arnott ' s biscuits
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“we all know that it’s cold and that “shrinkage” happens, but it’s a shame that it’s happening to your biscuits. ”
the first popular biscuits were essentially what we refer to as ‘plain biscuits’. these biscuits were either sweet or savoury and retailed in bulk. the distinctive brightly decorated arnott’s biscuits tins with the iconic rainbow lorikeet image became an important part of our retail culture and was even extended to the arnott’s delivery trucks .
arnott' s joined forces with peter' s ice cream to develop four new flavours .
kingston biscuits were the last of the assorted creams to roll off the production line at arnott' s burwood plant last night, marking the end of about 50 years of arnott' s biscuit manufacturing in melbourne .
earlier this week, arnott’s announced they had joined forces with peter’s ice - cream to roll out four new flavours .
arnott’s biscuits were originally delivered in tins. tins were returned and recycled. however, biscuit tins which were damaged or broken were crushed. many were buried under the car park and arnott’s bowling green (which is now part of the powell’s creek corridor) .
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millions of australians have grown up with arnott’s over the past 150 years. for them, arnott’s is more than a food company – it’s a piece of australia’s history and a national icon. arnott’s portfolio of brands includes household names like tim tam, shapes, iced vovo, sao, vita - weat, salada and tiny teddy .
and for those of us who were fond of arnott’s assorted creams – here’s an advertisement for them, again courtesy of the australian women’s weekly (may 1970) .
there was also a snob factor, especially after ww1, with women preferring to offer neater, uniform biscuits rather than rough homemade biscuits. they had seen the ‘perfect hostess’ handing around a dish of arnott’s – to everyone’s apparent delight. this move to manufactured brand biscuits also reflected the importance placed on morning and afternoon tea .
you should contact arnott’s directly. i am unaware of any tours of the new arnott’s factory at huntingwood. i noticed an article in time out about a visit to the factory urltoken
arnott’s has indicated they may not take any action if the products are withdrawn from sale today .
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susan massasso, asia - pacific marketing director of arnott' s biscuits, concurs:'' it' s still a tradition to have a jar of biscuits at home to break out. if someone drops in and you click the kettle and put biscuits on a plate you are saying,' welcome … come, sit, share'.''
“disgraceful, deceptive, rip off and turn off! ” one person wrote on arnott’s facebook page .
police had alleged thomas threatened to poison arnott' s biscuits unless four nsw police officers took lie detector tests over evidence they gave against her son, convicted murderer ronald henry thomas .
you might be surprised to learn just how many delicious types of arnott’s biscuits there are. from sweet to savoury, chocolate to fruit, indulgence to simple pleasures; it’s no wonder millions of australians have grown up, celebrated, relaxed, indulged and sustained themselves with our biscuits. for 150 years, arnott’s has been baking quality into our biscuits using the finest ingredients. there’s simply no other biscuit brand that has been loved by so many for so long. come and explore our world of biscuity deliciousness, made to bring everyone together .
arnott' s bakes four different ginger nuts to suit the tastes of people in each state and territory .
groups of workers hugged and swapped telephone numbers as bright red arnott' s trucks filed through the gates .
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arnott’s said that the company chose to reduce the size rather than charge retailers extra to stock the products .
some tins were melted and used for land reclamation in nearby mason park. albert mason was the mayor of homebush and chief electrician of arnott’s biscuits. the park is named after him .
biscuits p403 butternut snap / choc ripple portion control 2 pack $ 34. 01
a forensic biologist' s change of mind about dna evidence today ended the case against an elderly woman accused of the 1997 arnott' s biscuit extortion .
around 30 million packs of this chockie bikkie are sold each year – that’s nearly 300 million biscuits, or two packets for every australian. on a per capita basis, they are the world’s biggest - selling chocolate biscuits. and in case you were wondering :
in april, arnott’s angered customers when it overhauled its shapes recipes to improve the lunch box snack’s health star rating. many described the new flavours as “disgusting” .
in the 1960s, a series of amalgamations resulted in those different companies coming under the arnott' s banner .
following customer backlash, arnott’s told urltoken that they were forced to resurrect the original recipe because of “popular demand” .
this site is the only historic industrial site that the arnott family used as a bakery and represents their origins in the area they settled, after arriving from scotland. many see this site as, if not the birthplace of the arnott' s biscuits, at least a significant component of the company’s origins .
portion controlled arnotts butternut snap and farmbake chocolate chip biscuits carton 150 $ 32. 80
i don’t know. maybe contact arnott’s directly whether they have maintained one of the old trucks for viewing or promotion .
we make four different ones to suit the tastes of people in different states ,
nicky thomson from arnott' s told abc radio canberra' s lish fejer .
of the thousands of workers arnott’s employed, details of their generosity have filtered down through employee’s relatives of the memories, heartfelt stories that are relayed to us nearly everyday .
the arnott’s factory was relocated to huntingwood in 1997 and the homebush factory was closed. the former factory has been readapted into the bakehouse quarter. this site provides many references to its arnott’s history ranging from the sao sign to small arnott’s parrot emblems woven into building facades. george st has been recast with a cobblestone road and edwardian style - lighting harking back to the days in the early twentieth century when the arnott factory was first built .
arnott’s exports continue to grow, with our australian - made biscuits now being shipped to more than 40 countries around the world including japan, the usa, canada, united kingdom, indonesia, tahiti and new zealand .
biscuits are linked to moments from childhood and remind people of their parents or grandparents or best friends, so there' s that nostalgia factor .
arnott’s, australia’s largest biscuit supplier, is threatening legal action against donut chain krispy kreme for alleged violation of their “iced vo - vo” trademark – which they first registered in 1906 .
but i love the orange slice! always had them at my grandma' s so they bring back beautiful childhood memories. don' t ever take them away arnott' s !
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the biscuit shelves of supermarkets now offer rows and rows of biscuits. it wasn’t always so .
arnott’s biscuits were originally established in newcastle. the first sydney factory was opened at forest lodge in 1894. in 1905, the arnott family wanting to expand, decided that a larger factory was required. requiring access to the railway for transportation, the arnott’s purchased a six and half acre site at homebush in 1906. the factory was designed by architect charles slatyer and built in 1907 at a cost of £10, 400 .
for over 150 years, arnott' s has been bringing families together to share delicious sweet moments over its famous biscuits. come and explore our range, from simple everyday pleasures, creamy - centred treats and indulgent cookies to iconic fancy topped favourites, playful kid’s fun and fruity delights .
ms thomson said while small variances between bakes and batches were inevitable, arnott' s had learnt to keep changes to a minimum .
arnott’s is copping another backlash, after the company decided to cut the size of shapes and tiny teddies — but not the price .
biscuit making, biscuit eating and the purchasing of packaged commercially manufactured biscuits have all experienced social change .
the homebush factory had little difficulty in finding workers in the district and it has been commented that there were few families in homebush who didn’t work for arnott’s. the arnott’s were regarded as good employers. during the economic depression of the 1930s, arnotts reduced the operational hours of the factory rather than dismissing their workers, which was the usual practice. many members of the arnott family lived in strathfield, including the founder william arnott .
during world war ii, arnott’s kept its customers informed about the reasons it was not producing as many ‘favourites’. their factories were working at full capacity to fulfil war orders (presumably sending shredded wheat biscuits and other basic staples to soldiers on the front line). australian women’s weekly – 16 january 1943 .
william arnott was born on the 6th december 1827 in pathhead, fifeshire, scotland to david millie & isabella arnott. he was the first of 8 children .
'' like vegemite and sitting in the front seat of a taxi, the biscuits we eat define our nationality,'' massasso says. when campbell' s took over arnott' s in 1992, the american conglomerate was told that it messed with the parrot at its peril. australians would not stand for their biscuits being americanised … they must be australian - made to traditional recipes and never called cookies.'' campbell' s respected that and preserved the portfolio.''
a few of the early sea biscuits have survived in museums because they had been painted on – the sailors used the hard biscuits to paint maritime scenes of whale hunting, sailors relaxing, jack ashore pictures etc similar to scrimjaw and sea - chest paintings. the painted biscuits were usually sold to buy drinks when they went ashore .
more than 50, 000 australians have worked with arnott’s during the past century. today, arnott’s employs around 2, 400 australians across all states and territories. we also employ several thousand people across the asia pacific region, in countries such as new zealand, indonesia, malaysia, singapore and japan .
the purchase was known as ‘arnott’s folly’ as the site was considered too far from the city to attract workers. however, the homebush factory which opened in 1908 was eventually the largest in the southern hemisphere and exported biscuits from homebush to the rest of the world .
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the arnott family went on to make a great contribution to australia’s development and provided an example of hard work and entrepreneurial business activity for others to follow .
hard tack biscuits were important to the fledgling colony of botany bay, especially when it experienced lean times. by the goldrushes of the 1950s flour replaced the need for biscuits and we developed many damper recipes to fill our empty bellies .
in the latter half of the 19th century and well into the 20th, weekly baking of cakes, bread and biscuits was common. many of the early biscuits were variations on a theme – no self - respecting australian woman, in the city or bush, would want to be caught out without a stash of biscuits in case friends arrived unannounced .
our delicious range of savoury biscuits are designed to give a real flavour hit. pick up a box of your favourite shapes today – there’s a flavour to suit every mood and occasion !
you may be interested in an archaelogical assessment that was written in 1995 about the arnott’s site. a copy of this assessment is available at urltoken' s _ factory _ site. pdf; query = strathfield; brand = default
you would have to contact arnott’s directly. if they aren’t making the biscuit, maybe they should reveal the receipe for all the honey snap devotees out there !
if eaten as biscuits they were more likely dipped in water, tea, coffee or even brine. they were also served with the sailor’s basic stew or soup slop. it must be remembered that the general standard of dental health was bad so consumption of the biscuits must have been hard going for most sailors .
if you’re a fan of crunchy, crumbly biscuits sandwiched with mouth - watering creamy centres, then you’ll love our delicious cream biscuits. a little indulgent, but not too decadent, they’re the perfect treat for sharing with friends and loved ones .
we don’t organise tours of arnott’s factory as the factory has been redeveloped into a shopping / restaurant / office district called the bakehouse quarter, which anyone can visit .
arnott’s has reduced the size of some of their biscuit varieties, with shoppers now getting less bite for their buck when purchasing some tiny teddy and shapes snack packs .
william arnott is the great, great, great grandfather of stephen arnott, owner of morpeth sourdough. stephen, a 6th generation baker, is continuing his family tradition at the same bakehouse in morpeth where william and his brother david ran their business during the 1860’s .
a spokesman for arnott’s said in a statement to urltoken that the change was due to energy costs, and that it was a necessary move for the business to make .
six packages containing poisoned monte carlo biscuits and demand letters were sent to identities and corporations in nsw and queensland in february 1997 .
it is surprising how many australians have vivid recall of growing up near a biscuit factory way back when manufacturers were ubiquitous all over australia' s capital cities, and savouring the aroma of biscuits being baked. one insists that even today, long after the arnott' s bakery at sydney' s north strathfield has been turned into a shopping and office complex, he can drive by and find his senses suffused by that heady and delicious smell .
arnott’s, which has been working with the retail food group (the owner of the donut king franchise) to create a range of products linked to arnott’s brands, alleges a breach of the trade marks act and trade practices act. they are consequently contemplating seeking injunctions, damages, orders for corrective advertising and / or an account of profits .
when we consolidated our baking operations to new south wales we tried to put the [ original arnott' s ] nsw ginger nut out nationally ,
ms thomson said .
over the past decade, arnott’s has spent more than $ 3 billion purchasing raw ingredients and services from local farmers and businesses, fuelling the economy of rural and regional australia .
in 1865, a small bakery opened on hunter st in newcastle, nsw, north of sydney. it supplied bread, pies and biscuits to the local people and to the crews of the many ships that docked at the port to load coal. from these humble beginnings rose a company whose name is now synonymous with australia’s favourite biscuits .
the first biscuits in australia were as hard as nails and, by all accounts, tasted dreadful. they were ‘sea biscuits’, or as the old time sailors called them ‘hard tack’ or ‘ship’s biscuits’ because they were such a standby for early sailors. the word ‘tack’ was already in use to describe any ship’s food. the ‘sea biscuit’ had been introduced into the british navy in the 17th century and was traditionally made with flour, water and salt. they had an extremely long shelf life and were the saviour of many the sailor blown off course without sufficient rations. the biscuits, along with salted beef, were the staple diet and prepared in several ways to make them digestible .
a scientist' s ute with the lot... it must be australia
western’s wagon wheels were extremely popular because they were the first biscuit to be sold at picture theatres. individually wrapped, large ‘wagon wheel’ shaped, these were an ideal sweet for kids about to see the next exciting serial of hopalong cassidy. my sister, eight year’s older than me, was figure - conscious and seemed to live on vita - wheat biscuits. these were extremely thin yet hardy plain biscuits. she had vegemite on hers and i had peanut butter which i would use to make ‘worms’ by pressing the paste between the biscuits until the worms started to appear .
people don' t like change, but we' ve learnt in particular they don' t like their biscuits to change .
because australia' s iconic biscuits have remained unchanged for a lifetime or longer, to many, they evoke the past.'' biscuits have a unique nostalgia factor and can connect us to older, perhaps happier days,'' arnott' s global communications and diversity director toni jones says.'' my brother and i would go to my beautiful nanna' s house and she' d give us honey jumbles and i' d get the pink and he' d get the white, and today, all these years later, it takes just one bite of a honey jumble and i tear up.''
perfect for a snack or lighter lunch option with a bit of crunch. add your favourite fresh toppings or enjoy plain. arnott’s crispbreads are a versatile option for a healthier snack or meal .
“i have always supported arnott’s but no longer! why are you trying to rip us off by reducing the amount of product in your boxes but at the same price? ” another said .
arnott’s said the change also meant that the portion - sized snack - packs would now be sold in environmentally - friendly cardboard boxes “that fit better on the supermarket shelf and in your pantry” .
in august 1887, the sydney morning herald published this comprehensive description of the arnott’s biscuit factory. the full article describes the machinery, the ingredients and the employees required to produce a weekly quota of biscuits. it also references the removal of a biscuit import duty which, despite early fears, did nothing to interfere with the popularity of the brand .
a party was held for workers between morning and afternoon shifts at the plant yesterday. tearful workers walked through the gates for the last time, clutching arnott' s bags filled with mementos and keepsakes .
these are good cream cracker biscuits with various flavours of cream including lemon, orange, chocolate, and custard flavours. they are an ocassional treat and would be nice to serve for unexpected guests also. my favourite is the lemon because i love all things lemony and the outer biscuits are salty and different .
arnott’s is one of the largest food companies in the asia pacific region. our ongoing growth has been supported by the campbell soup company’s investment in the business and its iconic brands. it is our goal to be the best food company in the region, making everyday moments a little more delicious .
the campaign has not been well received at arnott’s though, with claims that krispy kreme are being misleading as the donut resembles the iced vo - vo biscuit and the iced dough - vo tag is phonetically similar .
saw kk advertising this when i walked past my local outlet, and thought immediately that arnott’s would be getting legal - happy over this… kk seem to be trying a little too hard to localise the menu methinks .
milk arrowroots were launched in 1888. scotch fingers, iced vovos and saos look and taste exactly as they did when introduced in 1906. saladas are 61 years old. tim tams date from 1964 and were named after a racehorse that had impressed arnott' s scion ross arnott when he had a flutter at the 1958 kentucky derby .
biscuits come in square, rectangle, oval, round & animal shapes. they are large and tiny and the supermarket shelves are always bulging with stock. we australians, thankfully, continue to call these confections ‘biscuits’ and despite continual exposure to american television, and a barrage of marketing campaigns, we refuse to succumb to ‘cookies’
in 1865 william arnott established his first biscuit factory in newcastle (having been a baker in maitland prior to then) .
it' s taken a great toll on her health and that' s a matter of concern today. i' d ask that you let her simply go home ,
he said .
australians enthusiastically bring certain words to an affectionate abbreviation. kevin becomes kev, barry baz, banana nana, and so on. biscuits are regularly referred to as ‘bickies’ .
women baked every week and usually made two or three - dozen biscuits ‘for the biscuit tin’. as society changed, especially after federation, to reflect new labour - saving household inventions, the availability of electricity and gas, and the reality that women could also work in factories and offices, the introduction of commercially manufactured biscuits was well received .
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i know its a long shot but i am looking for records of some employees of the arnott’s factory in early 1926. the names i am after are the surname cuneo and anne millard. i think anne was employed as a packer. does anyone know if there are records of the employee’s anywhere and if there is where i might find them .
since 1997, arnott’s has invested more than $ 400 million in our australian biscuit facilities, including $ 40m in a fully automated biscuit packing line at our virginia bakery, which is one of the largest robotic installations of its type in the world .
in 1934, secondary products (biscuit caddies) were being widely advertised – australian women’s weekly 8 september 1934 .
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the biscuits were also eaten straight from the ‘packet’ - which, in this case, would have been a barrel. they were prone to weevil infestation that might have added something to the taste !
it is considered that the presence of this second profile substantially weakens the prosecution case that the accused' s dna on the stamps is only reasonably and rationally explicable as a result of the accused' s knowing participation in the extortion .
i am currently compiling our family history and my mother (patricia dyason) said she worked at arnotts biscuits in homebush as a young girl before she got married. it would have been about 1943 - 1945 after she left school. she said it was her favourite place to work. she had a lot of friends there and arnotts was good work for. she also said she loved those pink vovo biscuits !
for as long as i' ve had assorted creams, orange slice has been like the older, fatter and less attractive sibling of the creamy family. it doesn' t really have a place these days outside a morning bingo session or christian camp. there are definitely more worthy cream biscuits that could take it' s place .
dear managment of arnotts biscuits please do something about bringing back the good old days of honey snap biscuits, as a young lad many years ago the times spent with family with a plate of honey snaps. i believe that there is a lot of aussies that feel the same way please do consider this request. or tell me were i can get the original arnotts recipe from. there is no substitute for a arnotts biscuit .
my father told me that during the depression men would sit outside the factory waiting to be given broken biscuits. while waiting they used to draw on the footpath with chalk and he said many were quite accomplished artists .
it' s because they' ve either moved interstate or they' ve bought a pack while they were travelling interstate .
ronald thomas was convicted of the shooting murders of peter wade and maureen ambrose at wade' s gold coast unit in 1991 .
i am old enough to know and remember what arnotts cream biscuits used to taste like and these aren' t them. ever since the americans bought arnotts there has been a very fast deterioration in size, flavour, and ingredients anything to save money. the result is such and inferior product that i have stopped buying any arnotts biscuits. i wrote to the company several times over the years and never had a response so much for customer service .
“we did receive a request from lawyers representing arnott’s that we withdraw these from the shelves in our stores because we were allegedly in breach of various trademarks, ” ceo of krispy kreme australia, john mcguigan, told the abc. “we’ve taken advice on that of course, and that advice is, that’s not the case, and that krispy kreme customers are pretty smart and they can tell the difference between a doughnut and a biscuit. ”
hello, i just wanted to enquire about the modern arnott’s factory. can one visit it? we are curious to find out about the different technologies used in the factory in order to compare them to how they were previously. we are also interested in finding about about the production methods. thanks: )
why have they never bought back the large tin of assorted biscuits from the mid sixties. they had a dome bicky with hundreds and 1000snds and iced bickies my favorite they were extremely popular. can anybody name the other bickies in the tin .
biscuit manufacture was not always so sublime.'' the colony' s first biscuits were' hard tack', comprised of flour, water and salt,'' fahey says.'' they were hard as rocks and tasted awful.'' it took pioneering ingenuity to render them digestible. the biscuit was pulverised into powder, which was mixed with water and whatever else was handy to provide taste. fahey says:'' a popular method was to mix the powder with pig' s blood, egg powder, more flour and salt, and then fashion them into large pancakes which were fried in pig' s fat. these were called' blood pancakes'. if there was nothing to mix with the powder, water was simply added and it became a gruel known as' cracker hash'. biscuits were stored in a barrel, and were prone to weevil infestation … which could only have improved the taste.''
my mother, who is in her mid 90’s, would love to hear any news about her uncle or that long lost branch of her family .
mr rutledge said mr blair, of queensland' s john tonge centre, now agreed with mr szabo the stamps contained the dna profiles of two people .
the sao, first sold in 1906, is a dry cracker, better enjoyed with butter, vegemite or tomato, than unadorned. perhaps more interesting than the biscuit itself is the genesis of its name. theories abound: that'' sao'' is an acronym for salvation army officer, because founder william arnott' s son arthur was a salvo; that it was the name of a sailing boat moored at sydney' s royal yacht squadron; that it was in honour of a woman named catherine sao, whose claim to fame seems to have been lost to time. another theory goes that samuel arnott was doodling his initials on a pad … and added an'' o'' .
arnott’s lawyers have sent a request to krispy kreme to cease the use of the “iced dough - vo” for one of their new range of donuts by no later than 5pm today, the abc reported. the iced dough - vo is one of a range of australian flavours the donut retailer is using as part of an “australiana” theme running until june 8 .
the plant' s closure was announced 18 months ago, and more than 200 workers lost their jobs as operations wound down. the final 131 finished yesterday .
writer peter luck calls the humble milk arrowroot - 125 years old this year -'' a biscuit you could trust … a good, solid biscuit you could fight a war on, win a footy grand final on, get married on and raise another whole generation of babies on''. in an early ad for the oval - shaped, eminently dunkable, starch - rich bikkie made from flour and the arrowroot vegetable, the manufacturer spruiked that they had the power to help babies grow:'' how doth the busy little boy get bigger every hour? arnott' s milk arrowroot biscuits gave him health and power!''
'' since the late 1800s,'' fahey says,'' biscuits have been a symbol of community spirit'', as loved ones, friends and workmates down tools to have a bite and a sip and natter about family intrigue, politics, sport and the price of fish:'' it' s pleasant and it' s calming.'' kevin rudd acknowledged the ritual on election victory night, 2007, when advising his wired and celebrating staff to settle down with a cup of tea and an iced vovo before the hard work of governing the nation began next day .
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tim tams were first launched in 1963. they were named after a horse that ran in the kentucky derby in 1958. a member of the arnott family, ross arnott, attended the race day and decided ‘tim tam’ was the perfect name for the new biscuit he was about to launch. enthusiasts for the biscuit say that a taste sensation can be obtained by biting off one end and sucking tea or coffee through the biscuit .
corner shops, before shopping malls and convenience stores, were usually well - run family businesses. no self service here as uniformed mum and dad responded to your shopping list. the biscuits were served either from the tins or from the ‘broken biscuit box’. the latter being considerably cheaper .
phyllis mander - jones,' arnott, william (1827–1901)', australian dictionary of biography, national centre of biography, australian national university, urltoken published first in hardcopy 1969, accessed online 10 july 2018 .
the crown case hinged on the evidence of a forensic biologist, barry blair, who found the stamps sent to mr boe' s office only contained dna consistent with that of thomas .
in addition, william arnott and his wife were dedicated to the church and the community during their life. they committed much of their spare time to helping the needy and as such there are several plaques in the hunter valley commemorating this contribution .
liquor, hospitality and miscellaneous workers union, assistant secretary, terry breheny, said the union was angered by the plant' s closure, and would work to avoid a similar situation in the future .
neither wilkes or baker provides clues of when this slang first appeared. they do agree that it is used in the context: “do you want some tea and bickies? ” and that it has also entered our colloquial language to mean large amounts of money = “he was holding big bickies. ” and in statements such as “he was not the full packet of biscuits. ”
my grandmother’s maiden name was greenland and she grew up in waratah, a suburb of newcastle, in the late 1800s. her brother, harry greenland, worked as an accountant for arnotts in newcastle and then in homebush .
when i was young in the 1950s you had a sweet plain square biscuit named either ‘lemon cream’ or ‘cream lemon’ biscuits. they were beautiful. then in later times there was a round biscuit called ‘tea cake’ with lattice pattern on the top and fluted around the edge. why have they discontinued these? also i think a nice plain sweet biscuit would be the ‘monte carlo’ without the cream .
his life’s achievement was as the entrepreneur who built one of the largest biscuit companies in the world. an iconic australian brand that is deemed the second most prestigious and well known trademark in australia (the abc logo is the first) by ip australia .
geoff storer, who worked in the factory' s mixing department for nearly 30 years, said it was an emotional day .
i' m a little sad... they pulled the mat out from under us, but i' ve had a good innings ,
he said .
considering the vast quantity of tea and coffee consumed in the 19th and 20th centuries it is probably not surprising that our biscuit consumption (where available) was extremely high. (i refer readers to the articles section of the site where a history of tea and coffee drinking is available .). older australians will find it easy to imagine the ‘tea ladies’ who pushed their trolleys down factory and office aisles and the ‘honour’ system whereby those who took biscuits would put some money into the kitty. the usual rate was twenty pence a day .
from all reports hugh jackman is a congenial guy, but today he was miffed. he and nicole kidman were on oprah in 2008 spruiking their new movie australia, and to mark the occasion the actor gifted the host and each member of the studio audience with an australian national treasure, the tim tam. all was going munchingly well … then disaster. oprah thanked hugh for the cookies. cookies!'' tim tams are biscuits!'' hugh put her straight.'' in australia, we don' t have cookies. we have bikkies!''
arnott was survived by his wife (d. 1902), two sons and two daughters of his first marriage and five sons and three daughters of the second. the sons of his first marriage, leslie and samuel, became chairmen of directors of the business and were succeeded by their half - brothers, william, john maclean and halse rogers; while robert fleming became an engineer and arthur smith a colonel in the salvation army .
+ this is a great australian family biscuit. it is made in australia. i like the lemon flavoured biscuit the best because it is very different to the others, not so sugary in my opinion. the monte carlo' s are great and are always a hit. it is nice to dip into a coffee or hot chocolate .
william arnott' s success was founded on hard work, integrity and insistence on quality. he was a sincere christian, noted for his lovable and kindly nature. he and his wife were active in philanthropic work and the wesleyan church. in 1857 he was elected a trustee of the church in maitland; in newcastle he was connected with the sunday school for twenty - four years, in twenty of which he was superintendent. an example of his honesty in business dealings was in 1883 when he repaid in full his 1862 maitland creditors; they presented him with an address and a gold medal and held a luncheon in his honour. one of his recreations was rifle shooting. he joined the volunteer rifle corps in 1860 and won the first three contests for the silver belt presented by the mayor of maitland .
the first task was to smash the biscuit with a hammer to render it into powder form (yes, they were that hard !). the powder (sometimes called ’dust’ and this possibly explains why some bushmen called flour by the same name) was then mixed with water and whatever was available to provide taste. a popular method was to mix the powder with pig’s blood, egg powder more flour and salt, and then fashion them into large pancakes which were fried in pig’s fat. these were called ‘blood pancakes’. another recipe saw the powder soaked in water with raisins to make ‘dandy funk’. if there was nothing to mix with the powder it was simply mixed with water and eaten like a gruel known as ‘cracker hash’ .
'' in an age of short - lived fads and virtual reality, we cherish the real and enduring,'' massasso says.'' it' s comforting to consume a product made from basic, timeless, unadulterated ingredients - eggs, milk, flour and sugar - that have been baked in an oven. baking in itself is an ancient and generous act involving patience, skill and sharing the results.''
in 1888 the family moved to mayfield, near newcastle, and in 1893 arnott left his sons in charge and visited scotland with his wife and a daughter. on his return in 1894 he bought a factory in sydney and took his sons into partnership. he had some forty employees in 1880 and by 1894 the number had increased to nearly eight hundred in sydney and newcastle. he retired in 1899 and moved to strathfield near sydney, where he died on 22 july 1901. for several years the management of the business had been left to his sons but he had supported the plan for a new factory, built at homebush between 1906 and 1908 .
if you' re a fan of the ginger nut, you may have noticed something odd — the iconic aussie biscuit differs depending on which state or territory you' re in .
from colour, texture and taste to packet size and labelling, ginger nuts vary greatly across the border .
the recipes for the four varieties date back to 1906 and were originally baked by different biscuit companies across the country .
but we got told by people in different states, who had been enjoying ginger nuts made by different biscuit companies, that they preferred the one they were used to .
so the regional varieties have been maintained, despite all now being baked in the same facility in huntingwood in new south wales .
the ingredients list are actually really similar between the four different varieties; what changes is how long we bake them for and how much of each ingredient goes into different bakes ,
ms thomson said .
the four ginger nuts (from left) victoria, queensland, sa / wa / nt and nsw / act .
when laid out on a plate, each of the ginger nuts is noticeably different in size, colour and texture .
according to ms thomson, the nsw / act ginger nut is the thickest and the hardest and
the best for dunking in a cup of tea
.
the queensland recipe is
thin, sweet and darker in colour — more like a gingerbread - style biscuit .
in victoria and tasmania, ginger nuts are bigger, softer and sweeter, and
closest to traditional ginger nuts from overseas
.
the south australian / west australian / northern territory version looks similar to its victorian counterpart but is sweeter .
growing your own tea at home could do more than just benefit your wallet .
we often get phone calls and contact from people saying,' what have you done to the ginger nut? you' ve changed them and we' re not happy about it' ,
ms thomson said .
sometimes a box of nsw ginger nuts accidently gets delivered to a shop in queensland, and then we have quite a few people [ contact us ] .
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charges against joy ellen thomas, 72 (72) of tweed heads, were dropped in the brisbane district court just as she was about to stand trial .
thomas was charged with four counts of extortion after her dna was found on two stamps attached to a demand letter sent to the offices of solicitor andrew boe .
but the department of public prosecutions today dismissed the charges five years after the alleged extortion bid .
but prosecutor paul rutledge told the court today mr blair had changed his mind this week after speaking to forensic biologist laszlo szabo, who tested the stamps for the defence .
the second profile is very weak - it is not sufficient to identify the person who placed it on the stamp ,
mr rutledge said .
taking into account that fact... the prosecution is of the view that the case against joy ellen thomas is not sufficiently strong to justify the proceedings continuing .
mr rutledge earlier told the court it was not possible to say whether the dna was as a result of a deposit of saliva or some other mechanism such as someone coughing in the presence of the stamps .
it is also not possible to date at what stage the dna was originally deposited on the stamps ,
he said .
thomas refused to comment as she left the court today surrounded by her lawyer and family members .
mr swanson said thomas was likely to make a statement about the conduct of the john tonge centre early next week .
the john tonge centre, funded by queensland health, manages the examination of human and other materials used as evidence in inquests and serious criminal trials .
a criminal justice commission report last year found best - practice policies were not followed or enforced at the centre and the recording of specimens were
open to error
.
mr storer from ashwood said he was a
local boy
and was sorry he couldn' t stay at the factory until he retired .
jana samardzija loved working at the factory and does not know what she will do now :
i started here when i was 22, and in the middle of your life you have to look for something new... i see monday come, and in the morning where do i go ?
it is the breakdown of a family, a community that has been together for the last 20 and 30 years ,
he said .
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indeed we do, and why do these crisp or crumbly, sweet, chocolate or savoury, square, round, oval or animal - shaped morsels inspire such feisty affection and lifelong loyalty?'' stopping to dunk a cheap and delicious biscuit in a cuppa at home or in the office and factory is enshrined in the fabric of our society,'' folklorist and biscuit aficionado warren fahey says.
arnott 's biscuits limited is australia 's largest producer of biscuits and the second-largest supplier of snack food . it is a subsidiary of the campbell soup company of the united states . 
arnott's biscuits limited is australia's largest producer of biscuits and the second-largest supplier of snack food. it is a subsidiary of the campbell soup company of the united states.
arnott's biscuits limited is australia's largest producer of biscuits and the second-largest supplier of snack food. it is a subsidiary of the campbell soup company of the united states.