The numbers you need to know behind Fox’s Christmas bake-off

Christmas is a massive time for Yorkshire biscuit maker Fox’s, and here are the numbers to prove it.
By The Newsroom
Published 26th Dec 2015, 07:34 BST

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YEP's First Aid For All campaign. Fox's Biscuits in Batley, has bought defibulators to help save lives in the workplace. (JG1001/70a) 9th January 2014. Picture Jonathan GawthorpeYEP's First Aid For All campaign. Fox's Biscuits in Batley, has bought defibulators to help save lives in the workplace. (JG1001/70a) 9th January 2014. Picture Jonathan Gawthorpe
YEP's First Aid For All campaign. Fox's Biscuits in Batley, has bought defibulators to help save lives in the workplace. (JG1001/70a) 9th January 2014. Picture Jonathan Gawthorpe

£80 million: Fox’s Biscuits annual turnover from the Batley site.

12: Different varieties of chocolate chip used on cookies each Christmas.

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400: Temporary new jobs created each year to meet Christmas demand for Fox’s biscuits.

Fox's Biscuits' former home on the same site in the 1920s.Fox's Biscuits' former home on the same site in the 1920s.
Fox's Biscuits' former home on the same site in the 1920s.

3.5 million: Kilos of milk chocolate used to coat biscuits in Christmas selections tins.

1,000,000: Kilos of butter used in Batley each year.

162: Years since Fox’s founder Michael Spedding baked his first biscuits in Batley.

1.5 billion: Biscuits baked by Fox’s in Batley every year.

Fox's Biscuits.Fox's Biscuits.
Fox's Biscuits.

1,500: Tonnes of steel used to make Christmas tins.

5 million: Tins of Fox’s biscuits sold every Christmas.

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