Cooplands

Coopland & Son (Scarborough) Ltd. / Cooplands Retail Ltd.
Company typePrivate
IndustryFood (bakery)
Founded1885
HeadquartersEastfield, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England
Number of locations
150+
Key people
ProductsSandwiches, pasties, pastries, cakes,desserts, bread, drinks and other baked goods.
OwnerEG Group
Websitecooplands-bakery.co.uk

Cooplands (Coopland & Son (Scarborough) Ltd) is the second largest bakery chain in the UK[1][2] with over 160 outlets[3] 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.

By 2011, it had expanded to become the third largest bakery chain in the UK.[4] In 2011 the company's annual turnover was £23 million.[5]

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.[6]

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).

  1. ^ Hyslop, Gill. "UK's second largest bakery chain finds new home with billionaire brothers' burgeoning foodservice portfolio". bakeryandsnacks.com. William Reed Ltd. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  2. ^ Robinson, Jon; Le Vay, Josie (4 October 2021). "Billionaire Issa brothers buy Britain's second-biggest bakery". Manchester Evening News. Reach plc. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Cooplands Website". Cooplands Bakery. Cooplands Bakery. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Rollits help Cooplands of Scarborough expand". Rollits.com. 28 April 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  5. ^ "Coopland & Son (Scarborough) Limited". Company Check. Company Check. Retrieved 12 July 2016.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ Hunt, Simon (31 October 2023). "Issa brothers complete EG Group UK sale to Asda at a discount". Evening Standard. Retrieved 31 October 2023.