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British Vinegars Ltd

Other Business Names:

  • Beaufoy Grimble & Co Ltd
  • Champion & Slee Ltd
  • Purnell & Panter Ltd
  • Spitty, W C, Ltd
  • Cambrian Vinegar Co Ltd
  • East Anglian Pure Malt Vinegar Co Ltd
  • Sarsons

Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:

  • Bristol, City of Bristol, Avon, South West, England
  • Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire & the Humber, England
  • London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England

Sectors:

  • Food & tobacco processing Vinegar production

Notes:

Established in 1932 to rationalise the vinegar industry through merger of leading businesses, Sarsons, Beaufoy Grimble & Co Ltd and Champion & Slee Ltd, both of London. 1935 acquired Purnell & Panter Ltd of Bristol followed by W C Spitty Ltd of London in 1938, Cambrian Vinegar Co Ltd of Leeds in 1942, East Anglian Pure Malt Vinegar Co Ltd in 1949 and several others subsequently.

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