Carr & Co Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Carr, Jonathan D
- Carr, J D, & Co
- Carrs Flour Mills Ltd
- Kosher Biscuits & Passover Cakes
- Bonn & Co Ltd
- Cavenham Foods Ltd
- United Biscuits Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Carlisle, Cumbria, Cumbria, North West, England
Sectors:
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Food & tobacco processing
Biscuit & snacks production
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Food & tobacco processing
Grain milling inc flour, starch & glucose products
Notes:
Traced origins to Jonathan D Carr, d1884, who established a baking, biscuit making and grain milling business at Carlisle in the early 1830s. As J D Carr & Co in 1841 received royal warrant for its biscuits. 1894 incorporated. A public company 1927. 1908 grain milling business hived off into Carr's Flour Mills Ltd. 1910 acquired Kosher Biscuits & Passover Cakes of London and held it in Bonn & Co Ltd. Acquired by Cavenham Foods Ltd in 1964 and in 1972 acquired by United Biscuits Ltd
Publications:
- [History of Carr & Co Ltd] by Burgess, Clare
- Fell Fine Baker. The story of United Biscuits. A jubilee account of the men and companies who pioneered one of Britain's most celebrated industries by Adam, James S
- Guide to Carlisle by Unknown
- Rich Desserts and Captain's Thin. A family and their times, 1831-1931 by Forster, Margaret
- Some Quaker firms of the nineteenth century by Marwick, William H
- Story of Carr's Biscuits by Unknown
- The Biscuit Girls. Love, life and hardship in a northern factory by Davies, Hunter
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Carr, Jonathan D
- Carr, J D, & Co
- Carrs Flour Mills Ltd
- Kosher Biscuits & Passover Cakes
- Bonn & Co Ltd
- Cavenham Foods Ltd
- United Biscuits Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Carlisle, Cumbria, Cumbria, North West, England
Sectors:
- Food & tobacco processing Biscuit & snacks production
- Food & tobacco processing Grain milling inc flour, starch & glucose products
Notes:
Traced origins to Jonathan D Carr, d1884, who established a baking, biscuit making and grain milling business at Carlisle in the early 1830s. As J D Carr & Co in 1841 received royal warrant for its biscuits. 1894 incorporated. A public company 1927. 1908 grain milling business hived off into Carr's Flour Mills Ltd. 1910 acquired Kosher Biscuits & Passover Cakes of London and held it in Bonn & Co Ltd. Acquired by Cavenham Foods Ltd in 1964 and in 1972 acquired by United Biscuits LtdPublications:
- [History of Carr & Co Ltd] by Burgess, Clare
- Fell Fine Baker. The story of United Biscuits. A jubilee account of the men and companies who pioneered one of Britain's most celebrated industries by Adam, James S
- Guide to Carlisle by Unknown
- Rich Desserts and Captain's Thin. A family and their times, 1831-1931 by Forster, Margaret
- Some Quaker firms of the nineteenth century by Marwick, William H
- Story of Carr's Biscuits by Unknown
- The Biscuit Girls. Love, life and hardship in a northern factory by Davies, Hunter