food baker founded 1885 headquarters eastfield scarborough north yorkshire england number of locations 100 products bread sandwiches drinks and pastries baked goods website www.cooplands bakery.co.uk cooplands formerly ainsleys in boston spa west yorkshire cooplands coopland & son scarborough ltd is a bakery chain with over 100 outlets located across yorkshire durham and lincolnshire in the united kingdom . by 2011 it had expanded to become the third largest bakery chain in the uk . 1 in 2011 the company s annual turnover was 23 million . 2 cooplands produces takeaway food chiefly for the lunch time trade specialising in sandwiches pasties desserts cakes and bread . it competes with other local caf and takeaway outlets and national and international high street food chains and franchises . history edit cooplands was founded as a single shop in scarborough north yorkshire in 1885 3 and was incorporated in 1949 . in 1999 the company opened 10 new stores and expanded production at its scarborough based bakery with the creation of 80 new jobs . citation needed a further expansion was announced in june 2007 when it acquired the hull based bakery skeltons . the purchase added 34 outlets to the cooplands chain . 4 in april 2011 woodhead bakery a rival scarborough based chain fell into administration . citation needed of the 29 woodhead outlets cooplands bought 18 and the rest were purchased by the haldane retail group . 5 in 2005 cooplands was noted as being an established nvq training centre and received a national training award for staff training . the same year it held a careers in the bakery industry event with career advisors discussing employment opportunities . 3 cooplands doncaster edit the doncaster based cooplands chain is part of the same family and has a similar business model to the scarborough chain but operates independently . 6 coopland doncaster ltd. has outlets across south yorkshire west yorkshire north nottinghamshire and parts of lincolnshire . citation needed it is a private limited company incorporated in 1933 with a 2011 turnover of 18.6 million . 7 in february 2015 cooplands doncaster announced it had gone into administration and would close 39 stores and its head office and bakery in doncaster . 8 references edit rollits help cooplands of scarborough expand . rollits.com . 28 april 2011 . retrieved 2 august 2015 . coopland & son scarborough limited . company check . company check . retrieved 12 july 2016 . a b case studies live case studies company case studies rising to success improve ltd . web.archive.org . archived from the original on 4 april 2008 . retrieved 2 august 2015 . cooplands buys skeltons british baker . bakeryinfo.co.uk . retrieved 2 august 2015 . woodhead bakery saved from administration food industry news . just food . 18 april 2011 . retrieved 2 august 2015 . ainsleys bakery jobs saved in sell off deal . bbc news . 8 february 2010 . retrieved 2 august 2015 . cooplands doncaster ltd. . company check . 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