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Quality Street is a line of tinned and boxed toffees, chocolates and sweets, first manufactured in 1936 by Mackintosh's in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. It was named after J. M. Barrie's play Quality Street. [1] Since 1988, the confectionery has been produced by Nestlé. Quality Street has long been a competitor to Cadbury Roses, which were ...
Mackintosh's Quality Street (tin of chocolates), 1950s. A series of surreal Heath Robinson cartoons of "Toffee Town" began a memorable national newspaper marketing campaign in October 1921. [3] As the headquarters of the growing concern, Halifax became known as "Toffee Town". [4] [2]
Minic – Tin models made by Triang in Britain, 1930s. Plastic cars and trucks through the 1960s [65] Minichamps – German-owned manufacturer of die-cast zamac or resin models. Many different cars of all types. High quality models, originally 1:43, now also in other scales (especially 1:18). Also makes Motorcycles. Owned by PMA (Paul's Model ...
Rowntree developed the Kit Kat (introduced in 1935), Aero (introduced in 1935), Fruit Pastilles (introduced in 1881), Smarties (introduced in 1937) brands, and the Rolo and Quality Street brands when it merged with Mackintosh's in 1969 to form Rowntree Mackintosh Confectionery. Rowntree's also launched After Eight thin mint chocolates in 1962.
Rowntree Mackintosh plc [1] (/ ˈ r aʊ n t r iː ˈ m æ k ɪ n t ɒ ʃ / ROWN-tree MAH-kin-taw-sh), trading as Rowntree Mackintosh Confectionery, was an English confectionery company based in York, England. It was formed by the merger of Rowntree's and John Mackintosh Co. The company was famous for making chocolate brands, such as Kit Kat ...
Tin of Cadbury Roses. Cadbury Roses is a brand of chocolates made by Cadbury.Introduced in the UK in 1938 (as a competitor to Quality Street launched by Mackintosh's in 1936), they were named after the English packaging equipment company "Rose Brothers" based in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, that manufactured and supplied the machines that wrapped the chocolates.
A 1900 Toffee ad by Mackintosh's. Canada had its own version of Mackintosh's Toffee. [3] Unlike the British versions, it was a hard candy which, for most of its history, was sold as a single rectangular bar in a tartan box.
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