Established 1876

Our History

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The original Rude Pantry shop

Timeline

Follow the company from its modest Victorian beginnings through a century and a half of crass expansion.

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Percival Richard Wankswell, founder of Rude Pantry

Our Founder

Discover the life, principles and deeply questionable business instincts of Percival Richard Wankswell.

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Examples from the history of the Rude Pantry brand

Brand History

See how the Rude Pantry identity has changed across one hundred and fifty years of determined reinvention.

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