McVitie's shop floor roles redundant at their Manchester manufacturing facility. This redundancy announcement was also due to the modernisation agenda of the company and also involves a move from an 8-hour 5 day operation, to a 12-hour 7 day operation. In November 2014 United Biscuits, and hence also McVitie's, became owned by Turkish company Yildiz which in 2016 grouped some of its subsidiaries including United Biscuits as pladis (see United Biscuits). McVitie's McVitie's is a British snack food brand owned by United Biscuits. The name derives from the original Scottish biscuit maker, McVitie & Price, Ltd., established in 1830 on Rose
Pladis in all five categories of chocolate, biscuits, cake, candy and gum. The pladis name was inspired by the Pleiades constellation, a group of seven stars visible from anywhere on Earth. Godiva Chocolates was acquired by Yildiz Holding in 2008. In 2014, Yildiz acquired DeMet's Candy Company for $221 million, which includes the US wholesale brand Flipz and Turtles. That same year, Yildiz acquired United Biscuits, the parent company of McVitie's, making it the third largest cookie company in the world. pladis also owns Go Ahead, Koninklijke Verkade which includes brands such as Verkade and Sultana, and Biskrem. Pladis Pladis Ltd