Carr's Table Water Biscuits, 125 g (Pack of 1)

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a b c d Brendon, Piers (11 October 1997). "Baking business history at the biscuit factory". The Independent. London . Retrieved 4 December 2013. Olive oil – Extra Virgin for a little bit of flavour or just plain olive oil if you don’t want the taste to come though. A committed Quaker, Carr was a gentle, kind and modest man. An enlightened employer, he had established a library for his workforce by 1841.

With assistance from Philip Henry Howard (1801 – 1883), the Member of Parliament for Carlisle, Carr was appointed biscuit maker to Queen Victoria in 1841. He was at this point the sole manufacturer of machine-made biscuits in the United Kingdom. At this stage only four varieties of biscuit were produced. The Carlisle factory employed over 600 people in 2016, and produced McVitie’s products such as the Gold bar, as well as Carr’s Water Biscuits. It is the oldest continually-operating biscuit factory in the world. Carrs of carlisle Carrs water biscuits history of carrs of carlisle The Maldon mill is the smallest and most flexible of the Carr’s mills. It is located on the banks of the River Chelmer, in Maldon Essex where it has been since 1896. It is located in the heart of one of the finest wheat growing regions in the UK and as a result 70% of the wheat is locally sourced within 30 miles of the mill. Maldon mill, is a supplier to many of the artisan bakers, particularily in the London area. Goldsmith rationalised the Carr product range. Through television advertising he was able to triple the sales of Table Water biscuits by 1966, to take around three percent of the British biscuit market. Henry Carr died in 1904 and he was succeeded as chairman by Theodore Carr (1866 – 1931), the son of Thomas Carr.

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Overexpansion led to liquidity issues, and the business was forced to tender a public offering of shares in 1894. An 1896 advertisement for Carr & Co Henry Carr was appointed chairman of the business. A deeply spiritual man, he had a greater inclination towards religion than commerce. However he was determined to show that he was worthy of the legacy left him by his father. He ventured upon an ambitious expansion of the biscuit factory, almost doubling its productive capacity in 1891. Carr & Co was a mid-sized British biscuit producer by the 1960s, and suffered from increasing competition from the larger manufacturers. Carr's Flour Mills and the later established agricultural supplies and feeds businesses became Carr's Milling Industries plc, which is still based in Carlisle and now known as Carr's Group PLC. Its products have since the 1990s appeared in UK supermarkets through the Carr's Breadmaker flour range. Carr's Group also own companies involved in light engineering. [2] In 2016 Carr's Group sold the flour-milling division to Whitworths Holdings Ltd.

Jonathan Carr protested against the Corn Laws, which placed steep tariffs on imported wheat to keep the price of British wheat artificially high. This meant bread was expensive even in times of famine. [4] Carr died in 1884, but by 1885, the company was making 128 varieties of biscuit and employing 1000 workers. [5] United Biscuits immediately transferred some Carlisle production to a factory in Liverpool, with the loss of 80 jobs. However the Carlisle factory escaped closure, in part, due to its excellent labour relations, which were in themselves a valuable asset. Carr & Co produced 4,500 tons of biscuits a year by 1939, and was one of the largest biscuit manufacturers in Britain. The biscuit factory was one of the largest in the world. A view of the Carlisle factory in 2008 Moderate - On your feet for much of the day, either standing or occasional slow paced walking. Typical jobs: shop assistant, teacher, chef/cook, bar worker, engineer. a b c "Company History". Carr’s Milling Industries. Archived from the original on 31 March 2015 . Retrieved 4 December 2013.

Carr's Water Biscuits Calories and Nutrition per Serving (1 Serving=1 Biscuit/8g)

Tip the dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead it until it all comes together into a smooth dough. Artingstoll, Belinda (11 March 2010). "A story of Carrs biscuit factory and an old waistcoat". BBC . Retrieved 4 December 2013.