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This page explains where the various subsidiary companies (and departments, units, hotels, and brands) of J. Lyons & Company are currently located as at March 2006 and should be interpreted as a guide only. The new owners have not necessarily kept the same company/hotel/unit names but in some cases they have retained the brand names which were once part of J. Lyons & Co. For example the ice cream product known as FAB is still made by the current owners, Richmond Foods Ltd, and Red Label Tea is still made by the new owners. The company names used here do not necessarily represent the official company title but they are names which former company employees, and members of the public, will be familiar with. Some of the subsidiary listings originally operated independently but were merged with other operations as the main Lyons holding company restructured itself under several Sector Groups (Divisions) in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. Some of the subsidiaries listed here, particularly the North American ones, did not form part of the original (independent) J. Lyons & Co but came into the Group when Lyons became the Food Division of Allied Breweries Ltd in 1978. The Embassy Hotel Group, consisting of some 40 hotels, has been excluded from this list. Management of Embassy Hotels was transferred to J. Lyons and Co Ltd (the Food Division of Allied-Lyons plc) in September 1979 but they were sold to Jarvis Hotels in July 1990 for £M186 following a decision by the Main Board, in 1985, that the Lyons food businesses were to be sold. By this time Allied-Lyons plc had acquired large Canadian and Spanish drinks businesses and had re-titled itself Allied Domecq plc. After this date little or no mention is made in respect of the disposal of the individual Food Division companies and as a result it is difficult to track subsequent ownerships. One or two key dates, which bear no relationship to trading companies, are listed for interest only. The subsidiary company list below is not comprehensive but incorporates most operations.

The hierarchical structure of this listing is set out thus:

The left aligned name, in black coloured text, is the original Lyons company/department and if this had subsidiaries, or associated companies and/or well known brands, then these are listed below the main name in blue text. These subsidiaries/departments/brands are not listed in any ranking ascendance or importance. The purchasing company is then indented to the right and appears in red text with date of sale if known. Some companies may have passed through more than one owner since its original disposal by Lyons. These too, if known, are shown in red text in order of acquisition. Thus:

Lyons Main Trading Company Name.

Subsidiary A	]
Subsidiary B	]
Subsidiary C	]
Associated Company A	]	Or any other combination;
Associated Company B	]
Brand A	]
Brand B	]

First Purchasing Company. January 1986.

Second Purchasing Company. December 1990.

Third Purchasing Company. August 2000.

In some cases a short explanation is given under a purchasing company to assist with understanding. Hotels are listed alphabetically under the main Hotel listing. Allied Domecq plc was not a Lyons company but was the parent of J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. It is shown here for interest only.

Allied Domecq plc.

Sold to Pernod-Ricard SA 27 July 2005.

Pernod-Ricard disposed of Tia Maria to Ilva Saronno in July 2009 and Wild Turkey bourbon in April 2009. Both brands sold for a reported total of 700M euros. Pernod-Ricard borrowed heavily to buy Absolut vodka when Vin & Spirit was sold by the Swedish government.

Alperton Carton Co Ltd.

Ceased trading 31 August 1981.

Alpine Refrigerated Deliveries.

Sold to National Freight Consortium 1986.

Baskin Robbins Ice Cream Ltd.

Caffe Classico.

Licensee Colonial.

Acquired by Pernod-Ricard SA following acquisition of Allied Domecq plc then merged with Dunkin' Donuts to form Dunkin' Donuts Inc. 2006. Dunkin' Donuts Inc sold to venture capitalists: Bain Capital LLC, The Carlyle Group, and Thomas H. Lee Partners Ltd.

Beckers B.V.(Holland).

Tappaz Beheer B.V.

Sold to management buyout team (Led by Wim Andriessen). November 1990.

Sold to Wessanen B.V.

Bolton Abattoir Ltd.

J. Wane & Co Ltd..

Richard Gill Ltd.

Sold to F. M. C. (Meat) Limited. April 1977.

Bread Division.

Transferred to subsidiary J. W. French & Co. Ltd. March 1969.

Cadby Hall Offices (new) occupied 12 July 1986.

Sold new Cadby Hall August 1990.

Confectionery Department (Greenford).

Sold to Callard & Bowser Ltd. July 1960.

DCA Ltd (Ingredients).

Margetts Foods Ltd (Preserves Fruit Fillings.

Beddington Fruit Company.

Modern Maid Food Products (USA).

Skollsberg Fine Foods (Canada).

Dietade Foods Ltd.

Sterling Foods (Canada).

Golden Dipt (USA).

Sold to McCormick & Co Inc March 1993.

Oven Door.

Thomas A. Steeves (Canada).

Charles Dennery (USA).

Sunpak.

Soutra Foods (Poland).

Bakers Aid (USA).

Sold to Kerry plc November 1994. It is not known if all the subsidiaries were included.

Dunkin’ Donuts.

Acquired by Pernod-Ricard SA following acquisition of Allied Domecq plc then merged with Baskin Robbins Ice Cream Ltd to form Dunkin' Donuts Inc. 2006. Dunkin' Donuts Inc sold to venture capitalists: Bain Capital LLC, The Carlyle Group, and Thomas H. Lee Partners Ltd.

English Electric-Leo-Marconi Computers Ltd. (shareholding).

Sold to The English Electric Company Ltd. October 1964.

Europark Holdings Ltd (shareholding of Normand Ltd).

Europark Limited (50%) Bentworth Securities Ltd (50%).

Europark Holdings GmBH (50%).

Sold to unknown company January 1970.

Findus Ltd (49.94%).

Sold to Nestle Alimentana S.A. August 1974.

Florasynth Ltd.

Sold its 50% to Florasynth Incorporated (USA). November 1976.

Food Management Limited.

Sold to unknown company circa May 1976.

Freeman Produce Group Ltd (The).

Impex Foods Ltd.

Sold to Saphir Sons & Co Ltd. March 1973.

Fropax Ltd (jointly owned with Union International Company).

Merged with Nestle Company Ltd (Findus Ltd). 1967-68.

Gateaux Ltd (Lyons Irish Holdings).

Sold to J. Lyons & Co Ltd December 1990. Factory closed in Dublin and Gateaux operated a sales & distribution operation in Ireland.

Henry Telfer Ltd.

Reybier (France).

Sold to Unigate Group October 1979.

Hogarth Press.

Closed 31 August 1981.

Homburg B.V.

Sold to P. M. J. van Loosbroek & G. Mol in management buyout 1986.

Sold to Homburg-Boekos (subsidiary of Boekos B.V.) .

Hooimeijer Bakery Group.

Haust.

Bussink.

AHO.

Brink.

Trecibel.

Sold to Hillsdown Holdings plc.

Sold to Industri Kapital, a Swedish Investment Company.

Sold to N.P.M. Capital, a Dutch particapation building famous Dutch brands, June 2006.

Hotels

Albany Hotel, Birmingham.

Sold to Trust House Forte January 1977. Renamed Posthouse.

Sold to Granada Hotels 1996.

Albany Hotel, Glasgow.

Sold to Trust House Forte Ltd January 1977. Renamed Posthouse.

Sold to Granada Hotel Group 1996.

Sold to Compass Hotel Group.

Sold to Holiday Inn circa 2002. Renamed Holiday Inn.

Albany Hotel, Nottingham.

Sold to Trust House Forte Ltd January 1977. Renamed Posthouse.

Sold to Granada Hotels 1996.

Sold to Holiday Inn.

Sold to Britannia Hotel Group circa 2004.

Alpha Hotel, Amsterdam.

Sold to Novotel Nederland B.V. January 1978.

Atholl Palace, Pitlochry.

Acquired in 1973.

Sold to Trust House Forte Ltd January 1977.

Sold To Regal Hotels (now Corus Hotels Ltd) May 1996.

Sold to Hydropathic Hotel Co. (Pitlochry) Ltd October 2001.

Ariel Hotel Heathrow.

Sold to Trust House Forte Ltd January 1977.

Acquired by Granada plc 1996.

Sold now Holiday Inn London Heathrow Ariel Hotel.

Belsfield Hotel, Windermere.

Acquired from The Belsfield Hotel Ltd.

Sold to Trust House Forte Ltd January 1977.

Now owned by Corus Hotel Group.

Brandon Hall Hotel, Coventry.

Acquired from Mr & Mrs W. G. M. Crews in 1972.

Sold to Trust House Forte Ltd January 1977.

Now owned by Macdonald Hotel Group.

Burnside Hotel, Windermere.

Acquired in 1971.

Sold to Trust House Forte Ltd January 1977.

Sold to Bowness Leisure plc (Watson Family) March 1984.

Sold to The Partnership Ltd (Taylor Family Group) Nov 2004.

Cally Hotel, Gatehouse of Fleet.

Acquired from Clydesdale & County Hotels Ltd in 1973.

Sold to Trust House Forte Ltd January 1977.

Now Cally Palace Hotel.

Cavendish Hotel, Lancaster Gate.

Acquired from Kingsley-Windsor Hotels Ltd in 1971 &Incorporated into Park Court Hotel extensions.

Chester Curzon Hotel, Chester.

Acquired in 1973.

Sold to Trust House Forte Ltd January 1977.

Now Holiday Inn Chester-South.

Clifton Hotel, Eastbourne.

Outcome unknown.

Commodore Hotel, Paris.

Acquired from Societe Anonyme de l'Hotel Commodore in 1973.

Sold to Air Lingus June 1979. Lyons last major hotel sold.

Sold to British Millennium & Copthorne Hotel & Resort Group.

Craiglands Hotel, Ilkley.

Acquired from Hugh Donnan 1973.

Sold to Trust Forte Ltd January 1977.

Sold to Crown Hotels Ltd 1987/88.

Sold to Roddy Barclay family 1994

Sold to Ailantus Hotels Ltd 1999.

Crown Hotel, Harrogate.

Acquired from Crown Hotel Harrogate Ltd in 1972.

Sold to Trust House Forte Ltd January 1977.

Now owned by Corus Hotel Group.

Cumberland Hotel, London.

Sold to Trust House Forte Ltd. January 1977.

Acquired by Granada plc 1996.

Sold to Le Meridien Hotel Group.

Now part of the Thistle Guoman Hotel Group. Guoman is a Mandarin term for international gateway.

Dominion Hotel, Lancaster Gate.

Acquired from Kingsley-Windsor Hotels Ltd in 1971 & Incorporated into Park Court Hotel extensions.

Frimley Hall Hotel, Camberley.

Acquired in 1972.

Sold to Trust House Forte Ltd January 1977.

Now owned by Macdonald Hotel Group.

Glenborrodale Castle, Ardnamurchan.

Acquired in 1973.

Sold to Trust House Forte Ltd January 1977.

Now Headquarters for Adelphi Distillery Ltd.

Havant Albany Inn, Hayling Island.

Sold to Trust House Forte Ltd January 1977. Renamed Posthouse.

International Hotel, Lancaster Gate.

Acquired by Lyons & incorporated into Park Court Hotel.

Ivy Bush Royal Hotel, Carmarthen.

Acquired in 1975.

Sold to Trust House Forte January 1977.

Sold to Corus Hotel Group. Date unknown.

Sold to Paul Jaycock (privately owned) circa 2004.

Keswick Hotel, Keswick.

Acquired in 1972.

Sold to Trust House Forte January 1977.

Owned by Principal Hotels Ltd until 2002.

Sold to Choice Hotels Ltd 2002. Now Keswick Country House Hotel.

Kingsley Hotel, Bloomsbury.

Acquired from Kingsley-Windsor Hotels Ltd in 1970.

Sold to Trust House Forte January 1977.

Mansion Hotel, Eastbourne.

Acquired from Trinity Mansion Hotel (Eastbourne) Ltd in 1970 .

Sold to Trust House Forte January 1977.

Choice Hotels Ltd.

Grand UK Holidays Ltd.

Sold to Sheik Gulzar ( privately owned) 2004.

Marine Hotel, North Berwick.

Acquired in 1973.

Sold to Trust House Forte Ltd January 1977.

Now owned by Macdonald Hotel Group.

Old Ground, Ennis, Eire.

Sold to Trust House Forte Ltd January 1977.

Now part of Flynn Hotel Group.

Park Court Hotel, Lancaster Gate.

Originally Parkway Hotel and acquired from Associated Hotels Ltd in 1971.

Major extensions incorporating Cavendish, Dominion and International Hotels.

Sold to Trust House Forte Ltd January 1977.

Park Hotel, Siena.

Sold to Villa Cipriana Spa October 1978.

Regent Palace Hotel, Piccadilly.

Sold to Trust House Forte Ltd January 1977.

Acquired by Granada plc 1996. They merged with Compass UK & Ireland circa 2000 and de-merged in 2001.

Now owned by Permira Europe as a Travelodge Hotel.
Closed 31 December 2006
2008. Westminster Council approve demolition of hotel and the erection of a new office block. Some historical, protected, features have to be retained including Art Deco rooms and connecting bridge to annex as well as some architectural features.

Royal Hibernian Hotel, Dublin.

Sold to Trust House Forte Ltd January 1977.

Rugby Albany Inn, Crick.

Sold to Trust House Forte Ltd January 1977. Renamed Posthouse

Sold now Holiday Inn Rugby

Russell (Hotel), Dublin.

Closed in 1973 site redevelopment.

Stradey Park Hotel, Llanelli.

Acquired in 1975.

Sold to Trust House Forte Ltd January 1977

Now owned by Gryphon Leisure Limited.

Strand Palace Hotel, Strand.

Sold to Trust House Forte Ltd January 1977.

Acquired by Granada plc 1996. They merged with Compass UK & Ireland circa 2000 and de-merged in 2001. Operated by Compass Group UK & Ireland from circa 2001.

Swans Nest Hotel, Stratford-on-Avon.

Acquired from Flower & Sons Ltd in 1972.

Sold to Trust House Forte Ltd January 1977.

Now owned by Macdonald Hotel Group.

Tower Hotel, London.

Sold to EMI Group July 1977.

Sold to Thistle Hotels Group.

Transferred to Guoman Hotel Group. Guoman is a Mandarin term for international gateway.

Wakefield Albany Inn, Ossett.

Sold to Trust House Forte Ltd January 1977. Renamed Posthouse.

Sold now Holiday Inn Wakefield.

Whately Hall Hotel, Banbury.

Acquired from Whately Hall Ltd 1972.

Sold to Trust House Forte Ltd January 1977.

Now owned by Macdonald Hotel Group.

White’s Hotel, Lancaster Gate.

Acquired from White Hall Hotels (London) Ltd in 1970.

Sold to Trust House Forte January 1977.

Windsor Hotel, Lancaster Gate.

Acquired from Kingsley-Windsor Hotels Ltd in 1971.

Sold to Trust House Forte January 1977.

Wish Tower Hotel, Eastbourne.

Sold to Trust House Forte Ltd January 1977.

Ye Olde Bell Hotel, Retford.

Acquired in 1973.

Sold to Trust House Forte January 1977.

Sold to Principal Hotels Ltd 1992.

Sold to North British Trust Group 1997.

Sold to Swallow Hotels Ltd 2005.

Importers Retail Showrooms.

Sold to Betterware Consumer Products Ltd. June 1990.

James Hayes & Sons (Laundries).

North Herts Laundries.

Achille Serre.

Sold to Johnson Group Cleaners May 1979.

J. L. Catering Ltd (see Town & County Catering Ltd).

Southfork Restaurant.

J. L. Private Label.

Disposal detail unknown

J. Lyons & Co (Canada) Ltd.

Sold to L. Rose & Co (Canada) Ltd. 1969.

J. Lyons & Co Ltd (Pty.) Ltd (South Africa).

Sold to Hind Bros & Co. Ltd. 1969.

J. Lyons & Co (Kenya) Ltd.

Ice cream and bakery.

Sold to Razco Investments Ltd. 1988.

Laboratory.

Closed November 1979.

Linden Bakery, Govan.

Sold to Craigton Bakery Ltd (workers co-operative) February 1981.

Lujeri Tea Estates (Malawi).

Sold to Brooke Bond Liebig Ltd. July 1977.

Lyons Bakery Ltd.

Lyons Cakes.
Hale-Trent Ltd.
Molly O'Rourke
Scribona (Scribbans Kemp).
Sara Lee.
Celebrity Holdings (flour).
J. W. French & Co Ltd (flour).
Kromback (Germany).

26 Apr 1995. Sold to Manor Bakeries Ltd (RHM subsidiary of Tomkins plc). Mar 2007 Sold to Premier Foods plc (Lyons and Mr Kipling branded cakes) for £2bn. Jul 2007 Premier Foods plc announce closure of 11 factories and 900 redundancies to save £85m of costs.

Lyons Biscuits Ltd.

Symbol Biscuits Ltd.

Maryland Cookies.

Krispen.

Sold to Premier Biscuits (Hillsdown Holdings plc) 19 December 1994. Sold on to Associated British Foods and became part of Burton's Foods. Burton's was founded in the 1930s under the name Burton's Gold Medal Biscuits. Burton's Foods sold to US private equity form Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst in 2000 for £130m. Hicks, Muse, Tate and Furst renamed HM Capital. March 2007 Burton's Foods bought by Duke Street Capital for a reported £200M. In May 2007 Duke Street Capital shed 660 jobs and closed a factory in Moreton, Wirral, where it made Cadbury's chocolate biscuits. The old Lyons factory at Blackpool was unaffected.

Lyons Brooke Bond (Zambia) Ltd (60%).

Disposal detail unknown.

Lyons Brooke Bond (Pvt) Ltd. (Zimbabwe) (66.67%).

Inyanga Tea.

Disposal detail unknown.

Lyons Club Grounds (Sudbury).

Sold to London Borough of Ealing. March 1967.

Lyons Coffee Businesses.

Sol Tenco Ltd.

Sol Café Ltd.

Bustelo (USA).

Martinson (USA).

Savarin (USA).

Medaglia D'Oro (USA)

Brown Gold (USA).

Goldroast.

Lyons Emblem.

Topchoice

Ground Coffee sold to - Paulig, Finland February 1994.

Sold to Gala Coffee & Tea Co Ltd (subsidiary of Drie-Mollen B.V.). Gala was subsequently acquired by the Japanese company UCC Holdings. UCC Holdings also acquired United Coffee from Cap Vest Equity. United Coffee is now marking the Lyons coffee brand and claim, untruthfully, the Lyons coffee heritage.

Instant Coffee sold to - Kraft Jacobs Suchard February 1994.

Lyons Computer Services Ltd

The Secretariat (Company Secretarial Software)
Payroll Personnel Information System (PPIS)

Computer system closed down 1991. Payroll running/support transferred to Allied Breweries. Secretariat software sales/support transferred to Allied Breweries. Secretariat software sold to Datacare Software (Ireland) during 1990s since which it has been developed into web-based Secretariat Corporate Manager and Global Corporate Manager (GCM).

Lyons Maid Ltd.

Eldorado Ice Cream Ltd.

Neilson's Ice Cream Ltd.

Walkers Dairies Ltd.

Pendletons Ice Cream Ltd.

Midland Counties Ice Cream Ltd.

Tonibell Ltd.

Mister Softee Ltd.

Bertorelli Ltd. Ceased trading February 1992.

Napoli.

Total Investments Ltd.

Sold to Clarke Foods Ltd February 1992. Called in receivers October 1992.

Sold Nestle Ltd December 1992.

Sold to Richmond Foods Ltd 11 September 2001.
Sold to Oaktree Capital Management LCC 2006.

Sold to French Private Equity firm PAI for £714 in April 2013.

Lyons Maid Ltd (Liverpool & Birmingham factories).

Closed December 1982.

Lyons Patisserie Ltd (Frozen Cakes).

CDL 44 Ltd.

Sold to Sweet 'n' Savoury Frozen Foods Ltd. January 1995.

Lyons Seafoods Ltd.

Formerly Flying Goose Ltd.

Chico-O-Roll Co Ltd.

Sold to Mgmt Buyout backed by Pru. Venture Mgrs. Ltd. December 1994.

Lyons Soft Drinks Ltd.

O.R. Groves Ltd.

March 1984 management transferred to Britvic Ltd (part of Allied Breweries Ltd). Lyons Soft Drinks Ltd subsequently liquidated and Rannoch Road production ceased. Britvic originally formed circa 1905 as British Vitamin Products. 1986 Britannia SD Holdings Ltd formed by Bass, Whitbread, Allied Breweries (Allied Domecq) and Intercontinental Hotels to act as soft drinks supplier to the pub estates. 14 December 2005 Britvic plc formed by major shareholders: InterContinental Hotels Group, Whitbread and Pernod Ricard. Five per cent owned by US PepsiCo. May 2007 Britvic purchase C&C Group's (Ireland) soft drinks and distribution businesses for £M170 (E249.2m). Brands include Ballygowan Water and Club Carbonated Fruit Drinks. The deal enabled Britvic to bottle and distribute Pepsi and 7UP in Ireland as it already does in Britain.

Lyons Supermarket.

Closed March 1983 as part of Cadby Hall demolition.

Lyons Tetley Ltd.

S. A. Schonbrunn & Co Inc.

Quick Brew.

Horniman's Tea.

Orange Label.

Red Label.

Green Label.

Silver Label.

Dividend.

Tetley Tea Bags.

Tetley Gold

Black & Green.

Southern Tea Company (Atlanta USA).

Stansand Holdings Ltd.

Catering Sales Ltd.

W. Symington & Co Ltd.

Overseas Trading Corporation Ltd

Grocery Brands sold to Brandway Group February 1991.

Lyons Tetley Ltd management buyout. March 1995.

Tata Tea (India) March 2000.

Marina Kuchen (Germany).

The name has disappeared. Appears not to exist anymore.

Midland Counties Brand (ice cream).

Brand discontinued December 1979.

Normand Ltd.

Charles King Motors Ltd. Bedford (Ford).

Sold to T. Cowie plc 1990 .

Normand (Bedfont) Ltd. BMW, Jensen & Lotus vehicles.

Normand (Bristol) Ltd. (Citroën, Audi, Mitsubishi). Formerly Charles Cruickshank Ltd.

Normand (Bromley) Ltd. Saab Ford, BMW). Formerly Sundridge Park Motors (Bromley).

Normand (City of London) Ltd. Formerly Normand (Continental) Ltd (Mercedes-Benz).

Normand Commercial Vehicles Ltd. (ERF).

Normand-Cruickshank Ltd. (Citroën, Audi, Mercedes-Benz). Formerly Charles Cruickshank Motors Ltd.

Normand (East Anglia) Ltd. (Saab Mercedes-Benz commercial).

Normand-Eurotrucks (Heathrow) Ltd. Commercial (Mercedes).

Normand-Fleetways Ltd. (Commercial Mercedes-Benz, ERF).

Normand (Gatwick) Ltd. (Alfa Romeo BMW).

Normand (Heathrow) Ltd. Formerly Campbell Symonds Heathrow (Vauxhall/Opel).

James Edwards Ltd, Chester (Rover, Vauxhall, Ford).

Normand (Kensington) Ltd. (Citroën, Colt then in July 1984 Austin Rover).

Normand (Maidstone) Ltd.

Normand (Mayfair) Ltd. (Mercedes-Benz, Citroën).

Normand (Maxi-Trucks) Ltd.

Normand-Mobike Ltd. (Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki).

Normand-Supercars Ltd. (Fiat).

Normand (Vehicle Distributors) Ltd.

Normand (West London) Ltd. (Citroën, VW, Audi Mitsubishi).

Eurocars (Bristol) Ltd. (Fiat) .

Eurocars Ltd. (Citroen).

Eurocars (London) Ltd.

Jennens Group (Trucks) Ltd.

Normand (Bradford) Ltd.

Mazda Car Sales (GB) Ltd.

In-Car Audio Ltd.

Walter Jackson Ltd. Swindon (Ford).

Westerns (Dartford) Ltd (Vauxhall Opel).

Sold to Normand Motor Group Ltd March 1990. Management buyout with Phildrew Ventures. Certain, unknown, franchises excluded.

Sold to European Motor Holdings plc July 1994.

Overseas Trading Corporation (1939) Ltd. Jersey.

Operations transferred to Greenford 1990-1991 as part of Lyons Tetley Ltd.

Panrico S.A 60% subsequently 50% (Spain/Portugal).

Panificio.

Sold March 2000 purchaser unknown.

Costafreda Family, Caixa Holding, BancSabadell etc.

Sold November 2005. Tommy Hilfiger Corp. & Apex Partners.

Patrick Grainger & French Ltd.

Buyer unknown. Disposed during May-June 1975.

Ready Brek (part of Lyons Tetley).

Country Brek.

Golden Brek.

Honey Brek.

Coco Brek.

8 till 1 Cereal (muesli).

Cluster Cereal Bar.

Sold to Weetabix Ltd August 1990.

Rose Kia-Ora Sales Company Ltd (49.99%).

Sold to Cadbury Schweppes Ltd. February 1973.

Sabley Holdings (Propriety) Ltd (South Africa).

Sold to South African Breweries Ltd. January 1970.

Sapori (Industrie Riunite del Panforte di Siena SpA).

Pepi (Italy)i.

Tinti (Italy).

Delicia (Italy).

Sold to Choclade Groder B.V. September 1991.

Schmidt & Schneemilch (German tea).

Sold to Otto Grelck 1991/2.

Town & County Catering Co Ltd.

J. L. Catering Ltd.

London Steak House.

Restaurants.

Airport Operations.

Wimbledon Contracts.

Royal Garden Parties Contracts.

Sold to Dieter Abt (Swiss Businessman) April 1990.

Trocadero Centre (ex Restaurant)
Owned by Asif Aziz (Criterion Capital)
2006 plan for 600-bedroom hotel refused
1 Nov 2007 plan for 503-bedroom hotel refused.

Throgmorton Restaurant.

Management transferred to Allied Breweries circa 1980.

Sold to other unknown owners but now named Throgmorton’s

and run as restaurant by Charles Fontaine.

The Throgmorton Restaurant closed in April 2013.

Wimpy Limited.

Pleasure Foods Ltd.

Golden Egg.

Bake 'n Take.

Sold to United Biscuits (Holdings) Ltd. December 1976.
1989. Grand Metropolitan buys Wimpy
1990. £20M management buyout by Max Woolfenden
2002. Former Managing Director John Davison leads 2nd Management Buyout for £15M.

Wimpy Overseas Interests.

Sold to United Biscuits (Holdings) Ltd. July 1977.

Wimpy South Africa.

Sold to Bakers South Africa Ltd. April 1977.

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