Maryland Cookies

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Maryland Cookies are a brand name of cookie produced by Burton's Biscuit Company in the United Kingdom. [1]

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Background information

Maryland cookies were first produced by Lyons in 1956 through its Blackpool subsidiary Symbol Biscuits. [2] At the end of 1994, Lyons Biscuits was sold to Hillsdown Holdings, which in turn was acquired in 1999 by Hicks Muse Tate & Furst. HMTF split off Hillsdown's biscuit manufacturing arm into the Horizon Biscuit Company, and when HMTF bought Burton's Foods in 2000, they merged it with Horizon. [3] Maryland Cookies subsequently took on Burton's branding. In 2021 Burton's was bought by the Ferrero Group. [4] Today, Maryland is one of the UK's best selling cookies. [5] Over 12 billion Maryland Cookies are sold within Europe each year. [6] The recipe for Maryland Cookies resembles a chocolate chip shortbread. [7]

References

  1. ↑ Mason, Tania (13 February 2003). "BRANDING: Burton's relaunches Maryland Cookies". Marketing. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  2. ↑ Bird, Peter (2002). "Symbol Biscuits Ltd (Lyons Biscuits Ltd)" . Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  3. ↑ "Horizon and Burton's Biscuits merge". Marketing Week. 2 November 2000. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  4. ↑ "Our History".
  5. ↑ Burton's Biscuit Company. "Maryland cookies". Archived from the original on 29 March 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  6. ↑ "Maryland Cookies wants to pay somebody to taste cookies; Over 12 billion Maryland Cookies are sold within Europe each year. - Free Online Library". www.thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
  7. ↑ "Maryland cookies copycat recipe". allrecipes.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
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