Bushells
{{short description |Australian tea and coffee company}}
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{{Use Australian English|date=March 2021}}
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File:C.M.Porter's shopfront from The Powerhouse Museum.jpg
File:Bushells Bently and Factory, Harrington Street, Sydney.jpg
Bushells is an Australian company that produces tea and coffee.
History
Bushells was founded by Alfred Bushell in 1883, when he opened a tea shop in Queensland. His sons moved the enterprise to Sydney in 1899 and began selling tea commercially, founding Australia's first commercial tea seller.{{Cite web |url=http://www.bushells.com.au/ |title=Bushells - Our Cuppa Since 1883 |access-date=28 November 2012 |archive-date=11 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200311034803/https://www.bushells.com.au/ |url-status=dead }} A Bushells tea factory was set up in Harrington Street, Sydney, and a coffee roasting department at Atherton Place in The Rocks.Photographs of Bushell's Factory workers; and 'Kismet' (Phillip Bushell's home), 1936-1937, Arthur J. Brown, State Library of New South Wales, [http://archival.sl.nsw.gov.au/Details/archive/110351714 PXE 1554]
In 1940, members of the Bushell family acquired the heritage-listed Sydney house, Carthona.{{Cite NSW SHR |5045607|Carthona |hr=555 |accessdate=16 March 2020}} In the 1980s, the company diversified its coffee manufacturing under the Bushells Coffee brand.{{cn|date=March 2021}}
In 1998, as part of an acquisition of coffee brands from Unilever, FreshFood Services Pty Ltd purchased the Bushells Coffee brand.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bushellscoffee.com.au/our-story/ |title=Bushells Coffee - An Iconic Part of Australian Coffee History |website=Bushells Coffee |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804111507/http://www.bushellscoffee.com.au:80/our-story |archive-date=4 August 2016 |access-date=2020-03-16}} FreshFood also purchased the New Zealand division of Bushells Coffee.{{cn|date=March 2021}} The tea brand remained with Unilever until 2022 when it was divested along with most of Unilever’s tea business to CVC Capital Partners as Lipton Teas and Infusions. Coffee continues to be produced at the Concord factory.
FreshFood announced a long-term plan{{When|date=February 2024}} to close the Concord factory. As of January 2018, planning was still in the early stages and the closure was at least three to five years away.{{Cite web |url=http://www.bushellsredevelopment.com.au/ |title=Bushells Redevelopment Concord |website=Bushell's Redevelopment Concord |access-date=2020-03-16}}
See also
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References
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External links
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- {{Official website|https://www.bushells.com.au/}}
{{Teas}}
{{Coffee}}
{{Unilever}}
Category:Tea companies of Australia
Category:Coffee companies of Australia
Category:Australian companies established in 1883
Category:Food and drink companies established in 1883
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