Valeo Confectionery

Valeo Confectionery Limited
Formerly
  • Orbitpalm Limited (June–October 1986)[1]
  • Sk Daintee Holdings Limited (1986–2000)[1]
  • Toms Confectionery Limited (2000–2006)[1]
  • Tangerine Confectionery Limited (2006–2019)[1]
Company typePrivate
IndustryConfectionery
FoundedJune 4, 1986; 38 years ago (1986-06-04)[1]
Headquarters
Pontefract
,
England
Number of locations
6 factories
Revenue£150,000,000
OwnerValeo Foods
Number of employees
1,500 (2009)
Websitevaleoconfectionery.com

Valeo Confectionery Limited (formerly known as Tangerine Confectionery Limited and Toms Confectionery Limited)[1] is a British confectionery company with its headquarters in Pontefract, West Yorkshire. Since 2006, it had grown through acquisitions into one of the largest independent confectionery companies in Europe[2] before acquisition by Valeo Foods and the fourth largest sweet maker in the United Kingdom.[3] The company has six factories: Blackburn, Blackpool, Cleckheaton, Liverpool, Pontefract and York.[4]

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Valeo Confectionery Limited overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". Companies House. 4 June 1986. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Tangerine Confectionery awarded Halal Food Authority accreditation". talkingretail.com. 18 August 2009. Retrieved 20 November 2009.
  3. ^ "Sweet dreams are made of this!". Blackpool Gazette. 3 September 2009. Retrieved 19 November 2009.
  4. ^ "Our Factories". valeoconfectionery.com. Archived from the original on 9 March 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2022.