Aunt Bessie’s Limited is part of the William Jackson Food Group, a diversified food manufacturing business founded in Hull in 1851. The founder's great, great grandson is the current Chairman, Nicholas Oughtred.

The company started as a tea merchant with one shop in Hull and today consists of a portfolio of four food manufacturing companies. At stages in the development of the group the business diversified into car retailing, shop fitting and data processing; until the sale of the Jackson’s convenience retail chain in 2004, food retail had formed a core element of the business.

Founder William Jackson
(1828-1912)

The group also comprises:

Jacksons Bakery: a specialist food service bakery supplying bread mainly to sandwich manufacturers;
Hazeldene Foods: a processor of fresh leaf and other salads for both retail, foodservice and Business to Business;
Parripak Foods: a processor of vegetables mainly to chilled ready meal manufacturers and the food service channel;

The group is managed for long-term value creation and this approach is complemented by the core values, many synonymous with its family ownership, where integrity and consideration towards its own employees, customers and the whole community in which it operates are central to success. Click here to find out more about the William Jackson Food Group.