About Bonds Dairy Toffee
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The story of Bonds Dairy Toffee
The bag that sticks around
Dairy toffee is a commitment. You unwrap one, and for the next five minutes conversation is off the table. Nobody has ever eaten one in a hurry, and nobody has ever eaten just one. Bonds of London made its name on the sweets that lived in big jars behind the counter and on hooks by the till. This toffee belongs with them: the bag a grandparent kept in the glovebox and handed back to you at traffic lights.
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Old jars, new owners
Trade press described Bonds of London as one of the UK's oldest sweet businesses when it changed hands in April 2016. The buyer was Innovative Bites, a US-foods wholesaler founded in 2008 by Vishal Madhu, in a multimillion-pound deal. Managing director Philip Courtenay-Luck stayed on with the business. A year later Innovative Bites bought pick'n'mix wholesaler Hancocks Cash & Carry in a deal worth about £100m, which tells you how seriously some people take a sweet jar.
Sherbet lemons and friends
According to Innovative Bites' founder, Bonds has historically been known for traditional British sweets such as pick'n'mix jars and hanging bags. Its best-known jars include retro classics such as sherbet lemons and wine gums, the sort of thing a sweet shop weighed out while you pressed your nose to the glass. The toffee sits right alongside them. You pointed at the jar, and you were told to make the paper bag last until Saturday. It lasted until the bus stop.
Pocket, car, sofa
British toffee has never been a sit-down affair. It lives in coat pockets, glove compartments and the kitchen drawer nobody admits to. It comes out on long drives, during the football, and halfway through a film when someone rustles a wrapper at the worst possible moment. It gets passed between the front seats with a warning about your fillings. The last one always vanishes, and the culprit always has their jaw clamped firmly shut.