W & M Duncan and Company

W & M Duncan and Company, best known as "Duncan's of Edinburgh", was a Scottish confectioner. The company's most popular and enduring product was the Walnut Whip, which is now manufactured by Nestlé Rowntree's.

Mary Duncan, along with her son William, founded a cake business in Dundee in 1861. In 1884 the company moved to 205 High Street, Edinburgh, and began to manufacture chocolate confectionery.[1] In 1896 it moved to the Regent Confectionery Works in Beaverhall Road, Edinburgh.[2]

The Walnut Whip was launched in 1910.[3]

The business was acquired by Rowntree Mackintosh in 1947. Rowntree closed the factory in 1987 but it was reopened immediately by new owners trading as "Duncans of Scotland".[4] Within ten years the new Duncans business moved to Bellshill, Lanarkshire, and passed through several owners before becoming part of J. E. Wilson & Sons (Kendal).

References

  1. ↑ "Scran ::: W & M Duncan and Company, Confectioners, Edinburgh". Scran.ac.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "Site Record for Edinburgh, Beaverhall Road, Regent Confectionery Works W & M Duncan Ltd, Chocolate ManufacturersDrawings Drawings". Canmore.rcahms.gov.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "Walnut Whip". Nestle.co.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  4. ↑ Derek Douglas. 'Soft spot for Duncans chocolate brings taste of success'. The Glasgow Herald. 18 July 1988. p 13.
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