Ryvita

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COMPANY HISTORY

In 1925 the Ryvita company was established, with a bakery set up in Birmingham two years later, producing one of the first packaged goods in the bakery field. After the war, Poole on the South Coast was selected as a desirable site for production due to it being near a port.

In 1949 Garfield Weston bought the Ryvita Company, and began a close personal involvement with Ryvita.

In due course Ryvita became part of the parent company, Associated British Foods (ABF).

The companies success has been continuous. Development and investment in growth have always been maintained. A new mill was opened by Field Marshal Lord Montgomery in 1968. The original bakery expanded in 1971 and again in 1974, making it the largest single building span in Europe at that time.