Tilda (food manufacturer)

Tilda is a rice and related food products company headquartered in Rainham, England and with offices in Dubai (UAE) and Delhi (India).

Founded by entrepreneur Rashmi Thakrar who fled to the UK during the Expulsion of Asians from Uganda in 1972, its basmati rice is the top-selling rice in the United Kingdom. Starting in 1994, they have operated Tilda Foodservice, providing professional kitchens with a variety of uncooked dry and frozen rice products.

The company was purchased in 2014 by US group Hain Celestial. Hain Celestial Group sold the company to Spanish group Ebro Foods in August 2019.

References

1 2 Armstrong, Ashley (13 January 2014). "Tilda rice bought by US food group Hain Celestial". The Telegraph. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
↑ https://www.asiantrader.biz/tilda-celebrates-fifty-years-of-rice-and-good-practice-too
↑ Thakrar, Vipul (22 January 1995). "Uganda Asians: Then and Now, Here and There, We contributed, We contribute". Retrieved 3 January 2018.
↑ Pazos, Luis Peña (28 August 2019). "Acquisition of Tilda" (PDF). Letter to National Securities Market Commission. Retrieved 30 May 2020.

External links

Tilda Website

51°30′05″N 0°10′54″E / 51.5015°N 0.1817°E / 51.5015; 0.1817 (Tilda)

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[Telegraph-1] 1 2 Armstrong, Ashley (13 January 2014). "Tilda rice bought by US food group Hain Celestial". The Telegraph. Retrieved 3 January 2018.

[2] ttps://www.asiantrader.biz/tilda-celebrates-fifty-years-of-rice-and-good-practice-too

[3] Thakrar, Vipul (22 January 1995). "Uganda Asians: Then and Now, Here and There, We contributed, We contribute". Retrieved 3 January 2018.

[4] Pazos, Luis Peña (28 August 2019). "Acquisition of Tilda" (PDF). Letter to National Securities Market Commission. Retrieved 30 May 2020.