confectionery founded 1880 headquarters braunstone leicester united kingdom website fox s confectionery fox s confectionery is an english confectionery company based in braunstone leicester . contents 1 history 2 products 3 references 4 external links history edit the company was set up walter richard fox as a wholesale grocery and confectionery business in 1880 . it started in a victorian warehouse in leicester . by 1897 fox was manufacturing over 100 different confectionery lines . 1 in 1969 the company was acquired by mackintosh s a year prior to the creation of rowntree mackintosh when mackintosh merged with rowntree s of york . after purchasing rowntree macintosh in 1988 nestl sold the fox s brand and its leicester site to northern foods in 2001 . the company was sold to big bear ltd in 2003 . big bear confectionery now has sites in blackburn leicester and nimbus . peppy from peppermint 2 the polar bear is the original trademark used for fox s glacier mints and was created by leicester based artist c. reginald dalby better known for his illustrations of thomas the tank engine and the other characters from the railway series of children s books by the rev. w. awdry . 3 products edit fox s glacier range fox s glacier mints fox s glacier fruits fox s glacier dark paynes poppets xxx mints just brazils milk chocolate just brazils dark chocolate just brazils le bar discontinued 1994 references edit about fox s confectionery . fox s confectionery . archived from the original on 2 august 2007 . retrieved 12 november 2009 . fox s glacier mints . leicester city council . retrieved 31 december 2009 . jack ian 18 june 2005 . tunnel vision . ian jack is perplexed by an academic take on the rev w awdrey s sic funny little engine . guardian.co.uk . retrieved 16 june 2009 . external links edit company website xxx mints guardian article callow returns as fox s polar bear guardian article fox s biscuits launches danda ad mentions image rights vs fox polar bear this food and or confectionery corporation or company related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title fox % 27s confectionery & oldid 742510157 categories companies established in 1880confectionery companies of the united kingdom1880 establishments in englandfood and drink companies established in 1880food company stubshidden categories use dmy dates from january 2015all stub articles 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 4 october 2016 at 04 04 . 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