<P> In 1890 John Mackintosh and his wife opened a shop in Halifax , where they created a new kind of sweet by mixing hard toffee with runny caramel . These toffees were made from inexpensive local ingredients such as milk , sugar beets and eggs . They were so successful that in 1898 they expanded the operation to build the world 's first toffee factory . It burned down in 1909 so John bought an old carpet factory and converted it into a new facility . When John Mackintosh died his son Harold inherited the business and in 1936 he invented Quality Street . The name was inspired by a play of the same name by J.M. Barrie . </P>
<P> In 1890 John Mackintosh and his wife opened a shop in Halifax , where they created a new kind of sweet by mixing hard toffee with runny caramel . These toffees were made from inexpensive local ingredients such as milk , sugar beets and eggs . They were so successful that in 1898 they expanded the operation to build the world 's first toffee factory . It burned down in 1909 so John bought an old carpet factory and converted it into a new facility . When John Mackintosh died his son Harold inherited the business and in 1936 he invented Quality Street . The name was inspired by a play of the same name by J.M. Barrie . </P>
who created the first quality street sweet and where was the shop
who created the first quality street sweet and where was the shop
John Mackintosh
John Mackintosh