McVitie's

'''McVitie's''' ({{IPAc-en|m|ə|k|ˈ|v|ɪ|t|i|z}}{{cite EPD|18}}) is a British snack food brand owned by [[United Biscuits]]. The name is derived from the original [[Economy of Scotland|Scottish]] biscuit maker, '''McVitie & Price, [[Private company limited by shares|Ltd]]'''., established in 1830 on [[Rose Street]] in [[Edinburgh]], Scotland. The company moved to various sites in the city before completing the St. Andrews Biscuit Works factory on Robertson Avenue in the [[Gorgie]] district in 1888.{{Cite web|last=The National Archives of Scotland |author-link=National Archives of Scotland |title=McVitie & Price, Ltd |url=http://www.dswebhosting.info/NAS/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Site20&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqSearch=(RefNo=='GD381/3') |access-date=2 November 2007 }}{{dead link|date=December 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

'''McVitie's''' ({{IPAc-en|m|ə|k|ˈ|v|ɪ|t|i|z}}{{cite EPD|18}}) is a British snack food brand owned by [[United Biscuits]]. The name is derived from the original [[Economy of Scotland|Scottish]] biscuit maker, '''McVitie & Price, [[Private company limited by shares|Ltd]]'''., established in 1830 on [[Rose Street]] in [[Edinburgh]], Scotland. The company moved to various sites in the city before completing the St. Andrews Biscuit Works factory on Robertson Avenue in the [[Gorgie]] district in 1888.{{Cite web|last=The National Archives of Scotland |author-link=National Archives of Scotland |title=McVitie & Price, Ltd |url=http://www.dswebhosting.info/NAS/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Site20&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqSearch=(RefNo=='GD381/3') |access-date=2 November 2007 }}{{dead link|date=December 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

The company also established one in Glasgow and two large manufacturing plants south of the border, in [[Heaton Chapel]], [[Stockport]], and [[Park Royal, London|Park Royal]], [[London]]. There are five McVitie's factories in the UK, with each producing a different types of [[biscuit]]; the [[Harlesden]] site in north-west London manufactures the [[chocolate digestive]]s.{{cite news |title=See how chocolate digestives are made at a London biscuit factory |url=https://www.timeout.com/london/news/see-how-chocolate-digestives-are-made-at-a-london-biscuit-factory-061118 |access-date=16 August 2022 |work=Time Out|author-first1=Angela|author-last1=Hui|date=11 June 2018}} Under United Biscuits McVitie's held a [[Royal Warrant of Appointment (United Kingdom)|Royal Warrant]] from Queen [[Elizabeth II]]. The best-selling biscuit manufacturer in the United Kingdom, McVitie's produces [[Jaffa Cakes]] and popular biscuits such as [[chocolate digestive]]s, [[Hobnob biscuit|Hobnobs]], and [[Rich tea]]. In 2020, sales of McVitie's biscuits in the UK were more than five times the next two competitors.{{cite news |title=Biscuits: Taste for nostalgia grows biccies |url=https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/top-products/biscuits-top-products-report-2020/651364.article |access-date=22 August 2021 |work=The Grocer|author-first1=Abbie|author-last1=Dawson|author-first2=Daniel|author-last2=Woolfsoh|date=17 December 2020}}

The company also established one in [[Glasgow]] and two large manufacturing plants south of the border, in [[Heaton Chapel]], [[Stockport]], and [[Park Royal, London|Park Royal]], [[London]]. There are five McVitie's factories in the UK, with each producing a different types of [[biscuit]]; the [[Harlesden]] site in north-west London manufactures the [[chocolate digestive]]s.{{cite news |title=See how chocolate digestives are made at a London biscuit factory |url=https://www.timeout.com/london/news/see-how-chocolate-digestives-are-made-at-a-london-biscuit-factory-061118 |access-date=16 August 2022 |work=Time Out|author-first1=Angela|author-last1=Hui|date=11 June 2018}} Under United Biscuits McVitie's held a [[Royal Warrant of Appointment (United Kingdom)|Royal Warrant]] from Queen [[Elizabeth II]]. The best-selling biscuit manufacturer in the United Kingdom, McVitie's produces [[Jaffa Cakes]] and popular biscuits such as [[chocolate digestive]]s, [[Hobnob biscuit|Hobnobs]], and [[Rich tea]]. In 2020, sales of McVitie's biscuits in the UK were more than five times the next two competitors.{{cite news |title=Biscuits: Taste for nostalgia grows biccies |url=https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/top-products/biscuits-top-products-report-2020/651364.article |access-date=22 August 2021 |work=The Grocer|author-first1=Abbie|author-last1=Dawson|author-first2=Daniel|author-last2=Woolfsoh|date=17 December 2020}}

==History==

==History==