Jammie Dodger maker close to £350m sale Burton's Biscuit Company, the maker of Jammie Dodgers and Wagon Wheels, is close to a £350m sale to Canadian pension fund, according to reports. The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan is expected to win control of the group, which also makes Maryland chocolate chip cookies, after bidding closed on Thursday, Sky News has reported. Burton's owners - the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, private equity group Apollo Global Management, and Duke Street Capital - put it up for sale in August. The company traces its history back to the 19th Century but exists in its present form after the merger of Burton's Gold Medal Biscuits and the Horizon Biscuit Company in 2000. Other bidders for the company reportedly include the private equity firms Apax, Warburg Pincus and Clayton Dubilier & Rice. It is understood that a deal has not yet been done, and the other candidates could still wrestle control of Burton's. An announcement on Burton's' future is expected to be made in the next few days. A spokesman for the company did not comment. The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan's other investments include Camelot, the owner of the National Lottery, which was bought in 2010. Burton's is the second-largest biscuit maker in the UK by sales, with revenue of £342m in 2011.