{"id":17,"date":"2026-03-03T15:52:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T15:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playground.wordpress.net\/scope:happy-classic-town\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2026-09-07T15:25:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T15:25:13","slug":"our-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sayersthebakers.co.uk\/sayers\/our-story\/","title":{"rendered":"our STORY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group column-change is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"gb-element-1f83b867\">\n<h2 class=\"gb-text gb-text-4e5ddb47\">SINCE<\/h2>\n\n\n<style>.kb-count-up-17_d9aeb1-82 .kb-count-up-title{font-family:Lato;font-weight:900;}.kb-count-up-17_d9aeb1-82 .kb-count-up-number{color:var(u002du002dcontrast-2);font-size:90px;letter-spacing:2.5px;font-family:Lato;font-weight:900;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-countup kb-count-up-17_d9aeb1-82 kb-count-up\" data-start=\"2026\" data-end=\"1912\" data-prefix=\"\" data-suffix=\"\" data-duration=\"2\" data-separator=\"\"><div class=\"kb-count-up-process kb-count-up-number\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our famous cakes and pasties were first baked in a basement kitchen in Liverpool  and in the over 100 years since we&#8217;ve expanded across the northwest. Whilst the times may have changed, our values have not, as well as our commitment to high quality products cakes, pasties and freshly made sandwiches.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-element-ead8b15c full-bleed\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group stacked-gallery is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full fade-in-simple\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/sayersthebakers.co.uk\/sayers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/historygallery6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sayersthebakers.co.uk\/sayers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/historygallery6.jpg 500w, https:\/\/sayersthebakers.co.uk\/sayers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/historygallery6-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full fade-in-simple\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/sayersthebakers.co.uk\/sayers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/historygallery15.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sayersthebakers.co.uk\/sayers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/historygallery15.jpg 500w, https:\/\/sayersthebakers.co.uk\/sayers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/historygallery15-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full fade-in-simple\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/sayersthebakers.co.uk\/sayers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/historygallery7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sayersthebakers.co.uk\/sayers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/historygallery7.jpg 500w, https:\/\/sayersthebakers.co.uk\/sayers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/historygallery7-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<div class=\"gb-element-a1b0ab71\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fred and Lylian Sayer started selling the North West&#8217;s finest baked products in a basement kitchen in Prescot Road, Old Swan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After a decade there, production was moved to their second shop in County Road, Walton in  1922.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"bottom-p wp-block-paragraph\">Such was the appetite for the Sayers range that it was only a few more years before the business again expanded into a larger bakery on Aintree Road, Bootle in 1925  before moving to a purpose built bakery on Lorenzo Drive, Norris Green in 1931\u2014a site we would use for 75 years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-element-8d708e8d full-bleed\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<div class=\"gb-element-3515d1e8\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sayers remained a family run business until 1977 when it was sold to United Biscuits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another North West institution, Warburtons bought Sayers in 1990, adding the company to the mix of family bakers they started buying after the Second World War, among them, Sayers&#8217; sister chain Hampsons. Other iconic north west names in this group included Burneys of Rochdale, Spinks of Sharston, Parkers of Eccles and Burtons of Blackpool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Warburtons sold its bakers stores to Lyndale Foods in 1996 and the following year the family was expanded further to include the Annes shops bought from Roberts Bakery.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group stacked-gallery mirrored is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full fade-in-simple\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/sayersthebakers.co.uk\/sayers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/historygallery9.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sayersthebakers.co.uk\/sayers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/historygallery9.jpg 500w, https:\/\/sayersthebakers.co.uk\/sayers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/historygallery9-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full fade-in-simple\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/sayersthebakers.co.uk\/sayers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/historygallery8.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sayersthebakers.co.uk\/sayers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/historygallery8.jpg 500w, https:\/\/sayersthebakers.co.uk\/sayers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/historygallery8-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full fade-in-simple\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/sayersthebakers.co.uk\/sayers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/historygallery5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sayersthebakers.co.uk\/sayers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/historygallery5.jpg 500w, https:\/\/sayersthebakers.co.uk\/sayers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/historygallery5-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-element-956ad08a full-bleed\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group stacked-gallery is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full fade-in-simple\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/sayersthebakers.co.uk\/sayers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/queen.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-729\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sayersthebakers.co.uk\/sayers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/queen.png 500w, https:\/\/sayersthebakers.co.uk\/sayers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/queen-300x210.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full fade-in-simple\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/sayersthebakers.co.uk\/sayers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/futuregallery8.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sayersthebakers.co.uk\/sayers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/futuregallery8.jpg 500w, https:\/\/sayersthebakers.co.uk\/sayers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/futuregallery8-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full fade-in-simple\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/sayersthebakers.co.uk\/sayers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/sayers-bed.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sayersthebakers.co.uk\/sayers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/sayers-bed.png 500w, https:\/\/sayersthebakers.co.uk\/sayers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/sayers-bed-300x210.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<div class=\"gb-element-e1a92bbd\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Sayers the Bakers you know today was forged in 2008 after a management buyout with Hampsons eventually being brought under the Sayers name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Celebrating our 100th birthday in 2012, the legacy of quality pasties, pies, cakes and sandwiches still continues as we continue to serve the northwest. (including baking a cake for the Queens 90th Birthday) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-17_ee94b6-f7 .kt-block-spacer{height:80px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-17_ee94b6-f7 .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-17_ee94b6-f7 .kt-block-spacer{height:6px!important;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-17_ee94b6-f7 .kt-block-spacer{height:6px!important;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-17_ee94b6-f7\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-text\">100 years &amp; more<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With so much history under our belt, we continue to build on tradition and strive to live up the Sayers values first set out all the way back in 1912, serving the finest products with high quality service.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" class=\"gb-media-3956bf5c\" src=\"https:\/\/sayersthebakers.co.uk\/sayers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/futuregallery6.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"futuregallery6\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sayersthebakers.co.uk\/sayers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/futuregallery6.jpg 500w, https:\/\/sayersthebakers.co.uk\/sayers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/futuregallery6-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINCE Our famous cakes and pasties were first baked in a basement kitchen in Liverpool and in the over 100 years since we&#8217;ve expanded across the northwest. Whilst the times may have changed, our values have not, as well as our commitment to high quality products cakes, pasties and freshly made sandwiches. 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