Typhoo Tea on the brink as Brits switch to coffee
Typhoo Tea is preparing to enter administration after 120 years in business, amid declining sales and mounting debts.
Sky News
Typhoo is a brand of tea in the United Kingdom. It was launched in 1903 by John Sumner Jr. of Birmingham, England. In 2022, the Typhoo brand was ranked 5 in sales volume in the UK in spite of being deemed to have the largest production output; this mismatch is due to major supermarkets' own-labelled tea brands being largely supplied by Typhoo.
Typhoo Tea is preparing to enter administration after 120 years in business, amid declining sales and mounting debts.
The loss-making firm is attempting a turnaround amid a break-in and fire at its former factory.