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
- Website: http://www.hovisbakery.co.uk/
- Headquarters: High Wycombe
- Industry: food and tobacco industry
- Country: United Kingdom
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