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Back to Corporate Watch Report History of Northern Foods Plc Derived from
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| 1937 | Business started by Alec Horsley in Holme on Spalding Moor |
| 1942 | Business registered as Northern Dairies |
| 1956 | Northern Dairies becomes a public company |
| 1972 | Company changes name to Northern Foods plc |
| 1977 | Acquires Fox’s biscuits |
| 1978 | Acquired Pork Farms |
| 1981 | Acquired Dorset Chilled Foods |
| 1985 | Acquired Bowyers (Wiltshire) Ltd, Elkes Biscuits |
| 1986 | Acquired Batchelors |
| 1988 | Pennine Foods built, Acquired Evesham Foods |
| 1990 | Acquired Palethorpes |
| 1991 | Acquired Park Cake Bakeries, Bolton, Trafford
Park Bakery Kara Foods and Grain D’Or, Express Dairies, Eden Vale |
| 1992 | Acquired 24% shareholding in Fletchers Bakery Acquired Matthew Walker |
| 1993 | Acquired Vanderheul, Holland |
| 1995 | Acquired Green Isle |
| 1998 | Acquired Cavaghan and Gray Demerger of Express Dairies Acquired George Payne & Co |
| 1999 | Acquired remaining stake in Fletchers Bakery |
| 2000 | Acquired 40% stake in Solway Foods |
| 2001 | Acquired Lacemont Ltd Acquired Fox’s Confectionery |
| 2002 | Sold Vanderheul Sold ski and Munch Bunch brands |