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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District]

Mennie And Dey

Mennie And Dey (James Milne Mennie), Wholesale Biscuit Manufacturers, Confectioners and Jam Makers, Lower Albert Street, Auckland; Branch, Queen Street, Thames. Telephone 303. Bankers, Bank of New South Wales. Mr. Mennie is a native of Aberdeen, Scotland, and on coming to New Zealand in 1869. he went to the Thames, where he began business as a bread and biscuit baker, and was soon joined in partnership by Mr William Dey, also formerly of Aberdeen. For ten or twelve years Messrs Mennie and Dey carried on a highly successful business at the Thames. Eventually Mr. Dey retired, and in 1884 Mr. Mennie removed page 327 his headquarters to Auckland, and left the Thames business in the hands of a manager. Biscuits have been the firm's principal line from the outset, and confectionery takes the second place in the order of importance. The factory also does a large business in jams, jellies, and preserved fruit. Employment is given in the factory to between eighty and one hundred hands; about £6000 per annum is spent in wages, and the value of the goods manufactured is about £50,000 per annum. Some seasons over £5000 is paid away for fruit for preserving and jam-making purposes, the greater part of it to Auckland settlers. The tins required for packing goods are made on the premises, and six tinsmiths are kept constantly employed on this work. Messrs Mennie and Dey's business connection now extends all over the colony, and a considerable trade is also done with the South Sea Islands.