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
Aero Biscuits Aero Biscuits Aero Biscuits, or Nestlé Aero Biscuits, is an aerated-chocolate and biscuit family of products based on Nestlé's popular Aero product line. On 25 April 2011, Nestlé released the first flavour of Aero Biscuits onto the market in The United Kingdom and Ireland. The product consists of Aero aerated chocolate, along with several sphere shaped pea sized biscuits nestled in a milk chocolate coating. On 21 May 2012, Nestlé released two additional flavours of Aero Biscuits onto the market in The United Kingdom and Ireland. The two flavours are Aero Orange Biscuits, and Aero Mint Biscuits (Aero Mint is