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
Tangerine Confectionery delisted by the Halal Food Authority. In 2014, Tangerine announced the closure of its Clifton Road factory in Blackpool. It said its other Blackpool site in Vicarage Road would remain open. In August 2018, Valeo Foods announced completion of its acquisition of Tangerine Confectionery. Tangerine Confectionery has factories in Blackpool, Cleckheaton, Liverpool, Pontefract and York. Its head office, originally in Blackpool, is now in Pontefract in West Yorkshire. Tangerine Confectionery Tangerine Confectionery is a British confectionery company with its headquarters in Pontefract, West Yorkshire. It has grown, since 2006, through acquisitions into one of the largest independent confectionery companies in