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Teetgen & Co Ltd

Other Business Names:

  • Teetgen, Augustus
  • Teetgens Tea & Coffee (est 1834) Ltd

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

  • London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England

Sectors:

  • Food & tobacco processing Chocolate & confectionery production
  • Distribution - wholesaling, broking, market trading, etc Other food distribution
  • Distribution - wholesaling, broking, market trading, etc Tea & coffee distribution
  • Beverage production Tea & coffee processing
  • Distribution - retailing Tea & coffee retailing

Notes:

Traced origins to 1834 when established by Augustus Teetgen in Hackney. Initially tea and coffee merchants and wholesale grocers. Subsequently developed additional branches in London and elsewhere in Home Counties, especially Brighton and Hove. Also made cocoa and chocolate. Incorporated 1895. By 1939 referred to as tea and coffee merchants and wholesale grocers operating from 19 locations in London and south east England. By 1970 operating from one premises as Teetgens Tea & Coffee (est 1834) Ltd

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