Hazlewood Foods Plc
Other Business Names:
- Hazlewood, Arthur
- Hazlewood, William
- Hazlewood & Co (Products) Ltd
- Hazlewood's Glass Bottles Ltd
- Hazlewood & Co (Proprietary) Ltd
- Beetroot Co
- Humber Foods
- Greencore
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Belper, Derbyshire, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England
- Derby, City of Derby, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England
Sectors:
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Food & tobacco processing
Condiments, sauces & soups production
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Food & tobacco processing
Convenience & other prepared foods production
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Food & tobacco processing
Vinegar production
Notes:
Formed by Arthur and William Hazlewood in c1905 at Belper, Derbyshire, to make table sauces and, later, vinegar, pickles, gravy browning, custard powder, etc. By 1930s known as Hazlewood & Co (Products) Ltd with headquarters at Derby. At this time established a vertically integrated business with interests in bottle making and printing, including, inter alia, Hazlewood's Glass Bottles Ltd. Reorganised in 1942 as Hazlewood & Co (Proprietary) Ltd. 1970s, when a public company, acquired in a reverse take over by Beetroot Co and Humber Foods, the latter having been established at Hull in c1950 by Tony Hickson. Revived and grew rapidly by acquisition into a leading UK food processing business with 51 plant by 1990s. Increasingly specialised in chilled, frozen and other prepared foods including sandwiches. Later acquired by Greencore