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Breads, cakes and patisserie for sale at the Berman's Bakery retail bread shop in Givat Shaul, Jerusalem Bread baking in a traditional oven This is a list of notable bakeries . A bakery is an establishment that produces and sells flour -based food baked in an oven such as bread , cakes , pastries , and pies . [ 1 ]
A £60m 12-acre (49,000 m 2) super bakery in Normanton, West Yorkshire opened in March 2006, claiming to be the largest bakery in Europe. [citation needed] Other bakeries outside of the Lancashire area are in Newburn for Newcastle upon Tyne next to the A6085 and River Tyne.
Greggs was founded by John Gregg in 1951. The first shop stood on Gosforth High Street. [6] When Gregg died in 1964, the bakery was taken over by his son, Ian, assisted by his brother Colin (who in 2017 was convicted and jailed for the sexual abuse of children).
Cake Box is a British bakery chain with over 230 stores in the UK. All stores are franchises; cakes are made in each branch and are all egg-free. [1] The first store was opened in East London in 2008, and there were 91 stores when it listed on London Stock Exchange's Alternative Investment Market (AIM) in June 2018. [1]
Cooplands was founded as a single shop in Scarborough, North Yorkshire in 1885, and was incorporated in 1949. [2]In 1999, the company opened ten new stores, and expanded production at its Scarborough-based bakery with the creation of 80 new jobs. [3]
The bakery opened it first shop on Hampstead High Street in 2005 and their 100th in East Sheen in 2022. [1] [4] [better source needed] In 2021, all Gail's branches were within a 55 mile radius of its central bakery and kitchen in Hendon. [5] It subsequently expanded to Altrincham, Chester, Didsbury, Knutsford, Manchester, and Wilmslow.
In May 1999, Lyndale Foods purchased Maison Blanc for £12 million. At this point, it was the UK's second largest bakery chain. [3] In 2007, Kuwaiti firm Kout Food Group rescued Maison Blanc, as Lyndale Foods began to struggle financially. [4] In the year ending 31 December 2014, Maison Blanc had reported a loss of nearly £3 million. [5]