Valeo Confectionery Limited (formerly known asTangerine Confectionery Limited andToms Confectionery Limited)^[1] is a Britishconfectionery company with its headquarters inPontefract,West Yorkshire. Since 2006, it had grown through acquisitions into one of the largest independent confectionery companies in Europe^[2] before acquisition byValeo Foods and the fourth largest sweet maker in the United Kingdom.^[3] The company has six factories:Blackburn,Blackpool,Cleckheaton, Liverpool,Pontefract andYork.^[4]

Valeo Confectionery Limited

Formerly	Orbitpalm Limited (June–October 1986)[1] Sk Daintee Holdings Limited (1986–2000)[1] Toms Confectionery Limited (2000–2006)[1] Tangerine Confectionery Limited (2006–2019)[1]
Company type	Private
Industry	Confectionery
Founded	4 June 1986; 38 years ago (1986-06-04)[1]
Headquarters	Pontefract , England
Number of locations	6 factories
Revenue	£150,000,000
Owner	Valeo Foods
Number of employees	1,500 (2009)
Website	valeoconfectionery.com

In January 2006, Toms Confectionery changed its name to Tangerine Confectionery and altered its branding following the purchase of the company by a new management team fromToms International of Denmark.^[5] The UK arm of Tom's had been created through the acquisition of three traditional confectionery companies, Taveners, Daintee and Parrs, over a ten-year period, between 1992 and 2001.^[6][7]

Originally the company had been mainly an own-label supplier in England.^[8] The company acquired the Taveners, Daintee and Parrs businesses from Toms of Denmark later in January 2006.^[9] In April it was voted the best own-label confectionery supplier in the UK byThe Grocer magazine. In August, the company acquired the confectionery arm of Blackpool-basedBurton's Foods and so increase turnover of the company to £60 million, making it the largest independent confectionery company in the UK.^[10]

In January 2008, the company purchasedYorkshire based Monkhill Confectionery fromCadbury plc in a £58 million deal, with factories inCleckheaton,Pontefract andYork as well as a distribution centre inHolmewood,North East Derbyshire.^{[6][11][12][13]} The purchase included the Barratts, Sharps of York, Jameson's, Trebor Basset Mints,Butterkist^[14] and Pascall lines. Two months later Tangerine claimed there were no plans to close its York factory, despite ordering workers to stay at home in Easter week.^[12]

Two months later, staff in Blackpool voted in favour ofindustrial action after turning down a 2.5% pay offer.^[15]

In April 2009 the company was ranked 23rd in thePricewaterhouseCoopersProfit Track 100, published byThe Sunday Times, and was the highestNorth West entry in the table, which lists the 100 private UK's companies with the fastest growing profits.^[10] In August it received a qualityHalal Seal of Approval, from the Halal Food Authority, for 150 products within its Barratt, MOJO, Princess and Taveners Proper Sweets ranges^[2]

In March 2010, the company was found guilty of two counts of breaching Health and Safety laws, following the death of an employee at its Poole, Dorset factory. A fine of £300,000 for each count plus costs was imposed. In 2012, it was announced that the factory would close in 2013.^[16]

2012 saw the acquisition of Smith Kendon, manufacturer ofYork Fruits jelly sweets.^{[citation needed]}

On 5 February 2013 the company was delisted by the Halal Food Authority.^[17]

In 2014 Tangerine announced the closure of its Clifton Road factory in Blackpool. It said its other Blackpool site in Vicarage Lane would remain open.^[18]

In August 2018,Valeo Foods announced completion of its acquisition of Tangerine Confectionery.^[19] In December 2019, the company's name was changed to Valeo Confectionery.^[5]

Tangerine Confectionery (now Valeo Foods) had factories inBlackburn,Blackpool,Cleckheaton, Liverpool,Pontefract andYork. Its head office, originally in Blackpool, was in Pontefract in West Yorkshire.^[20]

• List of confectionery brands

  Media related toValeo Foods at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website