Papers of Nestlé UK

Ledger containing accounts for advertising expenses; bad and doubtful debtors; manufacturing and advertising for Societe Generale Suisse de Chocolats, Societe Anonyme des Plieuses Automatiques and Nestle; travellers' expenses; carriage expenses; export expenses; warehouse expenses; cash accounts; automatic machines and overall profit and loss, 1905-1910.

Nestlé opened its first UK factory in 1901 and in 1905 merged with the Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company who had opened a factory in Chippenham, Wiltshire, in 1873. In 1988 Nestlé acquired Rowntree’s, the famous British confectioners founded by Mary Tuke in York in 1725 and acquired by the Rowntree family in 1862.

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The archive was gifted to the Borthwick Institute in 2001.

Nestlé opened its first UK factory in 1901 and in 1905 merged with the Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company who had opened a factory in Chippenham, Wiltshire, in 1873. In 1988 Nestlé acquired Rowntree’s, the famous British confectioners founded by Mary Tuke in York in 1725 and acquired by the Rowntree family in 1862.

A typescript finding aid, to file level, is available for consultation in the searchroom of the Borthwick Institute.

Created by S. A. Shearn, 01.05.15.

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