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Lion Confectionery Co

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of Cleckheaton

c.1885 The Lion Stores was founded[1]

By 1905 The Lion Confectionery Co was in business[2]

1921 Incorporated as a limited company. Founder: Joseph Hardill (d.1928)[3]

Continued as a family-run business

1990 Bassett Foods PLC, part of the Cadbury Schweppes group, acquired The Lion Confectionery Co[4]; the company’s trade and assets were transferred to Bassetts. The company became a dormant one.

2000 Cadbury Ltd, Trebor Bassett Ltd and the Lion Confectionery Co entered a partnership agreement and formed Cadbury Trebor Bassett, all subsidiaries of Cadbury plc[5]


See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ Leeds Mercury 03 January 1935
  2. ↑ Leeds Mercury 29 September 1905
  3. ↑ Leeds Mercury 17 November 1928
  4. ↑ 1990 Bassett annual report
  5. ↑ 2009 Annual report of the Old Leo Co
  • Companies House filing
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