Mark Firmin and Howard Smith of KPMG, joint administrators of Peters Bakery, announced today that they have sold the business to Coopland & Son (Scarborough) Ltd (trading as Cooplands) in a deal which safeguards a total of 208 jobs.
The sale to Cooplands, a Scarborough based family business which sells savoury and confectionary goods to retail and wholesale customers, includes;
Unfortunately 34 Peters Bakery stores will immediately cease trading, resulting in 149 redundancies. Four staff in the distribution operation and two at head office have also been made redundant.
Mark Firmin, joint administrator and regional head of restructuring at KPMG, said: “We undertook negotiations with several interested parties and this deal represents the best outcome for both the creditors and the employees of the company. It means that as much of the business as possible will continue to trade under the new ownership of Cooplands, safeguarding more than 200 jobs.”
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Notes to editors:
For press enquiries for the administrators please contact
Alison Anderson, PR Manager, KPMG: 0113 254 2980 / alison.anderson@kpmg.co.uk
For more information about Cooplands visit http://www.cooplands-bakery.co.uk or call 01723 585 222.
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