Richmond Foods
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R&R Ice Cream is an ice cream manufacturer headquartered at Leeming Bar
, North Yorkshire
, England.
It holds the license to make a number of branded ice cream products and variations. The company currently owns the license to make a range of Nestlé
ices having bought the division from the Swiss company. Along with a number of ice cream variations of Nestlé chocolate bars (such as Toffee Crisp
), the firm also produces a number of well known brands (such as FAB
) that has been in production for over 20 years, and come from the time before Nestlé SA's 1988 take over of British company Rowntree Mackintosh. Many of Nestlé's ice cream brands were formerly made by J. Lyons and Co.
under the brand name Lyons Maid
.
On 5 May 2006, Richmond Foods announced that it was to be taken over by Oaktree Investments, an American Investment Company, who will unite Roncadin, the biggest German own-brand label ice cream manufacturer, and Richmond, to make the largest ice cream manufacturer in Europe. The company is now known as R&R Ice Cream.
The company manufactures over 600 million ice lollies every year, produces and packages over 70 per cent of 2 litre supermarket own brand ice cream, including for major UK supermarkets such as Tesco
and Asda
, and employs over 450 people at its Leeming Bar plant.
Leeming Bar
Leeming Bar is a village in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England.-Geography:Located next to the A1 and near RAF Leeming it is home to the main depot and current terminus of the Wensleydale Railway at Leeming Bar railway station as well as the Dales & District bus company. It was...
, North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan or shire county located in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, and a ceremonial county primarily in that region but partly in North East England. Created in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972 it covers an area of , making it the largest...
, England.
It holds the license to make a number of branded ice cream products and variations. The company currently owns the license to make a range of Nestlé
Nestlé
Nestlé S.A. is the world's largest food and nutrition company. Founded and headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland, Nestlé originated in a 1905 merger of the Anglo-Swiss Milk Company, established in 1867 by brothers George Page and Charles Page, and Farine Lactée Henri Nestlé, founded in 1866 by Henri...
ices having bought the division from the Swiss company. Along with a number of ice cream variations of Nestlé chocolate bars (such as Toffee Crisp
Toffee Crisp
The Toffee Crisp bar is a well known chocolate bar which is produced by Nestlé in the United Kingdom. It consists of puffed rice embedded in soft toffee and shaped into a rectangular cuboid, the whole bar being covered by milk chocolate.- History :...
), the firm also produces a number of well known brands (such as FAB
Fab (brand)
The brand fab is a popular ice lolly on a stick in the United Kingdom, introduced by J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. Launched nationally in May 1967.Designed primarily for the 3 million girls in Britain aged 5-15, the Fab was based around Gerry Anderson's Thunderbirds TV series...
) that has been in production for over 20 years, and come from the time before Nestlé SA's 1988 take over of British company Rowntree Mackintosh. Many of Nestlé's ice cream brands were formerly made by J. Lyons and Co.
J. Lyons and Co.
J. Lyons & Co. was a market-dominant British restaurant-chain, food-manufacturing, and hotel conglomerate founded in 1887 as a spin-off from the Salmon & Gluckstein tobacco company....
under the brand name Lyons Maid
Lyons Maid
Lyons Maid was a brand of ice-creams and ice-lollies created in 1925as a spin-off from the J. Lyons and Co. retail organisation.Well known brands produced by Lyons Maid included: Zoom, Strawberry Mivvie, Orange Maid, Lolly Gobble Choc Bomb, Fab and Haunted House.Its heyday was probably the 1970s...
.
On 5 May 2006, Richmond Foods announced that it was to be taken over by Oaktree Investments, an American Investment Company, who will unite Roncadin, the biggest German own-brand label ice cream manufacturer, and Richmond, to make the largest ice cream manufacturer in Europe. The company is now known as R&R Ice Cream.
The company manufactures over 600 million ice lollies every year, produces and packages over 70 per cent of 2 litre supermarket own brand ice cream, including for major UK supermarkets such as Tesco
Tesco
Tesco plc is a global grocery and general merchandise retailer headquartered in Cheshunt, United Kingdom. It is the third-largest retailer in the world measured by revenues and the second-largest measured by profits...
and Asda
Asda
Asda Stores Ltd is a British supermarket chain which retails food, clothing, general merchandise, toys and financial services. It also has a mobile telephone network, , Asda Mobile...
, and employs over 450 people at its Leeming Bar plant.
Nestlé brands in production
- Toffee CrispToffee CrispThe Toffee Crisp bar is a well known chocolate bar which is produced by Nestlé in the United Kingdom. It consists of puffed rice embedded in soft toffee and shaped into a rectangular cuboid, the whole bar being covered by milk chocolate.- History :...
- from Rowntree Mackintosh - RoloRoloRolo is a brand of truncated-cone-shaped or frustum-shaped chocolates with a caramel centre, the shape resembling that of a shallow inverted bucket or tub or a traditional lampshade. They are made by Nestlé, except in the United States where production has been under licence by The Hershey Company...
- from Rowntree Mackintosh - FABFab (brand)The brand fab is a popular ice lolly on a stick in the United Kingdom, introduced by J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. Launched nationally in May 1967.Designed primarily for the 3 million girls in Britain aged 5-15, the Fab was based around Gerry Anderson's Thunderbirds TV series...
- from Rowntree Mackintosh and before that Lyons Maid