Explore: Rowntree (firm)

of 10 at Bootham School. Rowntree studied chemistry at Owen's College, Manchester for five terms before joining the family firm in 1889, where he laid the

trading as Rowntree's (/ˈraʊntriːz/ ROWN-treez), is a British confectionery brand and a former business based in York, England. Rowntree developed the

David Alexander De Horne Rowntree (born 8 May 1964) is an English musician, politician, composer and animator. He is best known as the drummer for the

wafer bar confection created by Rowntree's of York, England. It is produced globally by Nestlé (which acquired Rowntree's in 1988), except in the United

Chocolates was acquired by Rowntree's and became known as Rowntree Hoadley Ltd. 1989, Nestlé acquired Rowntree's. The Rowntree chocolate brands were initially

when the firm's sales in the new Irish Free State were affected by import duties in 1924 and, in 1931, they merged their interests, with Rowntree using a

Oliver Sheldon (1894–1951) was a director of the Rowntree's in York, England. He wrote on principles of public and business administration in the 1920s

Hoadley's Chocolate Company, then taken over by Rowntree Mackintosh Confectionery in 1972. When Rowntree Mackintosh was acquired by Nestlé in 1988, the

introduced by the British firm Mackintosh's in 1957. The brand was later acquired by Nestlé as part of its takeover of Rowntree Mackintosh in 1988. The

in the English city of Newcastle upon Tyne. The factory was built for Rowntree's, and since 1988 has been run by Nestlé. As of 2014[update] it was Nestlé's