Fox's Confectionery

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Fox's Confectionery
Industry Confectionery
Founded 1880
Headquarters Braunstone, Leicester, United Kingdom
Website Fox's Confectionery

Fox's Confectionery is a British confectionery company based in Braunstone, Leicester.

History

The company was set up Walter Richard Fox as a wholesale grocery and confectionery business in 1880. It started in a Victorian warehouse in Leicester. By 1897 Fox was manufacturing over 100 different confectionery lines.[1]

In 1969 the company was acquired by Mackintosh's, a year prior to the creation of Rowntree Mackintosh when Mackintosh merged with Rowntree's of York. After purchasing Rowntree-Macintosh in 1988 Nestlé sold the Fox's Brand and its Leicester site to Northern Foods in 2001. The company was sold to Big Bear Ltd in 2003.

Peppy (from peppermint)[2] the polar bear is the original trademark used for Fox's Glacier Mints and was created by Leicester-based artist C. Reginald Dalby, better known for his illustrations of Thomas the Tank Engine and the other characters from the Railway Series of children's books by the Rev. W. Awdry.[3]

Products

  • Fox's "Glacier" Range
  • Glacier Range (Limited Editions)
    • Fox's Glacier Intense
    • Fox's Glacier Garden Fruits
    • Fox's Glacier Mango and Passion Fruit Smoothie
    • Fox's Union Jack Sweets (Raspberry, Blueberry and Cloudy Lemonade)
  • Paynes Poppets
  • XXX Mints
    • XXX Chilli (Limited Edition)
  • Just Brazils
    • Milk Chocolate Just Brazils
    • Dark Chocolate Just Brazils

References

  1. ↑ "About Fox's Confectionery". Fox's Confectionery. Archived from the original on 2007-08-02. Retrieved 2009-11-12. 
  2. ↑ "Fox's Glacier Mints". Leicester City Council. Retrieved 2009-12-31. 
  3. ↑ Jack, Ian (18 June 2005). "Tunnel Vision". ("Ian Jack is perplexed by an academic take on the Rev W Awdrey's [sic] 'funny little engine'"). guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 2009-06-16. 

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