Sayers the Bakers is the largest independent retail baker in the

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, established in 1912 in

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. The retailer sells savouries,

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es and bakery products across over 150 stores, from

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down to

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. Sayers remained a family run business until 1977 when it was sold to

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, and then again to

Warburtons Warburtons is a British baking firm founded by Thomas Warburton in 1876 and based in Bolton, a town formerly in Lancashire, England, and now in Greater Manchester. For much of its history Warburtons only had bakeries in Lancashire and it remai ...

in 1990. In 2019, it went into administration but was bought by a new company, Sayers and Poundbakery.

History

Sayers was established in 1912 by Fred and Lylian Sayer. Their first kitchen was based in a basement in Prescot Road, Old Swan,

and this then moved to a second shop in County Road,

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in 1922. A larger bakery opened on Aintree Road in Bootle, in 1925. Then in 1931, a further expansion moved the business to a larger location in Lorenzo Drive,

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. Sayers then remained a family business until 1977, when it was sold to United Biscuits. It was sold again to

in July 1990, a baking firm based in

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. Warburtons also bought Hampsons, Sayers' sister company and other bakeries in their estate included Burneys of Rochdale, Spinks of Sharston, Parkers of Eccles, Burtons of Blackpool. In 1996, Warburtons sold all its bakers stores to Lyndale Foods. The following year, the brand was expanded through the acquisition of Anne's Shops from Roberts Bakery. In 2006, 183 jobs were lost at the site in Norris Green, Liverpool, with a further 200 going in 2007. The parent company of Sayers, the Lyndale Group, went into administration on 9 June 2008 and the Norris Green site was closed immediately. Sayers itself entered administration in December 2019 and was bought by Karen Wood, forming a new company, Sayers and Poundbakery Limited.

Future

Sayers is currently the biggest independent retail baker in the north west and North Wales, with more than 150 shops and 25 cafés from

in the north to

in the south, and

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in the west to Halifax in the east. Some of its shops have now changed to a sister brand,

Poundbakery Poundbakery is a bakery chain in the United Kingdom, which specializes in savory products such as pies, pasties, sausage rolls, sandwich, and sweet products including doughnuts and muffins. It was established in Bolton, England England ...

, which sells similar products but at a lower price.

Products

Sayers sells a range of cakes, savouries, sandwiches, soups and bakery products.

References

External links

Sayers Webpage
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