| 词条 | Jacob's |
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Jacob's is a brand name for several lines of biscuits and crackers in Ireland and the United Kingdom. The brand name is owned by the Jacob Fruitfield Food Group, part of Valeo Foods, which produces snacks for the Irish market. In the UK, the brand name is used under license by United Biscuits, part of Pladis. HistoryThe originator of the Jacob's brand name was the small biscuit bakery, W & R Jacob, founded in 1851 in Bridge Street, Waterford, Ireland by William Beale Jacob and his brother Robert. It later moved to Bishop Street in Dublin, Ireland, with a factory in Peter's Row. A factory in Aintree, Liverpool was opened in 1914. Jacob's Bishop Street premises was one of several prominent Dublin buildings occupied by rebels during the Easter Rising of 1916 In 1922 a separate English company was formed, W & R Jacob (L'pool) Ltd.[1] The two branches separated, with the Dublin branch retaining the W & R Jacob name while the Liverpool branch was renamed Jacob's Bakery Ltd. In the 1970s, W & R Jacob in Dublin merged with Boland's Biscuits to form Irish Biscuits Ltd. and moved to Tallaght, Ireland. The Liverpool factory joined Associated Biscuits in 1960, which was purchased by Nabisco in 1982.[2] In 1990, the two companies once again came under common ownership and became Jacob's Biscuit Group when they were acquired by the French company Groupe Danone. In July 2004, Groupe Danone and United Biscuits announced that they had made an agreement for the latter to acquire Jacob's Biscuit Group.[3][4] With the acquisition of Groupe Danone's biscuit division by Kraft Foods, the production and sales of Jacob's biscuits in Malaysia are done through Kraft Foods Malaysia. However, days later Groupe Danone, United Biscuits, and Fruitfield Foods announced that Jacob's Biscuit Group would be split, with United Biscuits acquiring only the UK portion of the Group and Fruitfield Foods acquiring the Ireland portion.[5][6][7] Fruitfield Foods was subsequently renamed the Jacob Fruitfield Food Group and is now part of the Valeo Food Group. Valeo Foods was established in September 2010 through the merger of Batchelors and Origin Foods.[8] Since their acquisitions, United Biscuits and Jacob Fruitfield Food Group have sparred in court over the use of the Jacob's brand name.[9][10] In 2009, after 156 years of making biscuits in Ireland, Jacob Fruitfield shut its Tallaght plant. 220 jobs were lost while the company retained around 100 staff in a variety of roles.[11] Industrial relationsThe well-known activist and trade union organizer Rosie Hackett worked for some years as a messenger for Jacob's. At that time the working conditions in the factory were poor. On 22 August 1911 Rosie helped organize the withdrawal of women's labor in Jacob's factory to support their male colleagues who were already on strike. With the women's help, the men secured better working conditions and a pay rise. Two weeks later, at the age of eighteen, Rosie co-founded the Irish Women Worker's Union (IWWU) with Delia Larkin. During the 1913 Lockout Rosie helped mobilize the Jacob's workers to come out in solidarity with other workers, they in turn were locked out by their own employers. In 1914 her Jacob's employers sacked her over her role in the Lockout.[12] Aintree FactoryThe Aintree site, which opened in 1914, was Jacob's first English factory, and remains the primary producer of Jacob's products in the UK, including Cream Crackers and Twiglets.[13] The factory produces over 55,000 tonnes of products each year and, in 2015, received a £10,000,000 investment from United Biscuits to further boost output. At the same time, however, United Biscuits claimed it had to suspend company sickpay because of "record levels of absenteeism" at the Aintree factory, where 800 workers are employed. See also
References1. ^{{Cite web |last = The History of Advertising Trust |authorlink = History of Advertising Trust |title = 1958 Jacobs Club Biscuit (00_00_1958 HAT_20_01) |date = 2011-06-10 |url = http://www.hatads.org.uk/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=30355 |accessdate = 2011-08-13 |deadurl = yes |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110929075707/http://www.hatads.org.uk/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=30355 |archivedate = 2011-09-29 |df =}} 2. ^{{Cite web | last = Liverpool Record Office | authorlink = Liverpool City Council | title = W & R Jacob Ltd.; 1839- | date = 2011-08-13 | url = http://archive.liverpool.gov.uk/dserve.exe?&dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Persons&dsqSearch=Code=='DS225'&dsqCmd=Show.tcl | accessdate = 2011-08-13}} 3. ^{{cite press release |title = Groupe Danone Sells Biscuit Operations in the UK and Malaysia |publisher = Groupe Danone |date = 2004-07-23 |url = http://www.danone.com/wps/portal/jump/DanoneCorporateIntl.Press.Archives.Commun?ref=CMS.DanoneCorporateIntl.Press.Archives.2004Trim3.23juillet2004 |accessdate = 2007-10-30 |deadurl = yes |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20060516221147/http://www.danone.com/wps/portal/jump/DanoneCorporateIntl.Press.Archives.Commun?ref=CMS.DanoneCorporateIntl.Press.Archives.2004Trim3.23juillet2004 |archivedate = 2006-05-16 |df =}} 4. ^{{cite press release |title = UB to Acquire Jacob's |publisher = United Biscuits |date = 2004-07-23 |url = http://www.unitedbiscuits.co.uk/80256C1A0047922E/vWeb/pcACHS636G2L |accessdate = 2007-10-30 |deadurl = yes |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080212160015/http://www.unitedbiscuits.co.uk/80256C1A0047922E/vWeb/pcACHS636G2L |archivedate = 2008-02-12 |df =}} 5. ^{{cite press release |title = Groupe Danone Has Just Finalized the Sale of its Biscuit Operations in the Republic of Ireland (W & R Jacob Ltd.) to Fruitfield Foods Ltd |publisher = Groupe Danone |date = 2004-08-03 |url = http://www.danone.com/wps/portal/jump/DanoneCorporateIntl.Press.Commun2004PressReleases?ref=CMS.DanoneCorporateIntl.Press.Archives.2004Trim3.3aout04 |accessdate = 2007-10-30}}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 6. ^{{cite press release |title = Update on UB's Acquisition of Jacob's |publisher = United Biscuits |date = 2004-08-03 |url = http://www.unitedbiscuits.co.uk/80256C1A0047922E/vWeb/pcACHS63HL4W |accessdate = 2007-10-30 |deadurl = yes |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080212160031/http://www.unitedbiscuits.co.uk/80256C1A0047922E/vWeb/pcACHS63HL4W |archivedate = 2008-02-12 |df =}} 7. ^{{cite press release | title = Fruitfield Foods Buys W&R Jacob | publisher = Jacob Fruitfield Food Group | date = 2004-08-03 | url = http://www.jacobfruitfield.com/news/news_detail.asp?id=20 | accessdate = 2007-10-30}} 8. ^{{cite web |url = http://www.rte.ie/news/business/2010/0910/135449-origin/ |title = Origin Foods & Batchelors merge to form Valeo |date = 2010-09-10 |publisher = RTÉ News}} 9. ^{{Cite web | last = RTÉ News | authorlink = RTÉ News | title = Legal Battle Over Fig Roll Packaging | date = 2007-10-01 | url = http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/1001/94163-jacobs/ | accessdate = 2016-10-13}} 10. ^{{Cite web | last = RTÉ News | authorlink = RTÉ News | title = McVitie's Ordered to Change All Packaging | date = 2007-10-03 | url = http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/1003/94275-jacob/ | accessdate = 2016-10-13}} 11. ^{{Cite web | last = RTÉ News | authorlink = RTÉ News | title = Jacob's ends production after 156 years | date = 2009-05-22 | url = http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0522/jacobs-business.html | accessdate = 2009-08-06}} 12. ^{{cite web|url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1428199903|title=A working class hero, and a woman to boot: A child of the Dublin tenements, Rosie Hackett put her life on the line for justice|accessdate=14 November 2014}} 13. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.unitedbiscuits.com/news/corporate-news/united-biscuits-celebrates-centenary-at-jacobs-aintree-factory/|title=United Biscuits celebrates centenary at Jacob's Aintree factory|last=|first=|date=|work=United Biscuits|access-date=27 September 2018|language=en}} External links
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