The Wrigley Company site receives royal visit

The Wrigley Company’s manufacturing facility in Plymouth has been visited by Her Majesty the Queen to mark the site’s 40th anniversary.

Both the Queen and His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh were in attendance at the facility in Estover, with the visit including tours of the manufacturing line and quality laboratory.

The 45-acre site is used to produce more than one million packets of chewing and bubble gum on a daily basis and also houses commercial operations such as sales, finance and marketing.

Ian Burton, managing director of the Wrigley Company UK, stated that the visit was a “fantastic way” to commemorate the milestone, as well as underlining the importance of the British market to the firm.

He added: “Next year will be our 100th anniversary of selling chewing gum in the UK and we look forward to further celebrations then.”

The company currently employs almost 500 people in the UK and Ireland.