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===Origins===
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In 1871, Thomas Lipton (1848–1931) of [[Glasgow]], [[Scotland]], used his small savings to open his own shop, and by the 1880s the business had grown to more than 200 shops.<ref name="fundinguniverse1">{{cite web|url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Thomas-J-Lipton-Company-Company-History.html |title=History of Thomas J. Lipton Company |publisher=Fundinguniverse.com |access-date=22 October 2012}}</ref> In 1929, the Lipton grocery retail business was one of the companies that merged with [[Home and Colonial Stores]], Maypole Dairy Company, Vyes & Boroughs, Templetons, Galbraiths & Pearks to form a food group with more than 3,000 shops. The group traded in the [[High Street|high street]] under various names, but was registered on the UK stock market as Allied Suppliers.<ref>Allied Stores was originally formed in 1929 to act as the group's purchasing arm.</ref> Lipton's became a supermarket chain focused on small towns. Allied was acquired by [[Argyll Foods]] in 1982; the supermarket business was rebranded as [[Presto (UK supermarket)|Presto]] during the 1980s.
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Due to the [[2008 Chinese milk scandal]], food giant [[Unilever]] started recalling its Lipton milk tea powder in Hong Kong and Macau on 30 September 2008. The tea powder, which used Chinese milk powder as its raw ingredient, was recalled after the company's internal checks found traces of [[melamine]] in the powder.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080930/ap_on_re_as/as_hong_kong_tainted_milk |title=Lipton-brand milk tea powder recalled in Asia |agency=Associated Press |publisher=Yahoo! News |access-date=30 September 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081003212837/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080930/ap_on_re_as/as_hong_kong_tainted_milk |archive-date=3 October 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/2008-09-30-liptontea-hongkong_N.htm?csp=34 |title=Lipton milk tea powder recalled in Hong Kong |agency=Associated Press |work=USA Today |access-date=30 September 2008 |date=30 September 2008}}</ref>
In 2011, [[People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals|PETA]] criticized Unilever for conducting and funding experiments on rabbits, pigs and other animals in an attempt to make human health claims about the tea's ingredients. According to the animal rights organization, Unilever decided to end the practice of Lipton products after receiving more than 40,000 appeals from PETA supporters and days before PETA made plans to launch its "Lipton CruelTEA" campaign.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Zelman |first1=Joanna |title=Unilever Ends Animal Testing On Lipton Tea Products After PETA Threatens Major Campaign |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/03/unilever-ends-animal-test_n_818225.html |access-date=10 February 2015 |work=Huffington Post |date=2 February 2011}}</ref> Unilever no longer tests their products on animals unless required to by governments as part of their regulatory requirements.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.unilever.com/sustainable-living/what-matters-to-you/developing-alternative-approaches-to-animal-testing.html |title=Developing alternative approaches to animal testing |publisher=Unilever |access-date=8 June 2016}}</ref>
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