Aerial view of Cerebos works. In front of the factory is the main Newcastle to Middlesbrough railway line and obscured by the aircraft wing is Greatham station. Over the life of the factory, Saxa and Cerebos salts, Bisto Gravy, Capri Sun drinks, Chesswoods Mushrooms, Sharwoods chutneys and curries, Atora suet were some of the well known brand names produced at the factory. It eventually became RHM Foods and closed in 2003.
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Cerebos Salt Works produced salt and Bisto. It was taken over by RHM Foods in the 1960s and over the next years produced a vast range of foods including Paxo stuffing, One Cal lemonade, Capri Sun, Atora suet, Chesswood mushrooms and curries, Brands soup and sauces, Sharwoods chutnies and curries and Cracottes biscuits.
Salt production ceased in 1970 and in November of that year, the salt production block was demolished.
RHM Greatham became known as Sharwoods in the mid-1990s before becoming Centura foods prior to closure in 2003.
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