Biscuit entrepreneur Co Verkade dies
Jacobus (Co) Verkade, the former director and grandson of the founder of the famous Dutch biscuit firm has died at the age of 102.
The Verkade company, now part of Britain’s United Biscuits, was founded in 1886. Co left in 1965 after a dispute over strategy with his brother, news agency ANP reports.
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