Yıldız Holding Yıldız Holding Yıldız Holding is a Turkish conglomerate that is best known for manufacturing food products. The company also produces other consumer goods and has its own retail, private equity and real estate operations. Yıldız Holding is among the largest food manufacturers in CEEMEA (Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa), generating revenues of 34.3 billion TL in 2016 across all businesses. The company employs 56,000 people and has 83 factories (24 of which are outside Turkey). Yıldız Holding has over 300 brands available in more than 130 countries. Through Yıldız Holding’s core focus on biscuits, cakes and
United Biscuits Belgium. It also has a manufacturing site in India. The company's headquarters is in Hayes in suburban West London. The company's main UK distribution centre is at Ashby-de-la-Zouch. The United Biscuits Network, a closed-circuit radio network serving their factories across the UK which was active from 1970 to 1979, spawned the career of UK radio presenter Steve Allen and TV and radio personality Dale Winton. In his 2009 book "The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work", Alain de Botton chronicles his tour and brief experiences with employees of United Biscuits as they launched the "Moments" biscuit line. United Biscuits United Biscuits