Thorntons
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Thorntons Limited is a British chocolate manufacturer owned by the Italian confectionery company, Ferrero. It was established in 1911 by William Joseph Thornton and Joseph Thornton, his father, in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- business
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Headquarters
- Alfreton
- Parent organization
- Ferrero SpA
- Industry
- food industry
- Legal form
- joint-stock company
- Official website
- www.thorntons.co.uk
- Image
- Thorntonsbanbury.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- History
- The Thornton family
- 2009–present – trading difficulties
- Publicity
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Thorntons Limited is a British chocolate manufacturer owned by the Italian confectionery company, Ferrero. It was established in 1911 by William Joseph Thornton and Joseph Thornton, his father, in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.
When Cadbury became part of the Mondelez International predecessor Kraft Foods, Thorntons had become the largest confectionery-only parent company in Britain. The company was purchased by the Italian firm Ferrero in June 2015 for £112.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Thorntons” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.