Bakery — Bread companies in United Kingdom

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• 2 Sisters Food Group

  United Kingdom — West Bromwich

  Meat & seafood — Ready-to-cook poultry / Meat & seafood — Fresh & processed meat / Bakery — Bread

  Boparan family-owned poultry, ready-meals and bakery group across West Bromwich, Sandycroft, Llangefni and multiple poultry/ready-meal sites.

• Allied Bakeries

  United Kingdom — Walthamstow

  Bakery — Bread

  ABF subsidiary (founded 1935) producing Kingsmill, Sunblest and Allinson's across Walthamstow, Stockport, Belfast, Newport, Glasgow and Liverpool.

• Around Noon

  United Kingdom — Newry

  Sauces — Cold sauces / Bakery — Bread

  Newry NI food-to-go sandwich producer.

• Bakkavor

  United Kingdom — Spalding

  Sauces — Cold sauces / Fruit & veg — Fresh-cut / Bakery — Bread

  Heritage Spalding, Newark, Bo'ness, London and Kent multi-site chilled prepared food specialist (now integrated into Greencore from January 2026).

• Braces Bakery

  United Kingdom — Newport

  Bakery — Bread

  Newport family bread bakery.

• Campden BRI

  United Kingdom — Chipping Campden

  Thermal — Pasteurization / Drying — Spray drying / Fermentation — Alcoholic / Bakery — Bread / Beverages — Beer

  Chipping Campden + Nutfield 1919 research institute (~28k followers, 3,000m² pilot plant) — thermal processing, milling/baking, malting/brewing, soft drinks, chilled/frozen, microbiology pilot.

• Crosta and Mollica

  United Kingdom — Manchester

  Bakery — Bread

  Manchester Italian sourdough and pizza producer.

• Dr Oetker UK

  United Kingdom — Leyland

  Bakery — Cake mixes / Bakery — Bread / Freezing — Block freezing

  Leyland Lancashire baking aids and frozen pizza producer.

• Fine Lady Bakeries

  United Kingdom — Banbury

  Bakery — Bread

  Banbury large independent bakery (Heygates) producing private-label bread.

• Genesis Crafty Irwins Bakery

  United Kingdom — Magheralin

  Bakery — Bread / Bakery — Viennoiserie / laminated dough

  Allied Bakeries Magheralin/Belfast NI bakery operation.

• Greencore Group

  United Kingdom — Worksop

  Sauces — Cold sauces / Bakery — Bread / Meat & seafood — Charcuterie / Fruit & veg — Fresh-cut

  LSE-listed UK convenience food champion (£4.1bn FY25 post-Bakkavor merger Jan 2026) operating 36 sites with ~28,000 staff producing sandwiches, salads, sushi, ready meals, chilled sauces, soups, pizza, dips and desserts.

• Greggs

  United Kingdom — Newcastle upon Tyne

  Bakery — Bread / Bakery — Viennoiserie / laminated dough / Meat & seafood — Charcuterie

  LSE-listed bakery food-to-go group operating major bakeries in Newcastle, Balliol, Birmingham, Enfield and Treforest with sausage rolls and sandwiches.

• Heygates

  United Kingdom — Bugbrooke

  Dry — Milling / Alt-protein — Pea protein / Bakery — Bread

  Bugbrooke Northamptonshire major independent miller (10 mills, 4 sites, 900 staff, 520,000t wheat/year) plus feed mill and Fine Lady Bakery.

• Hovis

  United Kingdom — Wigston

  Bakery — Bread / Dry — Milling

  Heritage 1886 sliced bread and flour brand rescued by ABF (£75m, 2025) and integrating with Allied Bakeries across Wigston, Belfast and Erith.

• Jacksons of Yorkshire

  United Kingdom — Hull

  Bakery — Bread

  William Jackson Food Group 1851 private-label bread bakery in Hull (Co-op contract since 2024).

• National Centre for Food Manufacturing

  United Kingdom — Holbeach

  Bakery — Bread / Drying — Spray drying

  University of Lincoln Holbeach Lincolnshire pilot factory and automation centre with 250 industrial partners (Bakkavor, Greencore, Tulip, Kerry, Nestlé).

• Samworth Brothers

  United Kingdom — Melton Mowbray

  Meat & seafood — Charcuterie / Bakery — Bread

  Family-owned 1896 group with ~10,000 staff and £1.4bn turnover across Melton Mowbray, Saltney and Cornwall producing sandwiches, ready meals, pies, savoury pastry and Ginsters.

• St Pierre Carrs Foods

  United Kingdom — Manchester

  Bakery — Viennoiserie / laminated dough / Bakery — Bread

  Manchester brioche and hot dog bun producer.

• The Compleat Food Group

  United Kingdom — Nottingham

  Meat & seafood — Charcuterie / Bakery — Bread / Meat & seafood — Plant-based meat analogues / Fruit & veg — Canned vegetables

  PAI Partners-owned £1.3bn group (formed 2021 Addo + Winterbotham Darby merger) with 17 UK/Wales sites producing savoury pastry (Pork Farms, Wall's, Wrights), continental meats, olives, dips, plant-based (Squeaky Bean) and Yorkshire puddings.

• Warburtons

  United Kingdom — Bolton

  Bakery — Bread / Bakery — Viennoiserie / laminated dough

  UK's largest independent bakery (founded 1876, ~5,000 staff, £741m revenue) family-owned across 11 sites including Bolton HQ, Bellshill, Stockton, Newburn, Eastwood, Enfield, Bristol, Wednesbury, Burnley, Normanton and Ilkeston (acquired 2025).