Bakers Oven
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Greggs
Greggs plc is the largest specialist retail bakery chain in the United Kingdom. It was established in the 1930s as a single shop but has approximately 1,500 outlets....
which is based in Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne
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, England
England
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and is quoted on the London Stock Exchange
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. They specialise in pasties and bread items and most stores sell drinks. The stores are mainly located in England.
History
Bakers Oven was founded by Allied Bakeries and its first location was in Barnard CastleBarnard Castle
Barnard Castle is an historical town in Teesdale, County Durham, England. It is named after the castle around which it grew up. It sits on the north side of the River Tees, opposite Startforth, south southwest of Newcastle upon Tyne, south southwest of Sunderland, west of Middlesbrough and ...
, this was one of the few locations to be called Bakers Oven. In 1994 it was taken over by Greggs
Greggs
Greggs plc is the largest specialist retail bakery chain in the United Kingdom. It was established in the 1930s as a single shop but has approximately 1,500 outlets....
and the number of Bakers Oven stores was significantly reduced, they were either sold or rebranded as Greggs. However recently the brand has been revitalised and existing shops are in the process of being rebranded to the Greggs brand of which total to 165 new Greggs in the UK.
Re-branding to Greggs
It was announced on 9 December 2008 that Bakers Oven South and Midlands divisions would fully merge with Greggs PLCGreggs
Greggs plc is the largest specialist retail bakery chain in the United Kingdom. It was established in the 1930s as a single shop but has approximately 1,500 outlets....
therefore rebranding all 165 Bakers Oven shops to the Greggs PLC
Greggs
Greggs plc is the largest specialist retail bakery chain in the United Kingdom. It was established in the 1930s as a single shop but has approximately 1,500 outlets....
brand forming the division of Greggs East.