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Sunrise was founded by a young Julius Lighton and his son-in-law, Walter Eger. Initially, the two bought out Jupp & Sons, a small confectionery business in Abbotsford, Melbourne. Two years later, another of Julius Lighton's sons-in-law, Rudi Moser, j..
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Swizzels are one of the longest running sweet factories in the world, making sweets since 1928 and still continue inventing to this day.
1928
Alfred and Maurice Matlow launched Matlow Bros. Ltd making jelly sweets in a small factory in Lond..
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Oatfield Sweets began as a wholesale and retail outlet on the Port Road in Letterkenny. The company was first founded by Ira and Haddon McKinney in 1927. The McKinney family began to make their own sweets and on 15 August 1927. The first sweets were ..
15 Jun
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Cadbury is the second highest selling confectionery brand in the world after Wrigley’s chewing gum.
The Cadbury Dairy Milk chocolate bar was introduced in 1905. Developed by George Cadbury Jr, it was the first milk chocolate bar to be mass produced..
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Throughout much of the nineteenth century, Bassett’s was the largest sugar confectionery manufacturer in the world. Today the brand is best known for Liquorice Allsorts and Jelly Babies. George Bassett (1818 – 1886) was the son of a farmer at Ashove..
15 Jun
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Barratt & Co was once the largest sugar confectionery manufacturer in the world. Today it is best known for children’s confectionery products such as Sherbet Fountains and Dip Dabs. George Osborne Barratt (1827 – 1906), pastry cook, entered into par..
