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ROYAL VISIT AS TATE & LYLE CELEBRATES 130 YEARS OF SUGAR REFINING IN LONDON
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Tate & Lyle
13/03/2008
 
HM The Queen and the HRH The Duke of Edinburgh visited Tate Lyle’s historic sugar refinery today in Silvertown, London, to commemorate 130 years of sugar refining at the site. Thames Refinery began production in 1878 when Queen Victoria was on the throne and Disraeli was Prime Minister. Twenty-three Prime Ministers and five Monarchs later the refinery is still going strong and Tate Lyle sugar remains one of the Nation’s most well-known household brands. Tate Lyle has processed cane sugar from African, Caribbean and Pacific countries for 130 years - even keeping production going through the London Blitz despite several direct hits – and today processes around 1 million tonnes of sugar every year. A fortnight ago, Tate Lyle announced that it would start the process of switching its entire UK retail cane sugars range to Fairtrade by the end of 2009 (beginning with 1kg bags of white granulated cane sugar). The Queen received a special edition bag of Tate Lyle Fairtrade Cane Sugar commemorating 130 years of production and the first fortnight of Fairtrade. Ian Bacon, Chief Executive of Tate Lyle, Sugars said: “It is a great honour that Her Majesty and The Duke of Edinburgh visited our historic site today and met so many of our employees. These are exciting times at Tate Lyle. We are in the process of moving our entire retail cane sugars range to Fairtrade and are making significant investments at the refinery, including a novel biomass boiler which will cut fossil fuel consumption by 70% from 2009. Investments and innovation will help us ensure we remain a well-loved UK institution for the next 130 years!” During the visit The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh toured the production process and also met two community partners based on the site: Auction My Stuff and Community Food Enterprise. Tate Lyle invests in both organisations providing office space and equipment, business mentoring and financial support.
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