Rowntree's Cocoa Powder For Baking - Instant Hot Chocolate Drink, 250 g (Pack of 6)

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A former women's supervisor at the factory, her letters were described in the inaugural 1902 issue as demonstrating her "keen interest in the doings of her old friends in York". In 1862, Henry Rowntree bought a cocoa works in York and transformed it into a confectionary company. While more unscrupulous tradesmen would put cheaper, not so nice ingredients into their products the public trusted the Quakers, they stood for honesty and could be believed to only sell quality items. This dramatic tale was the first of many accounts in the CWM of the Rowntree firm's connections with the wider world, and in particular with the British colonies, reassuringly labelled in the magazine as "our 'Dominions beyond the Seas'". Another white male Rowntree representative was being rowed ashore, 23 years later, but this time in the more threatening space of the 'Dark Continent'.

The 'girls' certainly seem to have made an impression on the Nigerian chief: "The Alake spoke of his interest in seeing the various processes the cocoa underwent after leaving Nigeria, and the number of people, mostly girls, engaged in the work, and the cheerful manner in which the work was done". Their letters in the CWM offer a fascinating insight into how they experienced life out in the empire, and how they interpreted their experiences for friends back home. Rather than focusing on the intricacies of agricultural methods, however, these accounts offered York readers some insight, from the perspective of white male officials, into the tropical landscapes and socio-cultural contexts of cocoa farming: "I must carry you up into the hills before the sun goes down, and the mosquito comes out of its lair, hungry for your blood, singing its shrill ping-ping music" ( CWM, May 1902).In February 1904, she described how: “The whites are mostly horrid, but I love the blacks; they are splendid in many ways, especially, as up here, they are not allowed to be served with drink, and therefore are not so demoralised as the Cape blacks”. In March 1902, workers at the Rowntree confectionery company in York received their very first copy of the Cocoa Works Magazine (CWM). If you’re looking for a chewy, fruity-flavoured sweet, try the irresistible taste of Rowntree’s ® Fruit Pastilles.

He insists on a photograph of the king, "against his wish", which is reprinted in the April edition of the CWM.Like the cocoa commodity chain, they highlight the significant, long-standing interconnections between York and the wider world. Every sharing bag contains a mixture of five fantastic flavours: blackcurrant, lemon, strawberry, lime, and orange.

With four iconic Rowntree's® sub brands, Fruit Pastilles, Fruit Gums, Jelly Tots® and Randoms®, we pride ourselves on variety and something to suit everyone. For more than 130 years these delicious chewy sweets have been making days more colourful with their irresistibly fruity taste and mouth-watering texture. By February 1912, Rowntree workers were encouraged to imagine themselves at the centre of an industry with a global, rather than merely imperial, jurisdiction: “If the sun never sets on the British empire, we may with even greater justice claim that it never sets on Rowntree’s employees”. Her perspective on the South African people she encountered was ambivalent, both challenging and reinforcing racial hierarchies. Whether he relayed quite such a positive story back to the Nigerian people is impossible to ascertain.While the magazine included few illustrations in early editions, no doubt due to the expense entailed, these articles were invariably accompanied by at least one photograph displaying foreign locations and peoples.