Carr’s water biscuits, a cracker brand owned by United Biscuits, will be off the shelves for months after a Carlisle factory was one of the victims of the New Year floods in the North of England ...

Carr's Table Water biscuits were developed in the late 19th century, with water replacing fat in the recipe so that the biscuits would stay fresh on ships for sailors on long journeys. Stockpile!

Carr died in 1884, but by 1885, the company was making 128 varieties of biscuit and employing 1,000 workers. Carr’s became part of Cavenham Foods in 1964 and in 1972, was sold to United Biscuits.

Carr's Table Water biscuits, a favourite of cheese-lovers for more than a century, look like being in short supply after production was hit by flooding.

THEIR work was long and repetitive but according to a new book life at Carr's biscuit factory was underlined by fun, friendship … and the occasional secret affair ...

Garibaldi biscuits were invented to honor the famous Italian general Giuseppe Garibaldi, who visited South Shields, England in 1854. It was invented in 1861 by biscuit maker Jonathan Carr for the ...

Ian Carr, who has died aged 75, was the last family head of the Cumbrian milling and baking enterprise which became famous for its Table Water biscuit.

JD Carr was a "great custodian" of biscuit-making, Mr Ebdon says, and old recipe books are still kept here in the factory's offices. It is also one the city's biggest employers.

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- United Biscuits is looking to auction its biscuits division for about GBP1.5 billion after the decision of China's Bright Food to walk away from acquiring the whole company ...