Fox's Confectionery
{{short description|Confectionery company based in Britain}}
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{{infobox company|
|name = Fox's Confectionery Ltd
|logo =
|foundation = 1880
|parent = Valeo Foods
|location = Braunstone, Leicester, United Kingdom
|homepage = [http://www.foxs.co.uk/ Fox's Confectionery]
|industry = Confectionery
}}
Fox's Confectionery Ltd is an English confectionery company based in Braunstone, Leicester which was founded in 1880.
History
The company was set up by Walter Richard Fox as a wholesale grocery and confectionery business in 1880. It started in a Victorian warehouse in Leicester. By 1897 Fox was manufacturing over 100 different confectionery lines.{{cite web | title = About Fox's Confectionery | publisher = Fox's Confectionery | url = http://www.foxs.co.uk/aboutus.php | access-date = 12 November 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070802201343/http://www.foxs.co.uk/aboutus.php | archive-date = 2 August 2007}}
In 1969, the company was acquired by Mackintosh's, a year prior to the creation of Rowntree Mackintosh when Mackintosh merged with Rowntree's of York. After purchasing Rowntree-Macintosh in 1988, Nestlé sold the Fox's Brand and its Leicester site to Northern Foods in 2001. The company was sold to Big Bear Ltd in 2003. Big Bear Confectionery had sites in Blackburn, Leicester and Nimbus.
Peppy (from peppermint){{cite web|url=http://www.leicester.gov.uk/your-council-services/lc/growth-and-history/blueplaques/blueplaquesplacesbusinesses/foxsglaciermints/|title=Fox's Glacier Mints|publisher=Leicester City Council|access-date=31 December 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110128053039/http://www.leicester.gov.uk/your-council-services/lc/growth-and-history/blueplaques/blueplaquesplacesbusinesses/foxsglaciermints/|archive-date=28 January 2011|url-status=dead}} the polar bear is the original trademark used for Fox's Glacier Mints and was created by Leicester-based artist C. Reginald Dalby, better known for illustrating The Railway Series books by the Rev. W. Awdry.{{cite web | last = Jack | first = Ian | title = Tunnel Vision | work = ("Ian Jack is perplexed by an academic take on the Rev W Awdrey's [sic] 'funny little engine'") | publisher = guardian.co.uk | date = 18 June 2005 | url = http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,1508172,00.html | access-date = 16 June 2009}}
Fox's Confectionery was acquired by Valeo Foods in 2015.[https://www.shelflife.ie/valeo-foods-group-agrees-e100-million-acquisition-raisio-plcs-confectionery-division/ Valeo Foods Group agrees €100 million acquisition of Raisio Plc’s confectionery division]
In Indonesia, Fox's candies are currently manufactured by PT Savoria Kreasi Rasa (a subsidiary of Djarum, a cigarette manufacturing company).
Products
- Fox's "Glacier" Range
- Fox's Glacier Mints
- Fox's Glacier Fruits
- Fox's Glacier Dark
- Paynes Poppets
- XXX Mints
- Just Mints
- Just Brazils
- Milk Chocolate Just Brazils
- Dark Chocolate Just Brazils
- Le Bar (discontinued ~1994)
References
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External links
- [http://www.foxs.co.uk/ Company website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513150733/http://www.foxs.co.uk/ |date=13 May 2008 }}
- [http://www.xxxmints.co.uk/ XXX Mints]
- [https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/sep/14/advertising Guardian article: Callow returns as Fox's polar bear]
- [https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/may/28/advertising Guardian article: Fox's biscuits launches 'danda' ad] (mentions image rights vs Fox Polar Bear)
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Category:British companies established in 1880
Category:Confectionery companies of the United Kingdom
Category:1880 establishments in England
Category:Food and drink companies established in 1880
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