At one time Burton was home to thirty breweries, having been connected by the Trent and Mersey canal bringing goods from Preston down to Shardlow and the navigable river Trent. We can think of Bass, Marstons (which still brews in Burton) and Ind Coupe to name but three. As long ago as the eighties Ind Coope joined with Tetley of Leeds and Ansells of Birmingham in Allied Breweries
Most breweries have now closed or been replaced by new technology with a fraction of the former workforce and new often overseas owners. The biggest brewery is owned by the Canadian Molson Coors. There are though a good number of small independent breweries.
Much architecture remains to tell of Burton’s past
Close by was the original Branston Pickle factory which became a Central Ordnance depot for army clothing. It is now a heritage site.
More recently the Toyota factory was built at Burnaston.
Unilever built its UK condiments business in Burton. Also close by at Tutbury in 1901 Nestle built a factory for the making of condensed milk. By the fifties the demand for this wained and the factory was repurposed to make instant coffee.
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