Our Story
From our bakeries to your tea breaks, Fox's Burton's Companies has always been all about crafting biscuits that make people smile. And you've been smiling for nearly 200 years.
FBC today
1
Britain’s best loved biscuits
*Number 1 in taste tests for special treat chocolate biscuits and sandwich biscuits
16%
CAGR since FBC UK established.
55+
countries we sell in
9
Locations across the UK
3,800 +
People in our teams
13b +
Biscuits baked each year
Our history
1853
Michael Spedding bakes his very first batch of brandy snaps, selling them to shows, shops and traders from his Batley bakery.
1882
First Burton’s Biscuits are baked by George Burton.
1895
Paterson's Brand founded by J Paterson in 1895, in the Royal Burgh of Rutherglen manufacturing and selling oatcakes from the back of horse drawn van, expanding the Rutherglen Bakery Between 1914 and 1937.
1897
Fred Ellis Fox (Michael Spedding's son inlaw), takes over the business in 1897, renaming it F E Fox & Co – and that’s where Fox's Biscuits gets its name.
1916
Thomas Fudge's brand is created.
1922
Bee Bee Biscuits Ltd opens a biscuit bakery in Blackpool - the home of Maryland cookies.
1927
Fox's current Batley bakery is created.
1935
Burton's Gold Medal Biscuits is founded by the grandson of George Burton, the baker of the original biscuits in the early 1900's.
1949
Burtons sold to ABF and two further bakeries founded in Llantarnam and Edinburgh baking brands such as Jammie Dodgers, Royal Edinburgh shortbread and Wagon Wheels.
1966
Fox's acquires Parkinson's Biscuits and the Kirkham Bakery is created.
1970
The Arran Mustard Company is founded by a retired police CID officer (Ian Russell) who started making mustard in his own kitchen to sell in his gift shop in Brodick, Isle of Arran.
1971
Paterson's moves bakery to current Livingston operation.
1977
Fox's is sold to Northern Foods Ltd., and over the years new brands are born from the simply delicious Fox’s Crinkle Crunch to decadently fabulous Fox’s Chocolatey Rounds. striving to lovingly bake biscuits that are better than any other.
1984
Arran Mustard Company becomes Arran Provisions and the original factory built on the Monamore site.
1994
Paterson's acquires the Arran Provisions to Paterson Arran Ltd created.
1998
Dorset Village Bakery Ltd is formed including the brand Thomas Fudge's.
2011
Northern Foods Ltd is restructured with Fox's Biscuits Ltd being sold to 2Sisters Food Group.
2019
Paterson Arran Ltd and Dorset Village Bakery Ltd are bought by Burton's Foods Ltd.
2020
Fox's Biscuits is aquired by a Ferrero affiliated company.
2021
Burton's Foods Ltd is sold to a Ferrero affiliated company.
2022
Fox’s & Burton’s Biscuits merge together to become FBC UK.
2024
Ferrero-related company (CTH Invest SA) acquires Nonni’s Bakery in the US. FBC UK establishes a partnership with Nonni’s.
Frequently asked questions
Fox's Biscuits has been delighting biscuit lovers since 1853. Over the years, Fox's has become synonymous with high-quality biscuits, offering a wide range of products including Chocolatey biscuits and Party Rings. In 2022, the Company merged with Burton's Biscuits, bringing 2 iconic biscuit brands together and delighting biscuit lovers across the UK and beyond.
In 2022, Fox's Biscuits and Burton's Biscuits merged to form Fox's Burton's Companies (FBC UK), combining the strengths of two iconic British biscuit brands. This union allows us to leverage our heritage and expertise to deliver exceptional biscuit products.
Fox's Burton's Companies (FBC UK) proudly encompasses a range of iconic biscuit brands including Fox's Biscuits, known for their luxurious cookies and classic teatime favourites, and Burton's Biscuits brands, famous for beloved products like Jammie Dodgers, Wagon Wheels and Maryland cookies. Together, these brands represent the best in British baking.
Our biscuits are crafted in several locations across the UK, from Dorset, to Batley, to the Isle of Arran.
Burton's Biscuits has a rich history that spans over a century, with roots in the Burton's Biscuit Company established in 1935. With a long-standing tradition of crafting beloved biscuits like Jammie Dodgers and Wagon Wheels, the company merged with Fox's Biscuits in 2022 , bringing 2 iconic biscuit brands together and delighting biscuit lovers across the UK and beyond.