Tilda is a rice and related food products company headquartered in Rainham, England and with offices in Dubai (UAE) and Delhi (India).[1]
Founded by entrepreneur Rashmi Thakrar[2] who fled to the UK during the Expulsion of Asians from Uganda in 1972, its basmati rice is the top-selling rice in the United Kingdom.[3] Starting in 1994, they have operated Tilda Foodservice, providing professional kitchens with a variety of uncooked dry and frozen rice products.
The company was purchased in 2014 by US group Hain Celestial.[1] Hain Celestial Group sold the company to Spanish group Ebro Foods in August 2019.[4]
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References
- Ashley Armstrong. Tilda rice bought by US food group Hain Celestial The Telegraph, 13 January 2014, retrieved 3 January 2018^
- https://www.asiantrader.biz/tilda-celebrates-fifty-years-of-rice-and-good-practice-too^
- Vipul Thakrar. Uganda Asians: Then and Now, Here and There, We contributed, We contribute. 22 January 1995, retrieved 3 January 2018^
- Luis Peña Pazos. Acquisition of Tilda 28 August 2019, retrieved 30 May 2020^