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Rathbones Bakeries

Rathbones Bakeries was a bakery founded in 1893, in Wigan, Lancashire. By 1997 it was owned by Greencore, through that company's purchase of Kears Group Two years later, Kears Group rebranded itself as Rathbones.

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Rathbones Bakeries was a bakery founded in 1893, in Wigan, Lancashire. By 1997 it was owned by Greencore, through that company's purchase of Kears Group1 Two years later, Kears Group rebranded itself as Rathbones.2

Kears was bought from Greencore by Finedon Mill of Northampton, for £20.6 million in April 2004,34 a year in which it had sales of £100 million, with customers including Morrisons and Tesco.5 Following a fire the company went into receivership, with part of its operation sold to Warburtons and parts to Morrisons in 2005.56

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  1. History Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine from the Greencore website
  2. Kears Rebranding as Rathbones, a Food Trade Review from December 1, 1999 via HighBeam Research
  3. Rankine, Kate (4 May 2005). "Morrisons buys failed bakeries". London: Telegraph. Retrieved 2011-03-17.
  4. "Bakery company in administration". BBC News. 4 April 2005. Retrieved 2011-03-17.
  5. "Morrisons buys Rathbones bakeries". The Guardian. London. 2005-05-03. Retrieved 2011-03-17.
  6. "Morrisons buys fire-damaged bakery giant". The Times of London. 3 May 2005. Retrieved 2020-11-14.