McVitie's
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McVitie's is a snack food brand owned by United Biscuits. The name derives from the original Scottish biscuit maker, McVitie & Price, Ltd.
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[edit] History
McVitie & Price was founded in 1830 on Rose Street in Edinburgh, Scotland. The firm moved to various sites in the city before completing, in 1888, the St. Andrews Biscuit Works factory on Robertson Avenue in the Gorgie district.[1] Though the factory burned down in 1894, it was rebuilt the same year and remained operative until 1969, when production ceased and operations were transferred to English sites. McVitie & Price expanded to a new factory in Harlesden in 1910 and to Manchester in 1917. The firm acquired Edinburgh bakery Simon Henderson & Sons in 1922.[1] McVitie & Price merged with another Scottish family bakery, Macfarlane, Lang & Co., Ltd, in 1948 to become United Biscuits Group.[2] McVitie's brand products are now manufactured in five United Kingdom factories: the two former McVitie & Price factories in Harlesden and Manchester, a former Macfarlane, Lang & Co. factory named Victoria Biscuit Works in Glasgow, a former Carr's factory named The Biscuit Works established 1831 in Carlisle, and the McVitie’s Cake Co. factory (formerly Riley's Toffee Works) in Halifax.[3]
McVitie & Price's first major biscuit was the McVitie's Digestive, the first ever digestive biscuit, created by young new employee Alexander Grant in 1892. The biscuit was given its name because it was thought that its high baking soda content served as an aid to food digestion.
The McVitie's Chocolate Digestive was created in 1925. Over 71 million packets of McVitie's Chocolate Digestives are eaten in the United Kingdom each year (52 biscuits per second).[4] HobNobs were launched in 1985 and a milk chocolate variant followed in 1987.
Some of the products in the McVitie's line were rebranded McV in 2002, but this was replaced in 2005 with a restyled version of the McVitie's brand logo.
McVitie & Price made the wedding cake for Princess Elizabeth and Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten.[5]
United Biscuits has licensed the McVitie's brand to Meiji Seika Kaisha Ltd for biscuit production in Japan.[6]
In the UK, Ralf Little provides a voiceover for one of McVitie's television advertisements.[citation needed]
[edit] Biscuit Products
- McVitie's Abbey Crunch (discontinued) review
- McVitie’s All Butter Shortbread
- McVitie's Boasters Chocolate Chunk review
- McVitie's Boasters Hazelnut & Choc Chunk review
- McVitie's Boasters White Choc Chip review
- McVitie's Cafe Noir review
- McVitie's Choc Chip Cookies
- McVitie's Choc Chip Cookies Hazelnut
- McVitie's Choc Chip Cookies White Chocolate
- McVitie's Choc Chip 'n' Chunk Cookies review
- McVitie's Choc Chip 'n' Chunk Cookies Hazelnut review
- McVitie's (The Original) Digestive review
- McVitie's Digestive Cream review
- McVitie's Digestive Milk Chocolate review
- McVitie's Digestive Milk Chocolate & Orange review
- McVitie's Digestive Milk Chocolate Butterscotch
- McVitie's Digestive Milk Chocolate Caramels review
- McVitie's Digestive Milk Chocolate Mint
- McVitie's Digestive Plain Chocolate
- McVitie's Digestive White Chocolate
- McVitie's Fruit Shortcake review
- McVitie's Fruitsters Apricot & Honey review
- McVitie's Fruitsters Blueberry & Oat review
- McVitie's Fruitsters Cranberry & Almond review
- McVitie's Fruitsters Sultana & Hazelnut review
- McVitie's Ginger Nuts review McVitie's vs. Griffin's
- McVitie's Gold
- McVitie's HobNobs review
- McVitie's HobNobs Creams Chocolate
- McVitie's HobNobs Creams Vanilla
- McVitie's HobNobs Milk Chocolate review
- McVitie's HobNobs Milk Chocolate & Orange review
- McVitie's HobNobs Plain Chocolate review
- McVitie's (The Original) Homewheat Digestive Milk Chocolate
- McVitie's (The Original) Homewheat Digestive Plain Chocolate
- McVitie's Light Digestive review
- McVitie's Light Digestive Milk Chocolate review
- McVitie's Light HobNobs review
- McVitie's Light Rich Tea review
- McVitie's Lincoln review
- McVitie's Lyle's Black Treacle Creams review
- McVitie's Lyle's Golden Syrup Creams review
- McVitie's Master Pieces American Chocolate Chip Cookies
- McVitie’s Mini Blackcurrant Cookies
- McVitie’s Mini Cookies
- McVitie's Mini Digestives Milk Chocolate
- McVitie’s Mini HobNobs
- McVitie's Mini HobNobs Milk Chocolate
- McVitie's Moments Chocolate Fruit and Nut Caramel Shortbreads review
- McVitie's Moments Chocolate Toffee Crunch review
- McVitie's Moments Chocolate Viennese Melt review
- McVitie's Moments Espresso Chocolate Shortcake
- McVitie's Moments Orange Viennese Melt
- McVitie's Moments Triple Chocolate Cookie
- McVitie's Penguin Milk review
- McVitie's Penguin Mint review
- McVitie's Penguin Orange review
- McVitie's (Classic) Rich Tea
- McVitie's Riva Milk
- McVitie's Taxi review
- McVitie's White Chocolate & Raspberry Cookies
[edit] Cake Products
- McVitie's Caramel Digestive Shortcake
- McVitie’s Bar Cake Apple & Sultana
- McVitie's Bar Cake Carrot
- McVitie's Bar Cake Chocolate
- McVitie's Bar Cake Choc Chip
- McVitie’s Bar Cake Fruit
- McVitie's Bar Cake Golden Syrup
- McVitie's Bar Cake Jamaica Ginger
- McVitie's Bar Cake Jamaica Ginger & Fruit
- McVitie's Bar Cake Jamaica Ginger & Lemon
- McVitie's Bar Cake Jamaica Ginger & Orange
- McVitie's Bar Cake Lemon
- McVitie's Cake Bar Galaxy
- McVitie's Cake Bar Galaxy Caramel
- McVitie's Cake Bar Milky Way
- McVitie's Cake Bar Penguin
- McVitie's Chocolate Brownies
- McVitie’s Flapjack
- McVitie's Flapjack Digestive Chocolate
- McVitie's Flapjack HobNob
- McVitie’s Flapjack HobNob Chocolate
- McVitie's Flapjack Mixed Berry
- McVitie's Flapjack Snickers
- McVitie’s Flapjack Toffee & Caramel
- McVitie’s Flapjack Fruit Blackberry/Apple
- McVitie's Heat To Treat Chocolate review
- McVitie's Heat To Treat Golden Syrup & Custard review
- McVitie's Heat To Treat Jamaica Ginger & Custard review
- McVitie's Heat To Treat Lemon review
- McVitie's Jaffa Cakes
- McVitie's Jaffa Cakes Apple & Blackberry
- McVitie's Jaffa Cakes Blackcurrant
- McVitie's Jaffa Cakes Lemon & Lime
- McVitie's Jaffa Cakes Muffin
- McVitie's Jamaica Ginger Cake
- McVitie's Mini Cake Bars Bounty
- McVitie’s Mini Flapjacks
- McVitie's Mini Flapjacks Digestive Chocolate
- McVitie’s Mini Flapjacks HobNob
- McVitie’s Mini Flapjacks HobNob Chocolate
- McVitie's Mini Flapjacks Snickers
- McVitie's Mini Jaffa Cakes
- McVitie's Mini Jaffa Cakes Rolls
- McVitie's Mini Jaffa Cakes Rolls XL
- McVitie's Mini Mars Rolls
- McVitie's Mini Penguin Rolls
- McVitie’s Muffin Blueberry
- McVitie’s Muffin Choc Chip
- McVitie’s Muffin Galaxy
- McVitie's Muffin Mars
- McVitie’s Muffin Toffee & Apple
- McVitie's Penguin Snack Cakes
- McVitie's Slice Carrot Cake
- McVitie's Slice Cherry Genoa
- McVitie's Slice Digestive Chocolate
- McVitie’s Toasting Waffles
[edit] Savoury Snack Products
- McVitie's Butter Puff
- McVitie's Krackawheat
- McVitie's Mini Cheddars Crinklys Bacon Flavour
- McVitie's Mini Cheddars Crinklys Cheese & Onion Flavour
- McVitie's Mini Cheddars Crinklys Prawn Cocktail Flavour
- McVitie's Mini Cheddars Crinklys Salt & Vinegar Flavour
- McVitie's Mini Cheddars Crinklys Sweet Chilli Flavour
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b The National Archives of Scotland, McVitie & Price, Ltd, <http://www.dswebhosting.info/NAS/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Site20&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqSearch=(RefNo=='GD381/3')>. Retrieved on 2007-11-02
- ^ United Biscuits, Our History, <http://www.unitedbiscuits.com/80256C1A0047922E/vWeb/pcTSTT5DWHZ4>. Retrieved on 2007-11-06
- ^ Our Locations. United Biscuits. Retrieved on 2007-08-16.
- ^ McVitie's. United Biscuits. Retrieved on 2007-08-16.
- ^ Sixty facts about a royal marriage (item 43). BBC News. Retrieved on 2008-01-15.
- ^ Japanese McVities Digestives. nicecupofteaandasitdown.com. Retrieved on 2007-08-16.
