Tunnock's
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| Family company | |
| Genre | Bakers |
| Headquarters | Uddingston, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
| Products | Cakes, biscuits |
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Number of employees
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550 |
| Website | www |
Thomas Tunnock Limited, commonly known as Tunnock's, is a family baker based in Uddingston, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
The company was formed by Thomas Tunnock (b.1865) as Tunnock's in 1890, when he purchased a baker's shop in Lorne Place, Uddingston. The company expanded in the 1950s, and it was at this time that the core products were introduced to the lines, when sugar and fat rationing meant that products with longer shelf-lives than cakes had to be produced.
It is currently headed by Boyd Tunnock C.B.E., grandson of Thomas. In 2013 a joint report by Family Business United and Close Brothers Asset Management named it as the 20th oldest family firm in Scotland still in operation.
In September 2010, Tunnock's workers in Uddingston, Lanarkshire, conducted two 24-hour strikes during contract negotiations. At main issue were salaries, with management having originally offered an increase of 1%, followed by a second offer of 2% . The dispute was resolved in October 2010 with agreement on a 2.5% increase backdated to the start of July 2010, followed by a 2.5% increase in July 2011.
The Tunnock's Teacake is a sweet food popular in the United Kingdom. Teacakes are often served with a cup of tea or coffee.
The product consists of a small round shortbread biscuit covered with a dome of Italian meringue, a whipped egg white concoction similar to marshmallow. This is then encased in a thin layer of milk or dark chocolate and wrapped in a red and silver foil paper for the more popular milk chocolate variety, with blue, black, and gold wrapping for the dark.
A Tunnock's Teacake bears no relation to a teacake, a sweet roll with dried fruit added to the mix, which is usually served toasted and buttered.
Retired RAF bomber pilot Tony Cunnane told of how Tunnock's Teacakes became a favourite ration snack of the V bomber nuclear deterrent flight crews based at RAF Gaydon, especially after discovering that they expanded at high altitude. This ended after one was left unwrapped and exploded on the instrument panel.
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