Baxters Food Group: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Baxters Food Group is a privately held company headquartered in Fochabers, United Kingdom that owns 1 consumer brand.[1]
Baxters Food Group is a Scottish family food business that began in 1868 when George Baxter opened a grocery shop in Fochabers on the River Spey. It describes itself as a four-generation company run by Audrey Baxter as executive chairman and group chief executive, and a company release names W.A. Baxter & Sons (Holdings) Ltd as owner of the group. It makes soups, pickles, preserves and chilled foods, with food manufacturing in the UK, USA, Australia and Poland. It bought the London chilled-food maker Orexis Fresh Foods, a dip supplier which the group does not market as a separate consumer brand.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- W.A. Baxter & Sons (Holdings) Limited (also Baxters, Baxters Food Group Ltd)
- Type
- privately held company · see all privately held company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇬🇧 Fochabers, United Kingdom
- Founded
- 1868
- Website
- www.baxters.com
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
Baxters Food Group in numbers
- Baxters Food Group owns 1 consumer brands tracked here across 1 top-level categories; the largest is food with 1 brands.[1]
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Official recalls involving Baxters Food Group products
1 recall notice from government regulators matched to Baxters Food Group. Each applies to the specific products, sizes and lot codes named in the notice, not to every product sold under the name.
- Baxter’s Sliced Gherkins Crunchy and Sweet; July 2026 — UK FSA, · Allergy alert
Reason given: Mustard
Recalling firm: Baxter’s Food Group · Brand: Baxters
Matched automatically from FDA, USDA FSIS, UK Food Standards Agency and CPSC records only when the recalling firm corresponds to this ownership record and, for a brand, the brand name appears in the product description. Check the linked notice for exact products and lots. Method.
Frequently asked questions
What brands does Baxters Food Group own?
Baxters Food Group owns 1 consumer brands tracked here, including Baxters.
Is Baxters Food Group a British company?
Yes. Baxters Food Group is headquartered in Fochabers, United Kingdom and was founded in 1868.
Who owns Baxters Food Group?
Baxters Food Group is privately held. Baxters Food Group is a Scottish family food business that began in 1868 when George Baxter opened a grocery shop in Fochabers on the River Spey.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Baxters — Our History timeline — Baxters Food Group, Official document; retrieved 3 October 2026.
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