Companies with these warrants are considered royal suppliers and feature the Royal Arms logo on their packaging. Up until recently, brands such as Marmite and Ben & Jerry’s had the Royal Arms on their products but no longer will.
“Whilst we are disappointed to be one of hundreds of other businesses and brands in the UK to not have a new warrant awarded, we are proud to have previously held one, and we fully respect the decision,” Unilever and Cadbury’s parent company Mondelez wrote in a statement.
Charles did not include an explanation for not renewing the warrant, which, in Cadbury’s case, had been active since Queen Victoria’s reign in the 19th century. Meanwhile, Unilever had its warrant since 2016.
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