A five-year-old business with hundreds of years of heritage, Tangerine Confectionery combines the best of traditional confectionery making with state-of-the-art manufacturing processes, to produce some of the nation’s favourites, including Barratt Sherbet Fountain, Barratt dip dab and Butterkist popcorn.
In 2005, a management team with an established history in the confectionery industry acquired the UK confectionery division of Toms of Denmark. The three facilities in Blackpool, Liverpool and Poole manufactured boiled sweets, marshmallows, gums and jellies and toffees. Later that year, Tangerine acquired the confectionery division of Burtons Foods and its modern facility in Blackpool, which made gums and jellies and Liquorice Allsorts.
Two years later, Monkhill Confectionery from Cadbury became the next acquisition for the business. The two facilities in Pontefract and Monkhill’s York and Cleckheaton sites meant that alongside expanding their boiled sweets and liquorice provision, Tangerine was able to add popcorn to its stable. This helped it to become one of Europe’s largest sugar confectionery businesses and a leader in popcorn. With the Monkhill acquisition came a large distribution facility, which enhanced the company’s service capabilities.
Scale of business
Whilst Tangerine is growing, the confectionery market is growing alongside it, with the sugar and chocolate sectors performing strongly.
In combination with increasing manufacturing capabilities and the broad product range, Tangerine is now a business of significance and scale with ambitious growth plans for the years ahead. Through capitalising on market trends and being at the forefront of innovation in confectionery and popcorn, the company is set to consolidate its position as a leading light in sugar confectionery and popcorn, through making the best sweets and popcorn in the world.
Some of our best loved sweets have a fascinating history