please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages the topic of this article may not meet wikipedia s notability guidelines for companies and organizations . please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources lakeland company news newspapers books scholar jstor free images july 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message this article relies too much on references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . july 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message lakeland type private industry kitchenware founded in 1956 in windermere headquarters windermere united kingdom key people sam rayner managing director products cookware dishware and speciality food website www.lakeland.co.uk lakeland is a chain of kitchenware stores in the united kingdom . it is still based where it was founded in windermere in the lake district the area the company is named after . contents 1 history 2 current business 3 references 4 external links history edit alan rayner an agricultural feed salesman had the idea of providing local farmers with polythene bags for packing poultry . he set up a mail order business with his wife dorothy supplying agricultural plastics and home freezing products from the garage of their windermere home in the lake district . in 1974 alan retired and his three sons martin sam and julian took over . this marked the beginning of lakeland plastics and its tagline the creative kitchenware company . the range of products grew to include wooden glass ceramic and stainless steel kitchenware as well as a range of specialty foods . in 1997 lakeland plastics changed its name to lakeland limited to reflect its changing product lines . in 2007 the limited tag was dropped although it remains part of the company s legal name . this change was part of a wider rebranding by the company to create a more contemporary look in its retail outlets . 1 current business edit lakeland windermere store and head office the lakeland head office is now based in windermere at alexandra buildings with its distribution centre on the shap road industrial estate in kendal . lakeland has around 4 000 products in its range and produces around 18 catalogues each year which are posted to its customers or picked up in store . they reflect the company s main target for customers ; home kitchenware solutions for the home garden accessories and seasonal . lakeland s retail outlets have also expanded . there are now 60 lakeland stores including its flagship store next to its windermere head office . 2 references edit lakeland launches multi channel rebrand brand republic . 1 may 2007 lakeland stores lakeland.co.uk . accessed 12 may 2009 external links edit lakeland s homepage retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title lakeland company & oldid 711935638 categories retail companies of the united kingdomcompanies based in cumbriaretail companies established in 1956hidden categories articles with topics of unclear notability from july 2010all articles with topics of unclear notabilityarticles lacking reliable references from july 2010all articles lacking reliable references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 25 march 2016 at 20 42 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view