Fox's Confectionery
English confectioner founded in 1880, known for Glacier Mints.
Fox's Confectionery Ltd, an English sweets maker, was founded in 1880 by Walter Richard Fox in Braunstone, Leicester. It began as a wholesale grocery and confectionery business in a Victorian warehouse. By 1897, the company produced more than 100 different confectionery lines. The polar bear mascot for Fox's Glacier Mints, named Peppy (short for peppermint), was designed by Leicester artist C. Reginald Dalby, who also illustrated The Railway Series books.
Quick Facts
- Founded
- 1880
- Parent
- Valeo Foods
- Headquarters
- Braunstone, Leicester, United Kingdom
- Industry
- Confectionery
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Background
Fox's Confectionery began in 1880 when Walter Richard Fox set up a wholesale grocery and confectionery business in a Victorian warehouse in Leicester. By 1897 the company was manufacturing over 100 different confectionery lines. In 1969, the company was acquired by Mackintosh's, a year prior to the creation of Rowntree Mackintosh when Mackintosh merged with Rowntree's of York. After purchasing Rowntree-Macintosh in 1988, Nestlé sold the Fox's Brand and its Leicester site to Northern Foods in 2001.
The company was sold to Big Bear Ltd in 2003. Big Bear Confectionery had sites in Blackburn, Leicester and Nimbus. Fox's Confectionery was acquired by Valeo Foods in 2015. In Indonesia, Fox's candies are currently owned, manufactured and exported to numerous global markets by Savoria (a subsidiary of Djarum Group, a leading Indonesian conglomerate). Fox's Indonesia was acquired by Djarum from Nestle in 2018.
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