Cooplands
Cooplands (Coopland & Son (Scarborough) Ltd) is the second largest bakery chain in the UK with over 160 outlets and 12 cafes located primarily across Yorkshire, County Durham and Lincolnshire in the United Kingdom. Cooplands produces takeaway food chiefly for the lunch-time trade, specialising in sandwiches, pasties, desserts, cakes, and bread. It competes with other local cafés and takeaway outlets, and national and international high street food chains and franchises.
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Food (bakery) |
| Founded | 1885 |
| Headquarters | Eastfield, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England |
Number of locations | 150+ |
Key people | |
| Products | Sandwiches, pasties, pastries, cakes,desserts, bread, drinks and other baked goods. |
| Owner | EG Group |
| Website | cooplands-bakery.co.uk |
By 2011, it had expanded to become the third largest bakery chain in the UK. In 2011 the company's annual turnover was £23 million.
In 2021, Cooplands was bought by the EG Group.
In 2023, EG Group sold its UK and Ireland business to Asda but Cooplands was retained by EG Group under the terms of the deal.
Cooplands of Doncaster is a completely separate bakery chain and is not connected to Cooplands (Coopland & Son (Scarborough) Ltd) in any way. The similar company name and business model led to much confusion in the past (see below).