MENU Products View Recipes Meal Occasions View Recipes Season and Occasion View Recipes Dietary considerations View Recipes For the Kids View Recipes DRIVERS WANTED Warburtons® is registered in England with Company Number 00178711. Whose registered office is at: Back o’ th’ Bank House, Hereford Street, Bolton, Lancashire BL1 8HJ Our Story Product Range Recipes Health Our Campaigns Company Sustainability Our Bakeries Modern Slavery Act Statement Gender Pay Warburtons Tax Strategy Poppy Seeds Covid-19 Response Contact Us FAQ's Careers Trade Press Office Wow, you really like to read everything, don’t you? © 2021 Warburtons. All Rights Reserved. | Privacy Policy | Website Ts & Cs | Social Media Ts & Cs | Cookie Policy | Accessibility | Site Map | Designed and built by Blue Wren IG Logo This site uses cookies: Find out more Okay, Thank you Cookie Settings Reject All

MENU Warburtons > Our Company > Our Family Business Baking bread since 1876 Thomas Warburton and his wife Ellen first opened their grocery shop in 1870, but it wasn’t until 1876 during a slump in the grocery market when Ellen Warburton started baking bread. Ellen’s first batch of four loaves of bread and six cakes sold out in under an hour. Within two weeks, the tiny shop in Bolton was renamed ‘Warburtons the Bakers’ and continued to go from strength-to-strength ever since. All those years on and Warburtons is now the largest bakery business in the country but still remains a private family-owned business, actively managed by the fifth generation, Jonathan, Ross and Brett. The Warburtons Family Since our company was first established by Thomas and Ellen Warburton back in 1876, it has been passed down through five generations of family bakers, and proudly remains a private family-owned and run business. The fifth generation of Warburtons – Jonathan, Ross and Brett – have actively managed the company since 1991. Jonathan Warburton Chairman Read bio Brett Warburton Executive Director Read Bio Ross Warburton Executive Director Read Bio Opening of Bolton Bakery in 1915 Mr & Mrs Henry Warburton and family DRIVERS WANTED Warburtons® is registered in England with Company Number 00178711. Whose registered office is at: Back o’ th’ Bank House, Hereford Street, Bolton, Lancashire BL1 8HJ Our Story Product Range Recipes Health Our Campaigns Company Sustainability Our Bakeries Modern Slavery Act Statement Gender Pay Warburtons Tax Strategy Poppy Seeds Covid-19 Response Contact Us FAQ's Careers Trade Press Office Wow, you really like to read everything, don’t you? © 2021 Warburtons. All Rights Reserved. | Privacy Policy | Website Ts & Cs | Social Media Ts & Cs | Cookie Policy | Accessibility | Site Map | Designed and built by Blue Wren IG Logo This site uses cookies: Find out more Okay, Thank you Cookie Settings Reject All