Warburtons to buy closed Rathbones bakery plant

Warburtons is to get the erstwhile Rathbones bakery successful the UK arsenic portion of a wider concern programme of much than £100m ($135.1m).

In a statement, the bakery radical said it has agreed a woody with Myton Food Group, the manufacturing limb of retailer Morrisons, for the land, buildings and machinery astatine the closed tract successful Wakefield, bluish England.

The installation volition go Warburtons’ 13th bakery.

The acquisition follows Morrisons’ closure of the loss-making Rathbones works successful January arsenic portion of a restructuring exercise.

Rathbones had been nether reappraisal by Morrisons since precocious 2024.

Warburtons, which sells Toastie bread, bagels, and crumpets, plans to reopen the works to marque branded products. It did not disclose the purchasing terms for the facility.

Jonathan Warburton, president of the group, said: “We are highly pleased to person agreed a woody connected the erstwhile Rathbones tract and look guardant to welcoming caller colleagues to the concern precise soon.”

The family-owned concern said the Wakefield tract is expected to make much than 40 jobs crossed manufacturing, warehousing and organisation erstwhile it becomes operational successful September.

Alongside the Wakefield deal, Warburtons is doubling the size of its gluten-free bakery successful Newburn and adding a caller organisation centre successful Biggleswade.

The institution is besides installing 3 accumulation lines crossed its existing network: a pancake enactment successful Bolton and 2 crumpet lines successful Burnley.

The Newburn redevelopment is owed to beryllium completed successful the autumn.

“The caller lines volition enactment merchandise innovation and alteration Warburtons to conscionable the increasing user demand,” Warburtons said.

The latest programme follows Warburtons’ acquisition of the erstwhile Roberts Bakery tract successful Ilkeston.

The woody comes amid wider consolidation successful the UK bakery sector.

Last month, the UK’s contention watchdog provisionally cleared Associated British Foods’ determination to get breadstuff rival Hovis.

In October, Roberts Bakery successful Northwich was rescued by Ranjit Singh Boparan's private-investment company.

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