2022-2025 – ….and ever more capable. A new bagger, collator and slicing machinery was swiftly followed by a despatch and distribution hub.
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2020 – and bigger… We increased production facilities yet again with an advanced third bakery.
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2009 – A constant investment cycle of bigger, smarter facilities We bought the new site for Bakery 2 and spent £15 million on a full, no-nonsense stripout of the bakery – rebuilding it into one of the most efficient, hygienic facilities around to handle modern, ever-changing demands.
Read more →1995 – The Olympics gives us another step up Manchester’s Olympic bid saw Sheldon’s move to a new, state-of-the-art, purpose-built bakery in Openshaw with room for serious expansion.
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1967 – 75 – The muffin business rises and rises…and rises. To keep up with runaway demand, they moved to a bigger bakery on Clayton Lane, opened yet another bakery in Dukinfield…then consolidated to an impressive new bakery on Topaz Street, where the Etihad Stadium now stands.
Read more →1964 – He backs an early winner. Booming demand for his star product – the Oven Bottom Muffin – convinced Harold to go into full-time production, opening a bakery with one of his former suppliers in Ashton Old Road, Manchester
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1949 – The boy baker returns from the war, and seizes the reins again. Harold Sheldon– who as a boy had baked, delivered, and even cared for the horses that pulled the bread carts – returned from the war and set up a business delivering bakery products throughout Lancashire and..Read More
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