Bushells

Shopfront: Bushell's Coffee & Cocoa

Phillip Bushell's Bently and Factory, Harrington Street, Sydney, 1936 - 1937.

Bushells is an Australian company that produces tea and coffee.

History[]

Bushell's was founded by Alfred Bushell in 1883, when he opened a tea shop in Queensland. His sons moved the enterprise to Sydney in 1899 and began selling tea commercially, founding Australia's first commercial tea seller.^[1] A Bushell tea factory was set up in Harrington Street Sydney and a coffee roasting department at Atherton Place in The Rocks.^[2]

Members of the Bushell family acquired the heritage-listed Sydney house, Carthona, in 1940.^[3] In the 1980s the company diversified its coffee manufacturing under the Bushells Coffee brand.^{[citation needed]}

In 1998, as part of an acquisition of coffee brands from Unilever, FreshFood Services Pty Ltd purchased the Bushell's Coffee brand.^[4] The tea brand still remains with Unilever. The coffee continues to be produced at the Concord factory. FreshFood also purchased the New Zealand division of Bushells Coffee.^{[citation needed]}

FreshFood, the owner and operator of the Bushell's Coffee Factory at 160 Burwood Road, Concord, has recently announced a long-term plan to close the existing factory. As of January 2018, planning is still in the early stages and the closure is at least 3-5 years away.^[5]

See also[]

• List of oldest companies in Australia
• List of tea companies

References[]

External links[]

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• Official website

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