History
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.
Aunt Bessie’s frozen prefabricated Yorkshire puddings were originally created by the company for Butlins Holiday Camps in 1974. The company's name was taken from The Triton Inn, at Brantingham, then in the same ownership and noted for its Yorkshire Puddings. The company first entered the retail trade in 1995 with frozen Yorkshire puddings and the launch of the Aunt Bessie's brand.
Three months after the Aunt Bessie's brand was launched, the factory on Trinity Street was burnt down.
In August 2004, the supermarket division of the William Jackson company, Jacksons Stores based in North Ferriby, was sold to Sainsbury's for £100m as the company began to focus on food production rather than retail.
In early 2008, sales of their Homestyle mashed potato doubled when they featured in Delia Smith's How to Cheat at Cooking for use in a shepherd's pie.
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