William Jackson & Son Limited (trading as the William Jackson Food Group) is a British food manufacturer.
History
The company was founded by William Jackson (1828–1912), who was born in Elstronwick and opened his first shop at 28 Scale Lane in Hull in 1851.[1][2] He originally traded as a grocer and tea dealer.[3]
The Jacksons Stores chain, which by that time comprised 114 convenience stores across the north of England, was sold to Sainsbury's in 2004.[4]
The first bakery opened in 1891 and the current Jackson's bakery on Derringham Street opened in 1907.[1][3]
The company developed a process for commercially producing Yorkshire puddings in 1968.[3] In 1974, Butlin's leisure company asked the bakery to create a Yorkshire pudding for its holiday camps which led to the development of the Aunt Bessie's brand as of 2016 producing 20 million Yorkshire puddings a week.[5]
The company acquired Abel & Cole in 2012 and The Food Doctor in 2016.[6]
The company sold Aunt Bessie's to Nomad Foods in 2018.[7]
Current operations
The company's businesses include Abel & Cole (organic food delivery), Jacksons (bakery), MyFresh (vegetable processing), The Food Doctor (snacks), Wellocks (supplier to the restaurant industry) and the Ferguson Fawsitt Arms in Walkington (pub-restaurant).[3]
External links
References
- Jackson's bread on sale for first time in a decade Scunthorpe Telegraph, 3 April 2012, retrieved 21 March 2015^
- Founder of Hull's William Jackson Food Group honoured with Mayor's Centenary Plaque Hull CC News, Hull City Council, 21 September 2017, retrieved 14 March 2020^
- Founder of Hull's William Jackson Food Group honoured with Mayor's Centenary Plaque Hull City Council, 21 September 2017, retrieved 6 February 2018^
- Susie Mesure. Sainsbury's snaps up Jackson convenience shop chain The Independent, Independent News and Media, 17 August 2004^
- Made in Hull: 10 great inventions and products from LCD to the boiled sweet Hull Daily Mail, 2 June 2017, retrieved 26 August 2018^
- William Jackson Food Group acquires health food brand British Baker, 18 April 2016, retrieved 7 February 2018^
- William Jackson sells Aunt Bessie's to Nomad Foods 4 June 2018, retrieved 28 February 2019^