Tilda (food manufacturer)

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Tilda rice works, Rainham, London

Tilda is a rice and related food products company headquartered in Rainham, England and with offices in Dubai (UAE) and Delhi (India). [1]

Founded by entrepreneur Rashmi Thakrar [2] who fled to the UK during the Expulsion of Asians from Uganda in 1972, its basmati rice is the top-selling rice in the United Kingdom. [3] Starting in 1994, they have operated Tilda Foodservice, providing professional kitchens with a variety of uncooked dry and frozen rice products.

The company was purchased in 2014 by US group Hain Celestial. [1] Hain Celestial Group sold the company to Spanish group Ebro Foods in August 2019. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 Armstrong, Ashley (13 January 2014). "Tilda rice bought by US food group Hain Celestial". The Telegraph. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  2. ↑ https://www.asiantrader.biz/tilda-celebrates-fifty-years-of-rice-and-good-practice-too
  3. ↑ Thakrar, Vipul (22 January 1995). "Uganda Asians: Then and Now, Here and There, We contributed, We contribute" . Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  4. ↑ Pazos, Luis Peña (28 August 2019). "Acquisition of Tilda" (PDF). Letter to National Securities Market Commission. Retrieved 30 May 2020.

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