Genius Foods, Ltd.
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| Founded 📆 | June 23, 2008 |
| Founder 👔 | Lucinda Bruce-Gardyne |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | , , United Kingdom |
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Genius Foods Limited is a manufacturer of gluten and wheat-free baked products such as breads, cakes, and pies. The company's headquarters are located in Edinburgh.
History
Genius Foods Ltd. was founded in 2008 by Scottish chef and writer Lucinda Bruce-Gardyne[1] under the name Gardyne Foods Limited.
It has also acquired several subsidiary companies; two of which operate as manufacturing sites. UCB, based in Bathgate, West Lothian; and Chapel Foods, based in Bottesford, North Lincolnshire.
It also owns the Livwell brand, acquired in 2013 with the purchase of United Central Bakeries.[2] Although retaining the Livwell brand, the production plant in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire was closed in 2017 due to struggling international trade.[3] This resulted in the loss of 151 full-time employees over two rounds of redundancies.
Product Recalls
Genius Foods has had two significant product recalls.
One in 2015 involved several products produced for supermarket own-label brands. These products contained gluten, despite being labelled gluten-free.[4]
A second recall occurred in 2019, when egg contamination was discovered in bagels labelled as egg-free.[5]
References
- ↑ "GENIUS FOODS LIMITED - Overview (free company information from Companies House)". beta.companieshouse.gov.uk.
- ↑ "Genius Foods buys bakeries for £21m". February 28, 2013 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ↑ Lovell, Joanna (August 10, 2017). "Hull food factory's closure will see the loss of 68 jobs". hulldailymail.
- ↑ "Genius recalls five more lines over contamination fears - British Baker". bakeryinfo.co.uk.
- ↑ "Genius recalls Cinnamon & Raisin Bagels due to undeclared egg". Food Standards Agency.
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