Jacobs Douwe Egberts factory

[3][4] The factory was built by General Foods (GF) in 1964–66 across 42 acres at a cost of £6 million, and employed 1,300 people.

[5] On 18 November 1981,[6] nine people were injured and there was structural damage after a corn starch dust explosion occurred, ignited by electrical equipment during the making of custard powder.

[9][10] In Spring 2010, a truckload of Kenco Coffee was stolen by a driver who conned his way into the plant.

Since 2015, the factory was run by Jacobs Douwe Egberts (JDE), after they purchased the coffee side of Mondelez.

In 2023, Jacobs Douwe Egberts announced closure of processing at the factory, to make it into a packaging facility.

The Kraft Foods factory in Banbury has been a major employer in the town since the mid-1960s
The Kraft Factory