Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,364 pages of information and 244,505 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

United Bakeries

From Graces Guide

1955 Spillers formed United Bakeries to take over the baking interests of the group. United Bakeries pioneered the use of a single brand name in baking, in this case Wonderloaf[1]

One of the principal subsidiaries was Wonder Baking Co

1957 Acquired Montgomerie Bread Company[2]

1965 Acquired Frears and Blacks, bakers, of Leicester[3]


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Sources of Information

  1. The Times, Oct 15, 1971
  2. The Times , July 15, 1957
  3. The Times Wednesday, May 5, 1965