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
Ceylon Biscuits Limited This is a joint venture between Ceylon Biscuits Limited and SPAR Group Ltd South Africa. They opened the first supermarket in Thalawathugoda, Colombo. The future plan is to open 50 outlets in the country by 2023. At present this is one of the leading biscuit, chocolate and confectionery manufacturers and marketers in Asia. Ritzbury originally started in 1991 as number four in Sri Lanka's chocolate market. By 2006 it had beaten Kandos (Ceylon Chocolates) to the number two spot, with a 21% market share (although still behind, market leader, Edna Group's 42% share). In 2010 it had become Sri Lanka's