| 1888 | A1 Biscuit Co |
| 1899 | Ceased trading |
| 1831 | Founded by J D Carr |
| 1842 | Royal Appointment from Queen Victoria |
| 1894 | Carr & Co Ltd |
| 1908 | Reverted to a private company |
| 1927 | Carr & Co Ltd again |
| 1972 | Joined United Biscuits |
| 1873 | Co-operative Wholesale Society |
| 1813 | William Crawford |
| 1860s | William Crawford & Sons |
| 1897 | Liverpool Factory Opens |
| 1904 | William Crawford & Sons Ltd |
| 1913 | Edinburgh factory open |
| 1962 | Joined United Biscuits |
| 1886 | William Dunmore & Son | 1954 | Ceased trading upon being bought by Associated Biscuits |
| c1908 | CH Elkes opens a bakers shop | 1928 | Begins baking biscuits | Now | Still trading as part of Northern Food Group |
| 1885 | Far Famed Cake Co |
| 1976 | Ceased trading |
| 1853 | Michael Spedding opens a confectionery shop | Now | Still trading as part of Northern Food Group |
| 1853 | Gray Dunn & Co |
| 1892 | Royal Warrant |
| 1912 | Taken over by Bilsland Bros but continue to use their own name |
| 2001 | Ceased trading |
| 1889 | S Henderson & Sons |
| 1949 | Ceased trading |
| 1855 | John Hill opens a grocer's shop and bakes cakes |
| 1893 | Tudno Mill built |
| 1906 | Becomes a limited company |
| 1926 | Expands into confectionery |
| 1945-54 | Makes only biscuits |
| 1969 | Acquired by Rowntree's |
| 1980 | Management buyout | 2001 | Now called Ryecroft makes cereals |
| 1822 | Joseph Huntley |
| 1841 | Huntley & Palmer |
| 1851 | White & Pike design Garter & Buckle label |
| 1857 | Huntley & Palmers |
| c1863 | First shop display tins |
| 1898 | Huntley & Palmers Ltd |
| 1921 | Formed Associated Biscuits with Peek Frean |
| 1982 | Taken over by Nabisco |
| c1989 | Ceased trading |
| 2004 | Restablished as a high quality biscuit and Christmas pudding seller |
| before 1839 | Established in Waterford making Ship's Biscuits |
| 1851 | W & R Jacob & Co (sweet biscuit making begins) |
| 1883 | W & R Jacob & Co Ltd |
| 1914 | Liverpool Factory opened |
| 1922 | Separate English company formed |
| 1960 | Joined Associated Biscuits |
| 1982 | Associated Biscuits purchased by Nabisco |
| 1989 | Associated Biscuits purchased by Danone and renamed The Jacob's Bakery Ltd |
| 1926 | Started to make sweet biscuits |
| 1948 | Bought Watmough & Sons Grimsby |
| 1964 | Bought by Wright's Biscuits |
| 1972 | Taken over by United Biscuits |
| 1920 | William MacDonald & Sons |
| c1932 | Ceased trading |
| 1817 | Langs (bakery) |
| 1841 | MacFarlane Lang |
| 1886 | First Biscuit Factory opens |
| 1886 | MacFarlane Lang & Co |
| 1903 | Factory at Fulham London |
| 1904 | MacFarlane Lang & Co Ltd |
| 1948 | Formed United Biscuits with McVitie & Price |
| 1868 | MacKenzie & MacKenzie |
| 1898 | MacKenzie & MacKenzie Ltd |
| 1911 | Ceased trading |
| 1809 | McVities (or McVitties) |
| 1888 | McVitie & Price |
| 1901 | Factory at Harlesden Middlesex |
| 1911 | McVitie & Price Ltd |
| 1948 | Formed United Biscuits with McFarlane Lang |
| 2000 | Bought by Finalrealm and Nabisco Holdings Corp |
| 1830 | Founded |
| 1891 | Meredith & Drew Ltd |
| 1894 | Royal Warrant from Queen Victoria |
| 1902 | Royal Warrant from King Edward VII |
| 1905 | Merger with Wright & Sons |
| 1911 | Royal Warrant from King George V |
| 1926 | Subsidiary Betta Biscuit Co |
| 1967 | Joined United Biscuits |
| 1896 | R Middlemass Ltd |
| 1956 | Ceased trading |
| 1895 | Palmer Brothers |
| 1956 | Ceased trading |
| 1857 | Peek Frean & Co |
| 1863 | Jonathan Carr (of Carr's Biscuits) joined the firm |
| 1901 | Peek Frean & Co Ltd |
| 1921 | Formed Associated Biscuits with Huntley & Palmers |
| 1982 | Associated Biscuits purchased by Nabisco |
| 1989 | Associated Biscuits purchased by Danone and renamed The Jacob's Bakery Ltd |
| 1791 | L Wright & Son |
| 1964 | Take over Kemps |
| 1973 | Factory Closed |
| 1857 | Established in Glasgow |
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