The Secret Sauce. A history of Lea & Perrins
Details:
- Author(s) Keogh, Brian
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1997
- Pages 135pp; illus
- Publisher Leaper Books
- Place Published Worcester
Topics:
- Name Brand history & illustration
- Name Marketing inc brand & product development, distribution, etc
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Library:
- Name Worcester Local Studies Library [The Hive]
- City Worcester
- County Hereford & Worcester
- Country England
- Postcode WR1 3PB
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Notes:
Written by a former employee. Narrative account. Includes much on overseas markets.Chapters include: Before the sauce'; 'John Wheeley Lea and family'; 'William Henry Perrins and family partners'; 'The secret recipe'; 'Sauce making'; 'Trade, a tribute and some diverse activities'; 'Bottles and barnacles'; 'Labels on the bottles'; 'Buildings'; 'Malvern water and Burrows Bros'; 'Fruit juice'; 'By appointment'; 'Workers and wages ...'; 'A factory at war, 1940-1944'; 'Edward Corles Corbett'; 'John Duncan and the USA'; 'Tales from Canada'; 'Central America ad the West Indies'; 'Australia and New Zealand'; A few saucy stories'; 'Sample adverts from1840s to 1950s'; 'Lea & Perrins after 1930'