Hovis Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Fitton, S, & Son
- Hovis Bread Flour Co Ltd
- McDougall Trust Ltd
- Hovis McDougall Ltd
- Rank, Joseph, Ltd
- Ranks Hovis McDougall Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Macclesfield, Cheshire East, Cheshire, North West, England
Sectors:
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Food & tobacco processing
Baking inc baking of cakes
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Food & tobacco processing
Grain milling inc flour, starch & glucose products
Notes:
Traces origins to the Macclesfield millers, S Fitton & Son. Known as Hovis Bread Flour Co Ltd from 1898 and as Hovis Ltd from 1911. Also bakers. Merged with McDougall Trust Ltd in 1957 to form Hovis McDougall Ltd and with Joseph Rank Ltd in 1962 to form Ranks Hovis McDougall Ltd. Latterly RHM Plc
Publications:
- An Unconvential History of Hovis. Pictured by Heath Robinson by Unknown
- Hovis. 120 years of goodness by Opie, Robert, & Ifan Jenkins
- Hovis Centenary. Purveyors of flour since 1886 by Unknown
- 'Hovis' in W B Beable, Romance of Great Businesses by Beable, William H
- Hovis Jubilee. A brief record of the company's history by Dence, Alexander H
- Jubilee Story by Mais, Stuart P B
- War Record of Hovis Ltd, 1939-45 by Wood, Alan
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Fitton, S, & Son
- Hovis Bread Flour Co Ltd
- McDougall Trust Ltd
- Hovis McDougall Ltd
- Rank, Joseph, Ltd
- Ranks Hovis McDougall Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Macclesfield, Cheshire East, Cheshire, North West, England
Sectors:
- Food & tobacco processing Baking inc baking of cakes
- Food & tobacco processing Grain milling inc flour, starch & glucose products
Notes:
Traces origins to the Macclesfield millers, S Fitton & Son. Known as Hovis Bread Flour Co Ltd from 1898 and as Hovis Ltd from 1911. Also bakers. Merged with McDougall Trust Ltd in 1957 to form Hovis McDougall Ltd and with Joseph Rank Ltd in 1962 to form Ranks Hovis McDougall Ltd. Latterly RHM PlcPublications:
- An Unconvential History of Hovis. Pictured by Heath Robinson by Unknown
- Hovis. 120 years of goodness by Opie, Robert, & Ifan Jenkins
- Hovis Centenary. Purveyors of flour since 1886 by Unknown
- 'Hovis' in W B Beable, Romance of Great Businesses by Beable, William H
- Hovis Jubilee. A brief record of the company's history by Dence, Alexander H
- Jubilee Story by Mais, Stuart P B
- War Record of Hovis Ltd, 1939-45 by Wood, Alan