Cerebos and Saxa salt were packed at the Greatham works from 1900 when Cerebos took over the site although salt had been produced at Greatham Salt Works from the late 1800s.
From 1968, the factory became part of Rank Hovis McDougall and a large range of foods were produced there.
HHT&N 844
Donor : Douglas Ferriday
Part of the "Library collection" collection
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Cerebos Salt Works produced salt and Bisto. It was taken over by RHM Foods in the 1960s and over the next years produced a vast range of foods including Paxo stuffing, One Cal lemonade, Capri Sun, Atora suet, Chesswood mushrooms and curries, Brands soup and sauces, Sharwoods chutnies and curries and Cracottes biscuits.
Salt production ceased in 1970 and in November of that year, the salt production block was demolished.
RHM Greatham became known as Sharwoods in the mid-1990s before becoming Centura foods prior to closure in 2003.
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