Brockhoff Biscuits

{{Short description|Australian biscuit manufacturer}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Brockhoffs Biscuits Pty. Ltd.{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23425581|title=Advertising|date=1954-06-16|work=Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957)|access-date=2020-03-14|pages=20}}

| logo = Brockhoff Biscuits Logo.png

| former_name = A. F. Brockhoff & Co.{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article198571746|title=Advertising|date=1882-11-13|work=Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954)|access-date=2020-03-14|pages=1}}

| type = Private

| industry = Biscuit

| fate = Merged with Arnott's Biscuits

| successor = Arnott's Biscuits

| founded = {{Start date and age|1860}} in Braidwood, Australia

| founder = Adolf F. Brockhoff

| defunct = {{End date|1963}}

| hq_location_city = Braidwood

| hq_location_country = Australia

| area_served = Australia

}}

Brockhoff Biscuits was an Australian manufacturer of biscuits founded in 1860 by Adolf F. Brockhoff.{{Cite web|url=https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/items/1708367|title=Prop - Biscuit Tin, Brockhoff Savoy Crackers, 'The Sullivans', 1976-1983|last=|first=|date=2010-10-17|website=Museum Victoria|access-date=2020-03-14}}{{Citation|last=Murray|first=Robert|title=Brockhoff, Sir Jack Stuart (1908–1984)|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/brockhoff-sir-jack-stuart-12256|work=Australian Dictionary of Biography|publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University|access-date=2020-03-14}} In 1963 Arnott's Biscuits and the company merged, although they continued to trade under both names for several years until the "Brockhoff" name was completely dropped in the late 1970s.{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131722165|title=Biscuit Firms Plan Merger|date=1963-06-06|work=Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995)|access-date=2020-03-14|pages=32}}{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article46458950|title=Advertising|date=1979-05-23|work=Australian Women's Weekly (1933 - 1982)|access-date=2020-03-14|pages=52}}

Products

File:Arnott's Shapes (barbecue flavour).jpg

  • Savoy
  • Cheds
  • Clix
  • Cresta
  • Chocolate Ripple
  • Chocolate Royal
  • Golden Cookies
  • Gran-O-Meal
  • Stirling
  • Malt-o-Milk{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article189489597|title=Advertising|date=1949-12-09|work=Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954)|access-date=2020-03-14|pages=3}}
  • Grain-o-Malt
  • Crispo{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22817952|title=Advertising|date=1950-03-23|work=Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957)|access-date=2020-03-14|pages=5}}
  • Edinburgh Shortbread{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article250257098|title=Advertising|date=1971-05-10|work=Papua New Guinea Post-Courier (Port Moresby : 1969 - 1981)|access-date=2020-03-14|pages=12}}
  • Teddy Bears
  • Raspberry Shortcake
  • Nu-trola
  • Tartan Shortbread
  • Shapes{{Cite web|last=Duncan|first=Jamie|date=2020-06-18|title=The biscuit bunfight prompted when a big-name US baker came to Melbourne|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/the-biscuit-bunfight-prompted-when-a-bigname-us-baker-came-to-melbourne/news-story/d8ef0bfa5c0fc359ff98cd2b156a4e57|access-date=2022-01-22|website=Herald Sun|language=en-AU}}
  • Salada

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