Hovis
Hovis Ltd is a British company that produces flour, yeast and bread. Created by miller Richard "Stoney" Smith at his small mill in Stone, Staffordshire (Smith's mill still exists, behind the town's Morrisons supermarket), it began mass-production when Smith partnered with the larger Fitton & Sons mill in Macclesfield in 1886. Hovis specialises in high wheatgerm wholemeal flour, the bread being baked independently.
Basic Information
- Category: food and tobacco industry
- Founded: 1886
- Headquarters: High Wycombe
- Website: http://www.hovisbakery.co.uk/
Documented Facts
- Founded: 1886 (No linked source recorded for this statement.)
- Website: http://www.hovisbakery.co.uk/ (No linked source recorded for this statement.)
- Headquarters: High Wycombe (No linked source recorded for this statement.)
- Industry: food and tobacco industry (No linked source recorded for this statement.)
- Country: United Kingdom (No linked source recorded for this statement.)
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- Recorded profile date: 2026-04-22
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Hovis Ltd is a British company that produces flour, yeast and bread. Created by miller Richard "Stoney" Smith at his small mill in Stone, Staffordshire (Smith's mill still exists, behind the town's Morrisons supermarket), it began mass-production when Smith partnered with the larger Fitton & Sons mill in Macclesfield in 1886. Hovis specialises in high wheatgerm wholemeal flour, the bread being baked independently.
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