Spillers Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Spiller, Joel
- Brown, Samuel
- Baker, William, & Son
- Vernon & Sons Ltd
- Millennium Mills
- Spillers Milling & Associated Industries Ltd
- Co-operative Wholesale Society
- Lyons, J, & Co Ltd
- Spillers French Holdings Ltd
- Dalgety Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Bridgwater, Somerset, Somerset, South West, England
- Cardiff, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, Wales, Wales
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
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Food & tobacco processing
Animal feed production
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Food & tobacco processing
Baking inc baking of cakes
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Food & tobacco processing
Biscuit & snacks production
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Food & tobacco processing
Grain milling inc flour, starch & glucose products
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Transport services
Ship towage, lighterage, stevedoring, etc, services
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Transport services
Shipping services - long distance, inc ship ownership & management
Notes:
Traced origins to 1829 when Joel Spiller established himself as a corn dealer at Bridgwater, Somerset, c1840, with Samuel Brown, established a steam grain mill at Bridgwater and shortly afterwards erected a larger mill at Cardiff followed by a biscuit factory. Business relocated to Cardiff in 1860. Thereafter expanded rapidly through construction or acquisition of other port mills beginning with purchase of William Baker & Son of Bristol in 1891. Incorporated as a public company in 1887. 1890s diversified into dog food, animal feed, bird seed, poultry farming, etc. Soon afterwards operated coastal shipping/lighterage fleet and insurance companies. 1920s acquired several leading milling businesses, including Vernon & Sons Ltd who owned Millennium Mills at Silvertown, London, and reorganised under Spillers Milling & Associated Industries Ltd, later Spillers Ltd. 1938 diversified into baking. After many other acquisitions, in 1972 grain milling, animal feed and baking interests merged with those of Co-operative Wholesale Society and J Lyons & Co Ltd to form Spillers French Holdings Ltd.1978 withdrew from baking. 1979 acquired by Dalgety Ltd