R. Twining and Company Limited: version 1

Saved 2026-09-11 04:49 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: Added **product/05055953900599 — Twinings Original Earl Grey 200 g tin**, the corpus's first tea and its first product under a GS1 UK prefix, with five stubs: `brand/twinings`, `company/associated-bri. This is the current version.

Source of v1

# R. Twining and Company Limited <!--company-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: R. Twining and Company Limited
legal_name: R. Twining and Company Limited
country: GB
website: https://www.twinings.co.uk/
founded: 1953-10-27
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role     | target                           | market | from | until | ended | status  | source         | note                                                                                                                |
| -------- | -------------------------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------- | -------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| owned_by | company/associated-british-foods |        | 1964 |       |       | sourced | ^wiki-twinings | The source dates the acquisition of the Twinings business, not of this registration, which was incorporated in 1953 |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name                          | type   | locale | from | until |
| ----------------------------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| R.TWINING AND COMPANY LIMITED | legal  | en     |      |       |
| R. Twining and Co. Ltd        | search | en     |      |       |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref             | url                                                                                   | title                                                                           | accessed   |
| --------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- |
| pack-front      | https://images.openfoodfacts.org/images/products/505/595/390/0599/front_fr.7.full.jpg | Front of the 200 g tin, photographed 2016-08-18 (Open Food Facts, CC BY-SA 3.0) | 2026-09-11 |
| wiki-twinings   | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twinings                                                | Wikipedia: Twinings                                                             | 2026-09-11 |
| twinings-terms  | https://twinings.co.uk/policies/terms-of-service                                      | Twinings: Terms of service, "Information About Us"                              | 2026-09-11 |
| companies-house | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00525071           | Companies House: R.TWINING AND COMPANY LIMITED (00525071)                       | 2026-09-11 |
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## About <!--about-->
The English company that trades as Twinings. It is registered in England and Wales under company number 00525071, was incorporated on 27 October 1953, is active as a private limited company with its registered office at the Weston Centre, 10 Grosvenor Street, London W1K 4QY, and files under SIC 46370, wholesale of coffee, tea, cocoa and spices.[^companies-house] Its own terms of service name it as the operator of twinings.co.uk, at the same registered office, with a flagship store at 216 Strand.[^twinings-terms] It is the tea and coffee merchant named in the royal warrant line printed on the Earl Grey tin.[^pack-front] Part of Associated British Foods since the group acquired Twinings in 1964.[^wiki-twinings]
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