Jeremiah Colman, a miller by training, who man-aged a mill in Norfolk, England before buying his own mill in 1803 In 1814, he bought a mustard business and added the crushing of mustard seeds to that of wheat kernels By 1829, he had extended his reach to London By 1854, three years after Jeremiah’s death, Colman’s had constructed Britain’s first mill dedicated entirely to mustard. Jeremiah’s nephew James (Jeremiah being childless) had taken over the firm Having been co-opted as a partner in 1823 and, clearly sharing his uncle’s partiality for asset-driven expansion into new categories, he took the firm into the manufacture of starch, laundry blue and corn flour, all leveraging the company’s investment and expertise in milling
Jeremiah Colman, a miller by training, who man-aged a mill in Norfolk, England before buying his own mill in 1803 In 1814, he bought a mustard business and added the crushing of mustard seeds to that of wheat kernels By 1829, he had extended his reach to London By 1854, three years after Jeremiah’s death, Colman’s had constructed Britain’s first mill dedicated entirely to mustard. Jeremiah’s nephew James (Jeremiah being childless) had taken over the firm Having been co-opted as a partner in 1823 and, clearly sharing his uncle’s partiality for asset-driven expansion into new categories, he took the firm into the manufacture of starch, laundry blue and corn flour, all leveraging the company’s investment and expertise in milling
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