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Description

Baxters is a Scottish family food manufacturing business founded in 1868 by George Baxter in Fochabers Moray, now run by fourth-generation Audrey Baxter as Executive Chairman and Group CEO. With over 155 years of heritage and a confirmed Royal Warrant as purveyors of Scottish specialities, Baxters offers soups, jams, chutneys, pickles, beetroot, condiments, and preserves alongside owned brands Fray Bentos, Garner’s, and Simply Delicious. Products are consistent eBay UK and Amazon UK bestsellers with strong pantry staple repeat purchase demand backed by global operations spanning Scotland, England, North America, and Australia.

Minimum Order Value
£100
Platform
Amazon FBA and eBay
Amazon Approved
Yes
eBay Approved
Yes
Recommended Marketplace
All Marketplaces
Parent Company
W.A. Baxter & Sons (Holdings) Ltd
Headquarters
12 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH2 4DJ
Wholesale Program
Open
Authentic Distributors
1. Baxters Shop Direct ✅ (shop.baxters.com — confirmed official direct consumer shop)
2. Baxters Contact Us ✅ (baxters.com/our-company/contact-us — confirmed direct corporate contact)
3. UK Grocery Wholesale Networks ⚠️ (verify specific named distributor before proceeding)
Professional Notes for FBA Sellers
✅ GENUINELY INDEPENDENT FOURTH-GENERATION
FAMILY BUSINESS — Unlike most brands in
this directory now owned by P&G, Reckitt,
Mars, or Newell, Baxters remains genuinely
family-owned for 155+ years with no external
conglomerate acquisition — a refreshing,
rare ownership structure

✅ Fray Bentos is a CONFIRMED Baxters-owned
sub-brand — this means if you have Fray
Bentos separately in your directory, it
should reflect Baxters Food Group as parent
company

✅ Always request authorization letter LOA
and confirm invoices show your registered
business name for Amazon compliance

✅ Broad product category coverage (soups,
jams, pickles, beetroot, chutneys, condiments,
Fray Bentos pies) gives substantial cross-
category ASIN opportunities from one
wholesale relationship

✅ George Baxter's founding story (25-year-old
gardener borrowing £100 to start a grocery
shop) is one of the most inspiring, authentic
British entrepreneurial origin stories in
this entire research project

✅ Confirmed 2020 acquisition of Truitt Bros
(US military rations) confirms active global
expansion — strong, growing business not
a declining legacy brand
MAP Policy
yes

Location

Address
Baxters Food Group, 12 & 13 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH2 4DJ

Features

Scottish fourth generation family food brand founded 1868 by George Baxter in Fochabers | Soups jams chutneys pickles beetroot condiments and Fray Bentos pies range | Consistent Amazon UK and eBay bestseller with 155 plus years of pantry staple heritage | Genuinely independent family business led by Audrey Baxter with no external conglomerate ownership | Royal Warrant as purveyors of Scottish specialities with global operations in Scotland England USA and Australia | Owns Fray Bentos Garners Simply Delicious and Manor Vinegar brands alongside core Baxters range.

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