Batchelors
British brand of dried food products / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Batchelors is a popular brand of predominantly dried food products. The Batchelors company was founded in 1895 in Sheffield, England by William Batchelor, initially specialising in canned vegetables. It released its first dried soup in 1949, and it started selling its convenience Cup-a-Soup range in 1972.[1] The company now makes pasta and rice dishes like "Pasta 'n' Sauce" and "Super Rice" along with instant soup, in particular Cup-a-Soup and noodle products such as Super Noodles. The company is the UK market leader in dried soups.[citation needed]
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Product type | Food |
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Owner | Premier Foods |
Country | United Kingdom |
Introduced | 1895; 129 years ago (1895) |
Markets | UK and Australia |
Previous owners | Unilever Best Foods |
Website | www www |
Since early 2008, the Batchelors name has also been applied to Premier Foods' condensed soup range, previously sold as Campbell's.[2] The Campbell's brand returned to the UK in 2011, after a five-year non-compete agreement expired.[3]