Premier Brands
of Edinburgh
of Birmingham (1987)
1985 DWMS was incorporated
1986 Name changed to Premier Brands to acquire the beverages and foods division of Cadbury Schweppes (which included Chivers-Hartley, Typhoo tea, Kenco coffee and Marvel dried milk and Cadbury chocolate biscuits) in a management buyout[1].[2]
1987 Acquired Ridgways, Newtime Foods and British Fish Canners, chosen partly because they tended to deal in the UK with the same retail and catering customers as Premier Brands.[3]
1988 Acquired London Herb and Spice Co and Pickerings Foods[4]
1989 Acquired by Hillsdown Holdings. Sold the canning division of British Fish Canners (Fraserburgh) to another member of the Hillsdown Holdings group[5]
1991 Subsidiaries included:[6]
- Melroses
- Ridgways
- Meriden Tea Co
- Newtime Food Products
- Chivers and Sons
- London Herb and Spice Co
- William Hartley
as well as a number of overseas Premier Brand companies.
1999 Hillsdown Holdings was bought by the private equity company Hicks, Muse, Tate and Furst; the businesses were reorganised; formation of Premier Foods
2002 Premier Brands bought Nestlé's ambient foods business including Sarson's vinegar and Branston Pickle[7]
2004 Premier Brands Foods plc was incorporated; its name was changed to Premier Foods plc later in the year.
2004 Premier Foods plc was listed on the London Stock Exchange
See Also
Sources of Information
- 1986 Annual report