Whitworths

{{Short description|Dried fruits, nuts, home baking and snack products company}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Whitworths

| logo = Whitworths Headquarters.jpg

| logo_caption = Whitworths head office Wellingborough Road Irthlingborough.

| former_name = Whitworth Bros.

| industry = Snacks

| founded = 1886

| hq_location = Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom

| owner = Anatolia

| website = https://whitworths.co.uk/

}}

Whitworths is a dried fruit, nuts, home baking and snack products company, established in 1886 based in Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire, UK.{{cite web|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=140581 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011111346/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=140581 |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 11, 2012 |title=Whitworths Group Limited: Private Company Information - BusinessWeek |publisher=Investing.businessweek.com |date= |accessdate=2011-07-07}} As of March 2009 it employed 310 people.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/northamptonshire/7918980.stm |title=UK | England | Northamptonshire | Firm prepares for heritage trail |publisher=BBC News |date=2009-03-02 |accessdate=2011-07-07}}

The company was begun by the three Whitworth brothers John, Herbert and Newton trading under the name of Whitworth Bros.{{cite web|url=http://www.whitworths.co.uk/about_us/heritage/1880s |title=1880s |publisher=Whitworths |date= |accessdate=2011-07-07}} The current Whitworths business is no longer associated with Whitworth Bros who are based nearby, and produce flour.{{Cite web|url=https://whitworthbros.ltd.uk|title=Home|website=Whitworth Bros}}

In 1971 they were awarded the Royal Warrant by Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and in 1974 by Queen Elizabeth II.{{cite web|url=http://www.whitworths.co.uk/about_us/heritage/1960s |title=1960s |publisher=Whitworths |date= |accessdate=2011-07-07}}