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Description: | Huntley & Palmers appointed a commission agent for France in 1859. The first overseas representative, Joseph Leete, secured a Royal Warrant to supply Napoleon III of France. In 1878, at the Paris Exhibition, the company was awarded the grand prix, a gold medal that created a high demand in France for their biscuits. However French customs authorities were pursuing restrictive policies and even exacted a duty for each tin that was temporarily admitted and later returned to Reading once it was empty. Leete managed to get this provision relaxed slightly, as France was a crucial market accounting for 50% to 55% of the company's continental trade. Trade with France declined further in the early twentieth century due to continuing heavy tariffs and unfavourable exchange rates. | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 | Publisher: | Huntley & Palmers | Rights holder: | Reading Borough Council (Reading Museum Service) | Subjects: | building social history trade advertising tin biscuit Opera wafers | Temporal: | start=1885-01-01; end=1895-12-31; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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