| 词条 | Wright's Biscuits |
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| name = Wright's Biscuits | logo = | caption = | type = | traded_as = | genre = | fate = | predecessor = | successor = | foundation = 1790 (public company in 1936) | founder = | defunct = 1973 | location_city = | location_country = | location = South Shields, Tyne and Wear | locations = | area_served = United Kingdom | key_people = | industry = | products = | services = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | assets = | equity = | owner = | num_employees = | parent = | divisions = | subsid = | footnotes = | intl = }} Wright's Biscuits (also Wright's (South Shields)) were established in 1790 by L Wright & Son. In the 1930s they implemented intensive factory methods for production and became a national supplier of biscuits, cakes and groceries as well as a leading employer for Tyne and Wear. Children's illustrator Mabel Lucie Attwell created the Wright's logo, a curly-haired boy called Mischief. The Mischief Club existed for children with members getting a collectable badge. HistoryWright's Biscuits was established in 1790 at Holborn in South Shields to produce ships' biscuits. After a fire in 1898, completely new buildings were created at Tyne Dock. The Second World War saw day and night production for the Army. Around 300 employees, mostly women, worked shifts around the clock.[1] The organization became a public company in 1936. At the first AGM, the company was described as "commenced from nothing only four years ago".[2] In 1962 J Lyons took control of the Wright's Cakes factory with Wright's Biscuits considering national van sales of cakes to no longer be sufficiently profitable.[3] In the same year Wright's Biscuits bought Kemp Biscuits from Scribbans.[4] By 1966, due to the losses by Kemp Biscuits Ltd, the growth of Wright's Biscuits was hampered.[5] In 1972, United Biscuits took over Wright's Biscuits, Kemp Biscuits Ltd and Carr's Carlisle making it part of the giant Cavenham Foods group.[6][7] In October 1972 the company was put into administration and the factory finally closing in 1973.[8] The factory was reopened in 1975 under the name of Lowe's for the production of dog biscuits. This ran until 1983 at which time the factory and the chimney (a landmark for Tyne and Wear Dock area) were demolished.[1] References1. ^1 {{cite web|first=Adam|last=Bell|url=http://www.shieldsgazette.com/community/cookson-country/ships_biscuits_were_a_bit_of_all_wright_1_2985936 |title=Ships' biscuits were a bit of all Wright - Cookson Country |publisher=Shields Gazette |date= |accessdate=2011-07-07}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2011}}2. ^{{cite news |title=Wright's Biscuits; Prospectus Estimates Exceeded |date=31 August 1937 |page=17 |newspaper=The Times}} 3. ^{{cite news |title=Wright's Biscuits Deal With J. Lyons |date=30 August 1962 |page=14 |newspaper=The Times}} 4. ^{{cite news |title=Biscuit Firm's Turnover Up; Big Improvement By Subsidiary |date=19 November 1965 |page=19 |newspaper=The Times}} 5. ^{{cite news |title=Wright's biscuits growth checked by Kemp losses |date=16 September 1966 |page=17 |newspaper= The Times}} 6. ^{{cite news |title=Mr Goldsmith takes Paris by storm; Mr Jimmy Goldsmith's Cavenham group is buying its way into a major French combine. Maurice Corina, Industrial Editor, describes a meteoric career |date=14 April 1972 |page=19 |newspaper=The Times}} 7. ^{{citation | last1=Massey | first1=Doreen B. | year=1982 | title=The anatomy of job loss: the how, why, and where of employment decline | last2=Meegan | first2=Richard A. | publisher=Taylor & Francis | isbn=978-0-416-32360-3 | page=80 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V9AOAAAAQAAJ}} 8. ^{{cite news |title=Wright's Biscuits Limited |date=17 October 1972 |page=21 |newspaper=The Times}} 2 : 1791 establishments in England|Biscuits (British style) |
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