Sun-Pat

Sun-Pat is a brand of peanut butter in the United Kingdom. Peanut butter had been sold in the UK since the 1930s. Sun-Pat products were made in the UK by H S Whiteside, a family run firm, from their factory in Parkhouse Street, Camberwell, SE5. Whitesides produced a great variety of sweets, jellies, nut and chocolate products including nougat, chocolate brazils, slabs of toffee and chocolate, Lifesavers and Elizabeth Shaw chocolates. In the 1960s Whitesides overstretched themselves financially and the company was bought by Rowntrees and production was moved up to Goldborne, near Manchester. Rowntrees in turn was taken over by Nestle. Nestles The factory was closed in 2004 and production has now moved to Histon in Cambridgeshire.[1] Sun-Pat had a factory in Peckham, South London that was bombed on the 15th of October 1940 during the blitz. Several girls were killed and many injured.[2]

In the early 1990s a range of cheese spreads were also produced under the Sun-Pat brand but were later discontinued.

The brand is currently owned by Hain Celestial Group after its 2012 acquisition of Premier Foods' spreads and jellies business.[3] Premier Foods had acquired Sun-Pat after its 2002 acquisition of Nestlé's ambient food business.[4]

References

  1. ↑ http://production.investis.com/pfd/rns/story?id=1094796057nRNSJ8157C Premier Foods plc Interim Results 2004
  2. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/75/a2702675.shtml
  3. ↑ Hain Celestial Completes Strategic Acquisition In The United Kingdom
  4. ↑ Premier Foods history Retrieved on 15 June 2007

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