Founded | 1935 |
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Founder | Joseph Burton |
Headquarters | St Albans, United Kingdom |
Area served | Worldwide |
Parent | Ferrero Group |
Website | burtonsbiscuits |
Burton's Biscuit Company is a British biscuit manufacturer. It is recognised in the UK as the second-biggest supplier of biscuits.[1] The company was formed by the merger of Burton's Gold Medal Biscuits and Horizon Biscuit Company in October 2000. It re-branded from Burton's Foods to Burton's Biscuit Company in November 2011. It employs over 2,200 people around the UK, in three main manufacturing facilities, Llantarnam, Edinburgh and Blackpool, a chocolate refinery in Moreton, and a central distribution hub in Liverpool. Its head office is in St Albans.
Burton's is the UK's number two biscuit maker[2] and many of its products are sold globally.