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'''Butterkist''' is a brand of [[popcorn]] owned by [[KP Snacks]]. It is the [[United Kingdom]]'s best-selling brand of popcorn.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sales value of leading popcorn brands in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2016 |url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/614695/sales-value-of-popcorn-brands-uk/ |website=statista.com |access-date=8 April 2023}}</ref> |
'''Butterkist''' is a brand of [[popcorn]] owned by [[KP Snacks]]. It is the [[United Kingdom]]'s best-selling brand of popcorn.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sales value of leading popcorn brands in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2016 |url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/614695/sales-value-of-popcorn-brands-uk/ |website=statista.com |access-date=8 April 2023}}</ref> |
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==History== |
==History== |
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In 1914, Fred Hoke and James Holcomb began to sell popcorn machines in [[Kentucky]], [[United States]] under the brand of '''Butter-Kist.''' As their business developed, vendors began buying popcorn machines and the brand began to spread.<ref name="History">[http://www.butterkist.co.uk/EN/Butterkist/History/ Butterkist history]</ref> In 1938 Butter-Kist machines made their way to the UK via an unknown route, developing the brand as in the United States through sales to [[movie theater|cinema]] audiences. During [[World War II]], the brand developed quickly, thanks to the many [[United States Army]] personnel stationed in the UK ready for the invasion of Europe. |
In 1914, Fred Hoke and James Holcomb began to sell popcorn machines in [[Kentucky]], [[United States]] under the brand of '''Butter-Kist.''' As their business developed, vendors began buying popcorn machines and the brand began to spread.<ref name="History">[http://www.butterkist.co.uk/EN/Butterkist/History/ Butterkist history]</ref> In 1938 Butter-Kist machines made their way to the UK via an unknown route, developing the brand as in the United States through sales to [[movie theater|cinema]] audiences. During [[World War II]], the brand developed quickly, thanks to the many [[United States Army]] personnel stationed in the UK ready for the invasion of Europe. |
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| Formerly | Butter-Kist |
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| Industry | Food |
| Founded | 1914 |
| Founder | Fred Hoke and James Holcomb |
| Owner | KP Snacks |
Butterkist is a brand of popcorn owned by KP Snacks. It is the United Kingdom's best-selling brand of popcorn.[1]
History
In 1914, Fred Hoke and James Holcomb began to sell popcorn machines in Kentucky, United States under the brand of Butter-Kist. As their business developed, vendors began buying popcorn machines and the brand began to spread.[2] In 1938 Butter-Kist machines made their way to the UK via an unknown route, developing the brand as in the United States through sales to cinema audiences. During World War II, the brand developed quickly, thanks to the many United States Army personnel stationed in the UK ready for the invasion of Europe.
After the Second World War, Craven Keiller developed a factory in York to sell Butterkist branded popcorn direct to cinema chains. As many items were rationed in the UK post the Second World War, but the basic ingredients of Butterkist were not, the brand developed into the UK's lead selling popcorn brand. The sales of the brand then followed the development and decline in cinema audiences, so that after the boom of the 1950s and 1980s, by 1998 sales were on another downturn and Craven Keiller sold the brand to Cadbury Trebor Bassett, which in 2000 merged the brand into its Monkhill Confectionery subsidiary and moved production to Pontefract, West Yorkshire.[3]
As part of its development strategy selling off non-core brands, from April 2006 Cadbury Schweppes put Monkhill into a group of non-core brands it would review putting up for sale,[4] and from June 2007 appointed investment bankers Investec to review the sale of Monkhill Confectionery, and its best selling brand Butterkist.[citation needed]
Butterkist, along with other Monkhill brands, was sold to Tangerine Confectionery in February 2008. [5] The Butterkist brand was sold once again on 17 July 2017 to KP Snacks. [6]
Varieties
As of 2023, the following varieties were available:[7]
- Salted
- Microwavable Salted
- Sweet
- Microwavable Sweet
- Sweet and Salty
- Microwavable Sweet and Salty
- Toffee
- Orange Chocolate Toffee
See also
References
- ^ "Sales value of leading popcorn brands in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2016". statista.com. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
- ^ Butterkist history
- ^ Monkhill assumes Butterkist role Eurofood - 8 November 2001
- ^ Cadbury seeks a Butterkist buyer BBC News - 7 April 2006
- ^ Completion of sale of Monkhill Business Archived 19 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ [1] KP Snacks - 17 July 2018
- ^ "Butterkist products". butterkist.co.uk. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
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