Huntley & Palmers
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Huntley & Palmers is a British company of biscuit makers originally based in Reading, Berkshire. Formed by Joseph Huntley in 1822, the company became one of the world's first global brands and ran wha
The original Huntley & Palmers factory in Reading, pictured in 2011
George Palmer joined the company after Huntley was forced to retire in 1838, being aided by his brothers and son to lead the business
"The Children's Party" trade card with Huntley & Palmers biscuits in late Victorian England
Advertising for the Opera wafers c. 1890
Nice biscuit
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A Nice biscuit is a plain or coconut-flavoured biscuit. It is thin, rectangular in shape, with crenulated edges, lightly covered with a scattering of large sugar crystals and often with the word "NICE
Huntley & Palmers
…and Jacobs) to Danone. The firm manufactured over 400 different types of biscuits over the years and innovated many new types of biscuits including the Nice biscuit. A history of the company, Quaker Enterprise in Biscuits: Huntley & Palmers of Reading, 1822–1972 by T. A. B. Corley, was published in 1972 on the…
Nice biscuit