperial already owned Smedley's
1969 The name of Ross Foods Ltd was changed to Smedley Ross Foods Ltd., of Worstead, North Walsham.
1970 Smedley Ross Foods was renamed Ross Foods
1983 Imperial Foods announced plans for closer coordination of Ross Foods and Young's Seafood
1986 Imperial Foods merged the catering arm of its frozen foods subsidiaries Ross Foods and Young's Seafood to form Ross Young's Foodservice[1]
1986 Imperial was acquired by Hanson
1988 Hanson Trust sold Ross Foods and Youngs to United Biscuits[2]
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