Elizabeth Shaw (confectionery company)

Elizabeth Shaw
Company typePrivate
IndustryConfectionery
Founded1810 (Ewbanks)
HeadquartersBristol, UK
Key people
James Goldsmith, (chairman)
ProductsFamous Brands & Elizabeth Shaw
ParentColian Holding

Elizabeth Shaw Ltd is a Bristol-based company owned by Colian Holding that markets chocolate-based confectionery, including the brands Famous Names liqueur chocolates and Elizabeth Shaw Mint chocolates. The modern company was formed from several mergers of well established confectionery companies, first by J A & P Holland and then by James Goldsmith in the 1960s as part of his creation of his food conglomerate Cavenham Foods.