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| Product type | Tea |
|---|---|
| Owner | Lipton Teas and Infusions |
| Country | Scotland |
| Introduced | 1890 |
| Markets | Worldwide |
| Previous owners | |
| Website | lipton.com |
Lipton is a brand named after its founder, Sir Thomas Lipton who started an eponymous grocery retail business in the United Kingdom in 1871. The brand was used for various consumer goods sold in Lipton stores, including tea from 1890 for which the brand is now best known.
The Lipton brand today is owned by LIPTON Teas and Infusions after CVC Capital Partners acquired the business from Unilever in 2022.[1]
Unilever retained use of the Lipton brand for tea in India, Nepal, and Indonesia as well as for ready to drink beverages globally, such as Lipton Ice Tea, which are sold by a joint venture between Unilever and PepsiCo,[2][3] and not associated with LIPTON Teas and Infusions.
Unilever continues to produce instant soup mixes under the Lipton name in North America,[4] which is also not associated with LIPTON Teas and Infusions.
- ^ "CVC agrees €4.5bn deal to buy Unilever's tea business". www.ft.com.
- ^ Editor, Ashley Armstrong, Retail (27 May 2024). "Unilever agrees sale of PG Tips and Lipton to CVC Capital Partners".
{{cite news}}:|last1=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Unilever completes sale of tea business - Food & Drink Business". www.foodanddrinkbusiness.com.au.
- ^ https://www.liptonkitchens.com/home.html.
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