Difference between revisions of "Nitrovit"
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1970 [[Imperial Tobacco Co|Imperial Group]] acquired Allied Farm Foods including Nitrovit Feed, Ross Breeding and Processing.<ref>The Times Jan. 23, 1970</ref> | 1970 [[Imperial Tobacco Co|Imperial Group]] acquired Allied Farm Foods including Nitrovit Feed, Ross Breeding and Processing.<ref>The Times Jan. 23, 1970</ref> | ||
1977 Part of [[Imperial Foods]] | 1977 Part of [[Imperial Foods]] which formed a new subsidiary '''Ross Buxted Nitrovit''', responsible for [[Ross Group|Ross Poultry]], [[Buxted Poultry]], [[Nitrovit]]<ref>The Times, Nov 15, 1977</ref> | ||
1982 Acquired by [[Hillsdown Holdings]] | 1982 Acquired by [[Hillsdown Holdings]] |
Latest revision as of 09:35, 13 October 2021
maker of animal feed
Previously T. Herbert Phelps and Sons[1]
1962 Nitrovit Ltd was incorporated to acquire part of Ferens Brothers Ltd
1964 Acquired Buxted Chicken[2]. Then acquired 17 companies concerned with rearing of broiler chickens. Name changed to Allied Farm Foods.
1968 The name of Ferens Brothers was changed to Nitrovit Ltd[3]
1968 Associated British Foods bought Allied Farm Foods[4], the Buxted/Nitrovit Group[5]
1970 Imperial Group acquired Allied Farm Foods including Nitrovit Feed, Ross Breeding and Processing.[6]
1977 Part of Imperial Foods which formed a new subsidiary Ross Buxted Nitrovit, responsible for Ross Poultry, Buxted Poultry, Nitrovit[7]
1982 Acquired by Hillsdown Holdings
1988 The Nitrovit feed mills were acquired by J. Bibby and Sons, adding to that company's agricultural products division.