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515:"WITTINGTON INVESTMENTS LIMITED company key information"
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564:"Company Overview of Wittington Investments Limited"
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424:In December 2020, the Weston family announced that
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980:2009 report of the Garfield Weston Foundation
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323:, England. The company is 79.2% owned by the
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735:"George Weston Limited – 2015 Annual Report"
767:Loblaw Companies Limited 2010 annual report
1261:Investment companies of the United Kingdom
1241:Companies based in the City of Westminster
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974:Webpage of Wittington Investments, Limited
769:. Toronto: Loblaw Companies Limited. 2011.
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968:Website of Wittington Investments Limited
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780:Davies, Charles (1987).
615:"Obituary: Garry Weston"
419:Associated British Foods
411:Associated British Foods
391:Loblaw Companies Limited
340:Associated British Foods
309:Associated British Foods
167:Associated British Foods
434:controlling shareholder
387:controlling shareholder
177:, Wittington Properties
16:British holding company
1204:Wittington Investments
621:. UK. 16 February 2002
293:Wittington Investments
187:wittington-investments
1199:George Weston Limited
519:UK.GlobalDatabase.com
415:George Weston Limited
376:George Weston Limited
113:14.133 billion (2020)
1133:Kingsway Fresh Foods
747:on December 24, 2018
687:Dun & Bradstreet
583:"Annual Report 2011"
1276:Fortnum & Mason
1062:George Weston Foods
920:selfridgespress.com
352:Fortnum & Mason
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133:15.5 billion (2019)
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1125:Dairy Wrap Produce
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1024:Current operations
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839:. 1967. p. 8.
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464:and Austrian firm
440:chains, including
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329:W. Garfield Weston
247:W. Garfield Weston
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1122:Burton's Biscuits
1116:Former operations
970:(British company)
570:. 31 August 2015.
380:Choice Properties
362:Canadian business
297:holding companies
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1178:Guy Weston
1076:Mozolo oil
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479:References
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270:Key people
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90:Key people
1129:Fine Fare
1072:Kingsmill
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