National Canning Co Ltd

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  • Food & tobacco processing Food canning & bottling
  • Food & tobacco processing Frozen food processing
  • Food & tobacco processing Fruit & vegetables processing & preserving

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Traced origins to the fruit selling business of Samuel Smedley, S W Smedley & Co, which was based in Covent Garden, London, before 1914. 1924-25 stated fruit bottling and canning at Wisbech as Wisbech Produce Canners Ltd. Emerged as a leading fruit and vegetable canning business and in late 1930s diversified into innovative frozen food production. 1931 floated as National Canning Co Ltd, its leading brand name being Smedleys. 1968 acquired by Imperial Tobacco Co Ltd and subsequently merged with HP Foods Ltd to form Smedley HP Foods Ltd

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