Criddle & Co is a leading agricultural commodity trading business,
sourcing and supplying a wide range of products to both feed
manufacturers and processors across the UK.
About Us
Operating from our office at the heart of Liverpool’s historic waterfront, Criddle is a leading agricultural commodity trading business.
Sourcing and supplying a wide range of products to both feed manufacturers and processors across the UK, our dedicated team work to our fundamental principles of quality, service and innovation.
In addition to a thriving third-party trade, Criddle are linked through a common parent company with Carr’s Billington Agriculture and act as procurer for all Raw Materials delivered to the Carr’s Billington Mills and Blend sites.
HISTORY AND HERITAGE
Criddle & Co Ltd has, since its establishment, been an integral part of the British family owned business, Edward Billington & Son Ltd (The Billington Group).
1902
The manufacture of cattle food started around 1902. A mill was established in the old bedstead manufacturing factory of Billington Brothers on Great Homer Street in 1903.
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1928
Criddle purchased their first Sentinel tractor affectionately nicknamed locally as “the crab”. This steam tractor is now housed the Museum of Liverpool Life.
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1959
The company set up headquarters at its current location on the famous Liverpool waterfront at Cunard Building
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1960
The Ellesmere Port mill, previously owned by Ranks, was used for the manufacture of animal feed until 1978
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1998
Formation of Carrs Billington joint venture
Billington Agriculture and Carrs Agriculture formed a joint manufacturing company Carrs Billington Agriculture in response to the shrinking dairy feed market.
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2022
The Billington Group takes complete ownership of Carr’s Billington Agriculture Ltd, bringing to an end the joint venture with Carr’s Group plc after twenty-four years.
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