C. Shippam
of Chichester
Maker of Shippam's fish and meat pastes
The Shippam's business first started in in 1750, when the Shippam family began trading as wholesale provision merchants, procuring goods from markets in Somerset and Devon for sale locally, in Chichester. In 1786, Charles Shippam established a grocery store in Westgate, Chichester and various members of his family started businesses in the same line, and continued to do so after Charles' death in 1817. In 1832, George Shippam (one of Charles' sons) opened a grocery store in North Street: in 1851, he moved the business to 48, East Street, and was joined there by his son, Charles, already an established pork butcher.[1]
See Charles Shippam (c1828-1897)
Established in 1835.
1888 'C. Shippam, Chichester. Bacon, Ham and Pork Curer. The Chichester Sausages.[2]
1912 New factory
1914 Sole Maker of "Chichester" Brand of Potted Meats, &c., East Street, Chichester.
1947 Death of Alfred Ernest Cooper Shippam, age 72, Senior MD of C. Shippam Ltd and succeeded by his son C. E. Shippam.[3]
1968 Acquired Senior's, a rival producer of potted meat and fish pastes based in Middlesex
1969 Acquired the Crediton Poultry Processing Plant
1971 Acquired Cornish Canners Ltd, Newlyn
1997 Grand Metropolitan sold Shippam's to Beta Foods Ltd, a venture capital company
2001 Acquired by Princes Ltd