Illustrated Price List 1957 : Macfarlane Lang & Co. Ltd. : Glasgow & London : 1957 : covers
A 1957 illustrated price list from the long established biscuit manufacturers Macfarlane Lang who had works in Glasgow, the Victoria Biscuit factory, and London, the Imperial Biscuit factory at Osterley in Middlesex. The company's origins dated back to Lang's bakery in 1817, the merger with Macfarlane being cemented in 1841. The first expansion to London had been to Fulham but in 1930/31 they constructed the Osterley plant on a greenfield site. In 1948 the company merged with McVitie & Price to form United Biscuits.
This price list shows the range of decorative tins alongside the standard range of shortbreads, sweet and chocolate biscuits a few of which were available in tins but the majority in Fiberfoil or Fiberseal packets. Along titled 'price list' no prices are shown in this catalogue; prices would have been shown on a separate loose sheet that could be easily amended if required. The Price List was printed at the well known printers Pillans & Wilson of Edinburgh & Glasgow.
Illustrated Price List 1957 : Macfarlane Lang & Co. Ltd. : Glasgow & London : 1957 : covers
A 1957 illustrated price list from the long established biscuit manufacturers Macfarlane Lang who had works in Glasgow, the Victoria Biscuit factory, and London, the Imperial Biscuit factory at Osterley in Middlesex. The company's origins dated back to Lang's bakery in 1817, the merger with Macfarlane being cemented in 1841. The first expansion to London had been to Fulham but in 1930/31 they constructed the Osterley plant on a greenfield site. In 1948 the company merged with McVitie & Price to form United Biscuits.
This price list shows the range of decorative tins alongside the standard range of shortbreads, sweet and chocolate biscuits a few of which were available in tins but the majority in Fiberfoil or Fiberseal packets. Along titled 'price list' no prices are shown in this catalogue; prices would have been shown on a separate loose sheet that could be easily amended if required. The Price List was printed at the well known printers Pillans & Wilson of Edinburgh & Glasgow.