Ryvita Company
The Ryvita Company was established in 1925 by John Edwin Garratt, with a bakery set up in Birmingham two years later, producing one of the first packaged goods in the bakery field. After the Second World War, Poole on the South Coast of England was selected as a desirable site for production due to its nearby port. Ryvita is a rye-based crispbread manufactured by the Ryvita Company.
In 1949, Garfield Weston bought the Ryvita Company, and began a close personal involvement with the parent company, Associated British Foods. A new mill was opened by Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein in 1968. The original bakery expanded in 1971 and again in 1974, making the largest single building span in Europe at the time. Associated British Foods merged the Ryvita Company with Jordans in early 2009.. It is now part of The Jordans, Dorset & Ryvita Company subsidiary of ABF.
