- Lochan Tea
- Godrej Tea
Godrej may refer to:* Godrej family, an billionaire business family in India* Godrej Group, a group of companies founded by the Godrej family...
- Tata Tea Limited
Tata Tea Limited, also known as Tata-Tetley, is the world's second largest manufacturer and distributor of tea . Owned by India's Tata Group, the Tata Tea Limited markets tea under the major brands Tata Tea, Tetley, Good Earth Teas and JEMČA...
- Unilever
Unilever is a multinational corporation, formed of British and Dutch parentage, that owns many of the world's consumer product brands in foods, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products...
brands
- Brooke Bond
Brooke Bond is a brand-name of tea owned by Unilever, formerly an independent manufacturer in the United Kingdom, known for its PG Tips brand and its Brooke Bond tea cards....
- Lipton
Lipton is one of the world's best-known and best-selling brands of both hot leaf and ready-to-drink tea. It is currently owned by Unilever.-History:Lipton was created at the end of the 19th century by Sir Thomas Lipton in Glasgow, Scotland...
- Barry's Tea
Barry's Tea is an Irish tea company founded in 1901 in Cork City. Until the 1960s, tea was sold from a shop in Prince's Street, but thereafter as a result of its increasing popularity, the company expanded its wholesaling and distribution operations. By the 1990s, the company had become one of...
- Bewley's
Bewley's Limited is an Irish company, established in 1840, that produces tea and coffee for sale around the world. The company is owned by Campbell Bewley Group Ltd....
- Lyons Tea
- Punjana
Punjana is a brand of tea produced by the Belfast based tea company Punjana Limited. Punjana Limited is the only major privately owned business in Northern Ireland involved in the importation, blending and packaging of branded and own label teas. Punjana was founded in 1896 by the Thompson family....
- Tetley
Tetley, a fully-owned subsidiary of Tata Tea Limited, is the world's second largest manufacturer and distributor of tea. Owned by India's Tata Group, Tetley's manufacturing and distribution business is spread across 40 countries and sells over 60 branded tea bags...
(Tata Tea LimitedTata Tea Limited, also known as Tata-Tetley, is the world's second largest manufacturer and distributor of tea . Owned by India's Tata Group, the Tata Tea Limited markets tea under the major brands Tata Tea, Tetley, Good Earth Teas and JEMČA...
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The UK market is dominated by two brands - PG Tips and Tetley, both with roughly 24% share. PG Tips tends to lead by market value, and Tetley by number of tea bags. Twinings is in third place, with about 11%, and Ty-phoo 4th with about 5%.
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India
- Lochan Tea
- Godrej Tea
Godrej may refer to:* Godrej family, an billionaire business family in India* Godrej Group, a group of companies founded by the Godrej family...
- Tata Tea Limited
Tata Tea Limited, also known as Tata-Tetley, is the world's second largest manufacturer and distributor of tea . Owned by India's Tata Group, the Tata Tea Limited markets tea under the major brands Tata Tea, Tetley, Good Earth Teas and JEMČA...
- Unilever
Unilever is a multinational corporation, formed of British and Dutch parentage, that owns many of the world's consumer product brands in foods, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products...
brands
- Brooke Bond
Brooke Bond is a brand-name of tea owned by Unilever, formerly an independent manufacturer in the United Kingdom, known for its PG Tips brand and its Brooke Bond tea cards....
- Lipton
Lipton is one of the world's best-known and best-selling brands of both hot leaf and ready-to-drink tea. It is currently owned by Unilever.-History:Lipton was created at the end of the 19th century by Sir Thomas Lipton in Glasgow, Scotland...
Ireland
- Barry's Tea
Barry's Tea is an Irish tea company founded in 1901 in Cork City. Until the 1960s, tea was sold from a shop in Prince's Street, but thereafter as a result of its increasing popularity, the company expanded its wholesaling and distribution operations. By the 1990s, the company had become one of...
- Bewley's
Bewley's Limited is an Irish company, established in 1840, that produces tea and coffee for sale around the world. The company is owned by Campbell Bewley Group Ltd....
- Lyons Tea
- Punjana
Punjana is a brand of tea produced by the Belfast based tea company Punjana Limited. Punjana Limited is the only major privately owned business in Northern Ireland involved in the importation, blending and packaging of branded and own label teas. Punjana was founded in 1896 by the Thompson family....
- Tetley
Tetley, a fully-owned subsidiary of Tata Tea Limited, is the world's second largest manufacturer and distributor of tea. Owned by India's Tata Group, Tetley's manufacturing and distribution business is spread across 40 countries and sells over 60 branded tea bags...
(Tata Tea LimitedTata Tea Limited, also known as Tata-Tetley, is the world's second largest manufacturer and distributor of tea . Owned by India's Tata Group, the Tata Tea Limited markets tea under the major brands Tata Tea, Tetley, Good Earth Teas and JEMČA...
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United Kingdom
The UK market is dominated by two brands - PG Tips and Tetley, both with roughly 24% share. PG Tips tends to lead by market value, and Tetley by number of tea bags. Twinings is in third place, with about 11%, and Ty-phoo 4th with about 5%. (Source: ACNielsen Total Cov GB 52 we 25.02.06)
- Fortnum & Mason
Fortnum & Mason, often shortened to just "Fortnum's" is a famous department store and Royal Warrant holder, situated in central London. Its headquarters are located at 181 Piccadilly where it was established in 1707 by William Fortnum and Hugh Mason...
- Brooke Bond
Brooke Bond is a brand-name of tea owned by Unilever, formerly an independent manufacturer in the United Kingdom, known for its PG Tips brand and its Brooke Bond tea cards....
(no longer trading under this name - see PG TipsPG tips is a brand of tea in the United Kingdom, manufactured by Unilever UK, which claims Britons drink 35 million cups of PG tips a day.-Brand name:...
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- Horniman Museum
The Horniman Museum is a museum in Forest Hill, South London, England. Commissioned in 1898, it opened in 1901 and was designed by Charles Harrison Townsend in the Arts and Crafts style....
- Lancashire Tea
Lancashire Tea is a brand of tea in the United Kingdom, based in Earlestown, Newton-le-Willows, in North West England. The Lancashire Tea Company was formed by Paul Needham and business partner Lynn Hitchen in 2006 to give Lancashire its own brand and as a rival to Yorkshire Tea. Packaging of the...
- Lipton
Lipton is one of the world's best-known and best-selling brands of both hot leaf and ready-to-drink tea. It is currently owned by Unilever.-History:Lipton was created at the end of the 19th century by Sir Thomas Lipton in Glasgow, Scotland...
(UnileverUnilever is a multinational corporation, formed of British and Dutch parentage, that owns many of the world's consumer product brands in foods, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products...
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- Lyons Tea (Tetley
Tetley, a fully-owned subsidiary of Tata Tea Limited, is the world's second largest manufacturer and distributor of tea. Owned by India's Tata Group, Tetley's manufacturing and distribution business is spread across 40 countries and sells over 60 branded tea bags...
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- Marks & Spencer
Marks & Spencer is a major British retailer, with over 885 stores in more than 40 territories around the world, over 600 domestic and 285 international. It is the largest clothing retailer in the United Kingdom, as well as being an upmarket food retailer, and as of 2008, the 43rd largest retailer...
- Matthew Algie
Matthew Algie is a company selling coffee, coffee-making machines, tea, and other products such as hot chocolate primarily in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland....
- PG Tips
PG tips is a brand of tea in the United Kingdom, manufactured by Unilever UK, which claims Britons drink 35 million cups of PG tips a day.-Brand name:...
(UnileverUnilever is a multinational corporation, formed of British and Dutch parentage, that owns many of the world's consumer product brands in foods, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products...
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- Ringtons
- Scottish Blend
Scottish Blend is Scotland's second most popular brand of tea.Manufactured by Unilever UK Foods, who also make PG Tips and Lipton, it is specially blended to taste good in the soft waters of Scotland....
(UnileverUnilever is a multinational corporation, formed of British and Dutch parentage, that owns many of the world's consumer product brands in foods, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products...
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- Tetley
Tetley, a fully-owned subsidiary of Tata Tea Limited, is the world's second largest manufacturer and distributor of tea. Owned by India's Tata Group, Tetley's manufacturing and distribution business is spread across 40 countries and sells over 60 branded tea bags...
(Tata Tea LimitedTata Tea Limited, also known as Tata-Tetley, is the world's second largest manufacturer and distributor of tea . Owned by India's Tata Group, the Tata Tea Limited markets tea under the major brands Tata Tea, Tetley, Good Earth Teas and JEMČA...
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- Twinings
Twinings is a marketer of tea based in Andover, Hampshire, England.The first of ten generations of Twinings, founder Thomas Twining opened the first known tea room, at 216 Strand, London, in 1706, still operating today. The firm's logo, created in 1787, is thought to be the world's oldest in...
- Typhoo
- Whittard of Chelsea
Whittard of Chelsea are an international retailer of coffee, tea and various items that are used for the consumption of hot beverages. Hot chocolate is one of their leading products.- History :...
- Yorkshire Tea
Yorkshire Tea is a black tea blend produced by Taylors of Harrogate, one of the few remaining family tea and coffee merchants in the United Kingdom.The company was founded in 1886 by Yorkshire tea merchant Charles Taylor...
- Nambarrie
Nambarrie is the brand name of a tea company based in Belfast, Northern Ireland, owned by Twinings. It was announced on 10 April 2008 that the Belfast factory is to close....
(TwiningsTwinings is a marketer of tea based in Andover, Hampshire, England.The first of ten generations of Twinings, founder Thomas Twining opened the first known tea room, at 216 Strand, London, in 1706, still operating today. The firm's logo, created in 1787, is thought to be the world's oldest in...
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Loose tea and tea bags
- Bigelow
R.C. Bigelow, Inc, better known as the Bigelow Tea Company, is an American tea company based in Fairfield, Connecticut. The company was founded by Ruth C. Bigelow in the late 1940s, based on a recipe she marketed as "Constant Comment" tea...
- Boston Tea Campaign
Teekampagne is the largest mail order tea business in Germany and the world’s largest importer of Darjeeling loose tea....
- Celestial Seasonings
Celestial Seasonings is a tea company based in Boulder, Colorado, United States that specializes in herbal tea but also sells green and black tea . They account for over $100,000,000 in herbal tea blends sales in the United States annually. All of their teas are certified kosher and all-natural,...
- The Coffee Bean
- Good Earth Teas
Good Earth Teas is a tea distributor based in Santa Cruz, California. Founded in 1972 under their parent company Fmali Herb Company, it was originally one of the first American herbal tea companies during the early 1970s...
(Tata Tea LimitedTata Tea Limited, also known as Tata-Tetley, is the world's second largest manufacturer and distributor of tea . Owned by India's Tata Group, the Tata Tea Limited markets tea under the major brands Tata Tea, Tetley, Good Earth Teas and JEMČA...
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- Harney and Sons
Harney & Sons is an American tea company based in Salisbury, Connecticut. They specialise in high-quality loose teas and tisanes, and offer several products that are organic and certified kosher...
- Ito En
is a Japanese multinational beverage company specializing in tea production, distribution, and sales. ITO EN is the largest green tea distributor in Japan. The Ito En Group includes subsidiaries based in Japan, The United States, and Australia. Its products include unsweetened, bottled green tea...
- Kalahari Tea
- Kalahari Tea :Kalahari Tea imports, distributes and sells via its web site a variety of specialty teas. Originally founded by Ned Fitch and David Abrahams, the company focuses in particular on South African Rooibos or red tea, which it sells in Giant Eagle and GNC stores...
- Lipton
Lipton is one of the world's best-known and best-selling brands of both hot leaf and ready-to-drink tea. It is currently owned by Unilever.-History:Lipton was created at the end of the 19th century by Sir Thomas Lipton in Glasgow, Scotland...
- Luzianne
Luzianne is the brand name for a line of Southern beverages and packaged goods, most famously Luzianne Iced Tea. Though most Luzianne products are available throughout the country, the popularity of the brand rests mainly in the Southern United States...
- Mighty Leaf Tea
Mighty Leaf Tea Company is a specialty tea manufacturer and distributor based in San Rafael, California. Known for pioneering the whole leaf tea pouch filled with whole tea leaves, herbs and fruits, Mighty Leaf Tea was founded by husband and wife team Gary Shinner and Jill Portman in 2000...
- Peet's Coffee & Tea
Peet's Coffee & Tea is a specialty coffee roaster and retailer. Founded in 1966 by Alfred Peet in Berkeley, California, Peet's has a devoted following, sometimes known as the Peetniks due to their strong customer loyalty to Peet's wide range of varietals and signature blends of coffee and tea...
- The Republic Of Tea
The Republic of Tea is a company that markets organic and exotic teas from around the world. The company was founded in 1992 by Mel and Patricia Ziegler with Bill Rosenzweig after selling their interest in the original Banana Republic stores, which the Zieglers co-founded .The Republic of Tea is...
- Stash Tea
- Tavalon Tea
Tavalon Tea is a New York City based tea company that sells premium loose-leaf teas and related tea products from all over the world. The music inspired tea company categorizes their blends and infusions as Mixes, Remixes, & Uncuts....
- Tazo
Tazo Tea Company is a tea manufacturer and distributor based in Portland, Oregon.-History:Tazo Tea was founded in 1994 by Steve Smith along with his business partners Stephen Lee and Tom Mesher. Lee and Smith had co-founded the Stash Tea Company in 1972...
- Tea Forté
Tea Forté Inc. is an American tea company based in Concord, Massachusetts. The company was founded in 2003 by Peter Hewitt, an American product designer...
- TeaGschwendner
TeaGschwendner is a chain of retail shops and European Bistros which sell loose leaf tea and tea accessories. The company started in Germany in 1978 and now operates in seven countries on four continents including three locations in the US. As it stands today, TeaGschwendner is also the only...
- Teavana
Teavana Holdings Incorporated is a multinational specialty tea and tea accessory retailer based in Atlanta, Georgia. Founded in Atlanta in 1997, Teavana currently operates 77 company-owned stores in 25 U.S. states and Mexico. Although Teavana does not participate in franchising, it does offer...
- Tetley
Tetley, a fully-owned subsidiary of Tata Tea Limited, is the world's second largest manufacturer and distributor of tea. Owned by India's Tata Group, Tetley's manufacturing and distribution business is spread across 40 countries and sells over 60 branded tea bags...
(Tata Tea LimitedTata Tea Limited, also known as Tata-Tetley, is the world's second largest manufacturer and distributor of tea . Owned by India's Tata Group, the Tata Tea Limited markets tea under the major brands Tata Tea, Tetley, Good Earth Teas and JEMČA...
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- Twinings
Twinings is a marketer of tea based in Andover, Hampshire, England.The first of ten generations of Twinings, founder Thomas Twining opened the first known tea room, at 216 Strand, London, in 1706, still operating today. The firm's logo, created in 1787, is thought to be the world's oldest in...
- Upton Tea
- Salada tea
Salada tea is a manufacturer of tea. It is most known for the slightly tongue-in-cheek "witticisms" that appear on the back of the tag attached to its tea bags.- History :Salada tea was founded in 1892 by Montreal businessman Peter C. Larkin...
- Red Rose Tea
Red Rose Tea is a beverage company established by Theodore Harding Estabrooks in 1894 in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. Its orange pekoe tea is said to be made from only the top two leaves of each tea plant sprig, thus ensuring the best quality....
- Yogi Tea
Yogi Tea creates and manufactures a wide variety of premium teas, including green, herbal, black and red tea. Yogi Tea is part of Golden Temple of Oregon, LLC, which also manufactures Peace Cereal, Sweet Home Farm, and Golden Temple bulk granola...
Bottled tea
- AriZona Beverage Company
The Arizona Beverage Company is a producer of various flavors of iced tea, juice cocktails and energy drinks from the United States, based in Queens, New York. The Arizona Beverage Company is a branch of Ferolito, Vultaggio & Sons, which started out as a brewery in New York City.Arizona is known...
- Ito En
is a Japanese multinational beverage company specializing in tea production, distribution, and sales. ITO EN is the largest green tea distributor in Japan. The Ito En Group includes subsidiaries based in Japan, The United States, and Australia. Its products include unsweetened, bottled green tea...
- Honest Tea
Honest Tea is a bottled organic tea company based in Bethesda, Maryland. It was founded in 1998 by Seth Goldman and Barry Nalebuff. On February 5, 2008, the Coca-Cola Company announced its purchase of a 40% stake of the company at $43 million....
- Nestea
Nestea is a brand of iced tea manufactured by Nestle and distributed by Nestle company's beverage department in the United States and byBeverage Partners Worldwide , a joint venture between The Coca-Cola Company and Nestle, in the rest of the world. It competes with Unilever's Lipton Iced Tea...
- Snapple
Snapple is a brand of iced tea and juice drinks owned by The Dr Pepper Snapple Group and based in Plano, Texas.-History:Snapple was founded by Hyman Golden, Arnold Greenberg and Leonard Marsh in Valley Stream, New York, on Long Island in 1972. The word "Snapple" was introduced in the early 1980s...
- SoBe
SoBe is a brand of teas, fruit-juice blends and enhanced water beverages. The name SoBe is an abbreviation of South Beach, named after the upscale area located in Miami, Florida. In the past, the SoBe name also has been licensed for gum and chocolate products.-Company history:SoBe began as the...
- Tazo
Tazo Tea Company is a tea manufacturer and distributor based in Portland, Oregon.-History:Tazo Tea was founded in 1994 by Steve Smith along with his business partners Stephen Lee and Tom Mesher. Lee and Smith had co-founded the Stash Tea Company in 1972...
- Turkey Hill
Turkey Hill Minit Markets is a chain of Pennsylvania convenience store/gas stations, a subsidiary of the retail supermarket chain Kroger. A sister company, Turkey Hill Dairy is a dairy processor in Conestoga, Pennsylvania, selling their fresh milk products in Pennsylvania, and their ice cream and...
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