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Croespenmaen
Croespenmaen is a locality near Crumlin, Caerphilly, Wales. The nearby Croespenmaen Industrial Estate is the site of Unilever's Pot Noodle Pot Noodle is a brand of instant noodle snack foods from the United Kingdom, available in a selection of flavours and varieties. This dehydrated food consists of noodles, assorted dried vegetables and flavouring powder. It is prepared by adding ... factory, which became the topic of a 2006 advertising campaign, showing fictitious Pot Noodle mines in Wales. The factory typically produces 155 million pots annually. Croespenmaen is also the site of the Brace's Bakery factory. References Villages in Caerphilly County Borough {{Caerphilly-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brace's Bakery
Brace's Bakery is a Crumlin-based Welsh bakery and bakery products brand. Founders The company was founded in 1902 by George Brace, an engine house driver born in Abercarn who worked at the Cambrian Colliery in Clydach Vale. Brace's early operation began with a small bakery in Pontllanfraith, funded by a loan from his family. With the business employing members of his family, George continued to work at the colliery until the 1905 mining disaster which killed 35 men, after which George left the mining industry and started to expand the business. George and his wife had five sons and two daughters, raised in a house next to the bakery with the shop at the front of it, called Cambrian House, in Pontllanfraith, then in the historic county of Monmouthshire. William Brace, George's brother, was a miners' activist who was elected an MP in 1906 for South Glamorganshire within the Lloyd George government, and from 1918 sat for Abertillery. In 1919 William persuaded the then owners ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pot Noodle
Pot Noodle is a brand of instant noodle snack foods from the United Kingdom, available in a selection of flavours and varieties. This dehydrated food consists of noodles, assorted dried vegetables and flavouring powder. It is prepared by adding boiling water, which rapidly softens the noodles and dissolves the powdered sauce. The product is packaged in a plastic pot, from which the prepared noodles can be eaten. Many pots contain a sachet of sauce, such as soy sauce. Certain flavours of Pot Noodle have "King" variants, which are large versions of the same flavour. History Instant noodles were originally invented in 1958 by Momofuku Ando, and '' Cup Noodles'' developed by his company Nissin Food Products in 1971. Golden Wonder launched the Pot Noodle brand in the United Kingdom in 1977. In July 1995, Best Foods, which produces Hellmanns mayonnaise, paid then owner Dalgety plc $280 million for its Golden Wonder Pot Noodle instant hot snacks manufacturing business. Bestfo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crumlin, Caerphilly
Crumlin () is a town, community (Wales), community and Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom, electoral ward in Caerphilly (county borough), Caerphilly county borough in South Wales. It is situated in the Ebbw River valley, west of Pontypool, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire (historic), Monmouthshire. History The name is said to be derived from cromlech, a type of Megalith, megalithic construction. ''Kelly's Directory of South Wales'' (1895) noted that Crumlin was "a secluded village, scarcely known to any beyond the few persons resident there". It considered Crumlin one of the most picturesque spots in the county, surrounded by natural features of "unsurpassed loveliness". The village sits in the South Wales Coalfield and in the neighbouring quarries are often found fine fossils of calamites and lepidodendron; and, in the shale outcrops, fossil ferns and other cryptogamic plants. Crumlin Viaduct Crumlin is famous for its former railway viaduct. W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unilever
Unilever PLC () is a British multinational consumer packaged goods company headquartered in London, England. It was founded on 2 September 1929 following the merger of Dutch margarine producer Margarine Unie with British soap maker Lever Brothers. The company's products include baby food, beauty products, bottled water, breakfast cereals, cleaning agents, condiments, dairy products, energy drinks, healthcare and hygiene products, ice cream, instant coffee, instant noodles, pet food, pharmaceuticals, soft drinks, tea, and toothpaste. It is the largest producer of soap in the world, and its products are available in over 190 countries. The company is organised into five business groups: Beauty & Wellbeing, Personal Care, Home Care, Nutrition, and Ice Cream. It has research and development facilities in China, India, the Netherlands, Pakistan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In the 1930s, Unilever acquired the United Africa Company. In the second half of the 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
