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Ethelreda Baxter (née Adam; 22 October 1883 – 16 August 1963) was a
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cook and businesswoman. She was a second generation member of the family that established the
Baxters Baxters Food Group Limited, also known as Baxters of Speyside or Baxters, is a food processing company, based in Fochabers, Scotland. It produces foods such as Soup, canned soups, canned meat products, Pickling, sour pickles, sauces, vinegars, a ...
food processing company, based in
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Family life

Baxter was born in
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, Moray, the daughter of a farmer, Andrew Adam, and his wife Elizabeth Farquar. She trained as a nurse and in 1914, tended a patient, William Baxter, whom she subsequently married. He was the son of George and Margaret Baxter, the founders of the original Baxters grocery shop in Fochabers.


Career

Initially a nurse, Baxter joined her husband in business, and in 1916 they opened a factory near the
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to make preserves from locally sourced products. She then took charge of managing the factory, purchasing the fruit, hiring the workforce and devising new recipes. Baxter's guidance ensured that the product range widened to include soups and canned and bottled fruits. Her husband travelled widely, promoting the products, and the couple eventually began selling to customers in London, America and throughout the British Empire, including the royal household itself.


Death

Baxter died in 1963 in
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. She was 79.


References

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