& son limited type private industry food manufacturing founded 1851 founder william jackson headquarters hessle area served united kingdom key people nicholas oughtred chairman subsidiaries william jackson food group limited slogan a business to be proud of website www.wjfg.co.uk william jackson & son limited trading as the william jackson food group is a british food manufacturer . contents 1 history 2 current operations 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit the william jackson food group wjfg was founded in hull by william jackson when he opened his first store in 1851 . 1 the first bakery opened in 1891 and the current jackson s bakery on derringham street opened in 1907 . 1 in 1974 butlin s leisure company asked the bakery to create a yorkshire pudding for its holiday camps and so aunt bessie s brand was born now producing 20 million yorkshire puddings a week . . 2 the company acquired abel & cole in 2012 and the food doctor in 2016 . 3 current operations edit the company comprises 5 subsidiary companies and the ferguson fawsitt arms walkington including aunt bessie s frozen food jacksons bakery sandwich bread and yorkshire s champion bread myfresh freshly prepared salad and veg abel & cole organic food delivery and the food doctor healthy snacks . see also edit aunt bessie s jacksons stores references edit a b jackson s bread on sale for first time in a decade . scunthorpe telegraph . 3 april 2012 . retrieved 21 march 2015 . from butlin s to aunt bessie s . hull daily mail . 29 december 2010 . retrieved 28 june 2016 . just food s week in words . just food . 12 october 2012 . retrieved 21 march 2015 . external links edit official william jackson food group website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title william jackson food group & oldid 742138134 categories food brands of the united kingdomfood manufacturers of the united kingdombakeries of the united kingdommeat processing in the united kingdomcompanies based in the east riding of yorkshirefood and drink companies established in 18511851 establishments in england navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 1 october 2016 at 22 50 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view