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Beyond Newport: Cwmbran Takes The Biscuit

28 February 2025 17

The Sweetest Business in Cwmbran.

The longest established employer in Cwmbran is biscuit maker Burton’s Foods, who employ 1000 people to make its Jammie Dodgers and Wagon Wheels biscuits.

Burton’s Biscuit Factory in Cwmbran opened in 1948. The factory played a key role in Cwmbran’s industrial development, providing jobs for thousands of local residents over the decades.

The factory produces approximately 400 million Wagon Wheels every year!

In 2015, five men stole a container from the site with £20,000 worth of biscuits inside.

The men were caught and jailed but the biscuits were never recovered.