Italy’s Ferrero family swallows Jammie Dodger maker Burton’s

British biscuit maker believed to have been sold for 360m to family that controls chocolate empire

Jammie Dodgers, Viscounts and Wagon Wheels will be on the menu at the ambassador's reception after the baker behind some of Britain's most popular biscuits was snapped up by the family that controls the Ferrero chocolate empire.

Burton's Biscuits, which employs 2,000 people at six manufacturing sites in the UK, has been bought by a Belgian holding company controlled by Giovanni Ferrero, the Italian entrepreneur whose businesses include Kinder Surprise, Nutella and Ferrero Rocher hazelnut truffles.