Coopland & Son (Scarborough) Ltd has returned to local ownership after being acquired from EG Group by a Yorkshire-based investor team. The deal brings the bakery business back to the region where it was first established in 1885.
The buy-in is led by David Salkeld, who resumes his position as Chairman. He is joined by Paul Coopland, representing the founding family, who takes up a Non-Executive Director role. John Ruddock, with more than two decades at the company, continues as Chief Executive. The leadership team is further strengthened by John Kitson as Chief Financial Officer and Steph McGinty as HR and Transformation Director.
Cooplands operates two bakeries supplying a network of 154 stores across Yorkshire and the north-east. The business employs more than 1,400 people and remains one of the largest regional bakery chains in the UK.
John Ruddock, CEO of Cooplands, said: “It is with genuine pride that we announce today’s purchase, which brings Cooplands back under the management of a locally based team with strong and established knowledge of our organisation, our colleagues, suppliers and customers. This gives us the opportunity to focus on strategic growth for the future, whilst preserving the traditional values and excellence for which the brand has been known and respected for over 140 years.”
The transaction is positioned to give Cooplands renewed strategic focus under regional leadership while maintaining its longstanding reputation for bakery production and retail. For the company’s workforce, suppliers, and retail partners, the move signals continuity alongside plans for future growth.
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