Marmite turns 125 in 2027, just as McCormick takes over. What a serious anniversary year should look like, and what we should probably expect instead.
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The British press has the Burton-Marmite story wrong
Since 31 March 2026, when McCormick & Company announced its agreement to combine with Unilever's foods business, the British press has been telling one version of the Marmite-McCormick story. The version goes roughly like this: The Americans have bought our Marmite.
An imagined Mnemonicon interview with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle for St George's Day, and Mr Sherlock Holmes investigates an unlabelled jar that arrived at 221B by the second post
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle for St George's Day, plus Sherlock Holmes deducing an unlabelled jar that arrived at 221B by the second post. Burton-on-Trent, 1902, medical-man sender.
What happened to Schwartz: the 42-year case study for what comes next for Marmite
If you want to know what happens to a British heritage food brand under McCormick ownership, you do not have to speculate. There is already a forty-two-year working example sitting on every supermarket spice shelf in Britain.
Food Unwrapped films inside the Marmite factory and TikTok loses the plot
Channel 4 goes inside the Burton factory and TikTok runs with the slurry-vat footage. The brand handles the moment well.
What the McCormick deal means for Burton-on-Trent
What McCormick's vague 'long-term manufacturing agreement' really means for the 240 jobs in Burton, and why the Cadbury precedent should worry us.
McCormick buys Marmite, and the rest of Unilever's pantry
Unilever sells its food business, including Marmite, Hellmann's, and Knorr, to McCormick for $45 billion. The end of a 26-year ownership.
An imagined Mnemonicon interview with Winston Churchill on Marmite, rationing, and the rumoured sale
Sir Winston Churchill on rationing, the Burton factory, and a rumoured Marmite sale. Two questions Britain should ask before the deal closes, in his voice.
Burton-on-Trent, where the Marmite actually comes from
The Marmite factory has been on the same Burton-on-Trent site since 1902. It was not, you will be relieved to hear, chosen at random.
Updates from the Monumite unveiling
I have made the trip to Burton to be apart of the unveiling of the 'Monumite', the shrine for al Marmite lovers.
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