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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Food |
| Founded | 1875 inAston, Birmingham[1] |
| Founder | Edwin Samson Moore |
| Headquarters | , United Kingdom |
Area served | Europe |
| Products | HP Sauce,Daddies sauces,Lea & Perrins Worcestershire sauce |
| Owner | The Kraft Heinz Company |
| Parent | H. J. Heinz Company |
| Divisions | HP Foods,Amoy Food UK,Lea & Perrins |
| Website | hpsauce |
HP Foods Limited, formerly based inBirmingham, England was best known as the producer ofHP,Lea & Perrins, andDaddies sauce brands.[2] It was also the UK licensee, fromHeinz, of Chinese food and condiment brandAmoy Food.[2][3]
Formerly theMidlands Vinegar Company[1] andSmedley HP Foods Limited, it was acquired by Imperial Foods, a division ofImperial Group. Edward Eastwood and his nephew Edwin Samson Moore established the Midland Vinegar Company atAston, Birmingham in 1875.[2]
In 1939, theBirmingham Gazette noted that H.P. Sauce Ltd. also produced H.P. Tomato Ketchup, H.P. Salad Cream, H.P. Mayonnaise and the sweet pickle, Pickante. The company's wholly owned subsidiaries included the Midland Vinegar Co., F.G. Garton & Co., Mallors (Worcester Sauce),[a] Tower Yeast Company, and Lea and Perrins.[5]
HP Foods Ltd was retained by Imperial's parent companyHanson plc even after the demerger of the Imperial Group. It was sold toGroupe Danone SA in 1988 for £199 million.[2] It was sold by Danone toHeinz in June 2005 for £470 million.[2] However, in October of that year the takeover was referred by the UK'sOffice of Fair Trading to theCompetition Commission.[6] After a review the Competition Commission approved the takeover and Heinz started integrating this new company into the business.
In 2007, theAston factory was demolished, and production of HP and Daddies sauce brands was moved to the Netherlands.[1][7][8] Bottling of Lea & Perrins Worcestershire sauce was returned to Worcester, having been moved in 2005 to the Aston factory. During this time, the sauce continued to be manufactured but not bottled at the Midlands Road site.
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