Tetley
Foreign-owned · made in Europe · based in Ontario
Orange pekoe and specialty tea bags; the volume leader on Canadian shelves, sold here by Tata Consumer Products Canada Inc.
Toronto, ON CA · www.tetley.ca
Tetley is a British tea brand owned since 2000 by Tata Consumer Products Limited of India, and its Canadian business is Tata Consumer Products Canada Inc., an importer and distributor run from an office in Etobicoke, Ontario. The tea sold in Canada is blended and packed mainly at Tata's Eaglescliffe plant in England, with smaller volumes from Poland, and the leaf comes chiefly from Kenya, Malawi and India. Canadian jobs are limited to the sales and marketing office; no Canadian plant appears in Tata's current plant list.
Factors
Ownership
20.0 verifiedother 100%
Tata Consumer Products Limited's 2025-26 annual report lists Tata Consumer Products Canada Inc. as a 100% subsidiary, and the parent is an Indian company listed on the NSE and BSE with the Tata Sons promoter group holding 33.83% as the controlling shareholder. Foreign institutional investors hold about 21.5% of the float, but control and the listing venue are both in India, so the whole mix goes to OTHER. Corporations Canada returned no federal record for the Canadian entity, which is therefore presumed to be an Ontario corporation; the Ontario Business Registry could not be checked.
- Tata Consumer Products Limited Integrated Annual Report 2025-26 filing “Tata Consumer Products Canada Inc. Subsidiary 100 Yes”
- Tata Consumer Products Limited Integrated Annual Report 2025-26 filing “Promoter and Promoter Group 17 33,48,13,834 33.83”
- Terms & Conditions | Tetley Ca vendor_statement “These terms and conditions of use (“Terms and Conditions”) are entered into by and between you and Tata Consumer Products Canada Inc.”
- Tetley - Wikipedia other “Since 2000, Tetley has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Consumer Products (formerly Tata Global Beverages)”
- The CANADA List (JSON feed) directory “"Brand Name": "Tetley" ... "Ownership (Company)": "Tata Global Beverages", "Ownership (Country)": "India", "Manufacturing (Countries)": "Various"”
Manufacturing
50.0 reportedEU 100%
The company's own statement under Canada's Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act says the majority of Tetley tea sold in Canada is produced by Tata Consumer Products GB at its factory in the North-East of England, with smaller volumes produced in Poland; both fall in the EU bucket. Tata's plant list names the Eaglescliffe plant and no Canadian factory, and its annual report describes the Canadian subsidiary as marketing and distribution only. The packer of the Canadian K-Cup pod line is not named, and the closure date of Tetley's former Montreal packing plant was not verified.
- Modern Slavery Statement | Tetley Ca vendor_statement “The majority of our TETLEY brand teas are produced by our associate Group company, Tata Consumer Products GB Limited (“TCP GB”) based in the United Kingdom, at its factory in the North-East of England; smaller volumes of our TETLEY brand teas are also produced in Poland”
- Operations | Tata Consumer Products vendor_statement “Tea Factory - UK Tetley Eaglescliffe Plant Durham Lane Industrial Park, Eaglescliffe, Stockton-on-Tees TS16 0RB”
- Tata Consumer Products Limited Integrated Annual Report 2025-26 filing “Tata Consumer Products Canada Inc. Marketing and distribution of beverages and food products 100.00”
People
64.0 inferredCA 40% · EU 40% · other 20%
The Canadian team works from the Etobicoke, Ontario office and handles importing, sales and marketing, while buying, blending and packing for the Canadian market are done by the UK business at Eaglescliffe and group management sits in India. No headcount by country is published for the Canadian business, so this split is an estimate.
- Modern Slavery Statement | Tetley Ca vendor_statement “Tata Consumer Products Canada Inc is a Canadian food and drink importer and distributor, and is part of the international Tata Consumer Products group of companies”
- Contact Us | Tetley Ca vendor_statement “Customer Service Tata Consumer Products 10 Carlson Court, Suite #700 Etobicoke, Ontario M9W 6L2”
- Operations | Tata Consumer Products vendor_statement “Regional Office – Ontario 10 Carlson Court, Suite 700 Etobicoke, Ontario M9W 6L2”
Inputs
23.0 reportedEU 10% · other 90%
Tea leaf is the dominant input and the company reports sourcing around 42% of its tea from Kenya and 12% from Malawi, with the rest from other origins including India, all OTHER. Packaging materials are bought by the UK business from suppliers that signed Tata's supplier code, so a small EU share is assigned to cartons, tea bag paper and blending; that split is an estimate.
- Modern Slavery Statement | Tetley Ca vendor_statement “Africa is our most significant sourcing region, with around 42% of our teas sourced from Kenya and 12% from Malawi, the rest is sourced from different countries around the world, including India.”
- Our Suppliers | Tetley Ca vendor_statement “100% of our tea sold in Canada is sourced from certified producers that must meet stringent environmental and ethical requirements.”
- Tetley - Wikipedia other “most of Tetley's tea leaves now originate from Tata's plantations across India and Sri Lanka”
Where to buy
- Canadian retailer · Loblaws 34.5
- Canadian retailer · Walmart Canada 34.5
- Canadian retailer · Giant Tiger 34.5
- Amazon.ca · Amazon.ca (Tetley brand store) 28.7
Grocers
- PC Express product record 21613866_EA (Loblaws store 1001) other “"name":"Tea Bags Orange Pekoe 144ct" ... "brand":"Tetley" ... "packageSize":"454 g"”
- tetley | Walmart Canada other “Tetley Orange Pekoe Bold Tea 72 bags”
- Search results for "tetley" other “Tetley Orange Pekoe Tea, 72-Pack”