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The Tim Tam, produced by Arnott's in Australia and first sold in 1964, was based on the Penguin. [2] Occasional media references include tongue-in-cheek debates over which is the superior biscuit. [3] [4] During the 1980s, the Penguin brand became known for their television advertising slogan "When you're p-p-p-peckish, p-p-p-pick up a Penguin ...
Stauffer's Biscuit Company produced their first batch of animal crackers in York, Pennsylvania, in 1871. [2] Other domestic bakeries, including the Dozier-Weyl Cracker Company of St. Louis, and the Holmes and Coutts Company of New York City, were the predecessors of the National Biscuit Company, today's "Nabisco Brands".
While traveling in Britain, he found the Penguin biscuit and decided to try to "make a better one". [2] Tim Tam went on the market on 10 September 1964. [3] [4] They were named by Ross Arnott, who attended the 1958 Kentucky Derby and decided that the name of the winning horse, Tim Tam, was perfect for a planned new line of biscuits. [5]
United Biscuits (UB) is a British multinational food manufacturer, makers of McVitie's biscuits, Jacob's Cream Crackers, and Twiglets. The company was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. In November 2014, the company was acquired by Yıldız Holding and is now part of Pladis.
Under United Biscuits McVitie's held a Royal Warrant from Queen Elizabeth II. The best-selling biscuit manufacturer in the United Kingdom, McVitie's produces Jaffa Cakes and popular biscuits such as chocolate digestives, Hobnobs, and Rich tea. In 2020, sales of McVitie's biscuits in the UK were more than five times the next two competitors. [4]
The biscuit was introduced in 1910 (originally under the name "Creola") by the biscuit company Peek Freans, of Bermondsey, London, originator of the Garibaldi biscuit. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The Bourbon name, dating from the 1930s, comes from the former French and Spanish royal House of Bourbon . [ 6 ]
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Huntley & Palmers is a British company of biscuit makers originally based in Reading, Berkshire. [1] Formed by Joseph Huntley in 1822, the company became one of the world's first global brands (chiefly led by George Palmer who joined in 1841) and ran what was once the world's largest biscuit factory.