Home Bargains to open a bakery in Southport Store. Another nail in the coffin for local bakers

HomeBargains is set to open a bakery in its Southport store and many others nationwide.The Southport store is located on the Meols Cop retail Park next to the new Sainsburys development. Will this be the end of local bakers in Southport?

A spokesperson for Home Bargains said: “In recent years the market for fresh baked goods in the UK has grown significantly and the bakeries we have introduced at stores nationwide have allowed customers to enjoy our competitively priced fresh bakery range.

“We are looking forward to introducing more bakeries in stores as we roll out our fresh bakery range for customers across the UK to enjoy.”

Here’s a list of some of the items you’ll find in the bakery sections at Home Bargains stores, as well as the prices of each.

5 pack sausage rolls - £1.09
Baguette - 75p
3 pack demi baguette - 69p
4 pack scotch rolls - 85p
5 pack tiger rolls - £1.25
4 pack iced, sugared or chocolate ring donuts - 99p
10 mini jam, sugar or chocolate doughnuts - £1
5 pack cookies, white chocolate, milk chocolate, double chocolate - 99p
2 pack vanilla crown - 79p
Cinnamon Whirl - 55p
Chocolate and Hazelnut Croissant - 94p
Maple and Pecan Plait - 55p
Chocolate Twists - 59p
Cheese Twist - 59p

Here is the full list of Home Bargains stores that are confirmed to have a bakery on the way.

Oldham
Alfreton
Smethwick
Skelmersdale
Holt Road
Norris Green
Southport
Resite Galashiels
Old Swan
Axis New
Litherland
Speke
Hanover
Skegness
Poole
Basingstoke
Carisbrooke
Amesbury
Prescot
Newton-Le-Willows
Willenhall
Craigmillar
South Shields
Wolverhampton
Byker
Wakefield
Immingham
Armagh
St Rollox
Great Homer Street
Stanley
Trimdon
Limavady
Crosshands
Garforth
Muller Road
Nelson Resite
Trinity
Killingworth
Montrose
Weymouth
Berwick 2
Clifton Moor
Peterlee (Resite)
Dover
Byrom St
Hyndburn
Oxford
Cross Point
Middlebrook
Newton Abbey Resite
Festival Park RP
Charlton, Greenwich
Edge Lane
Wimbledon
Almondvale RP
Hillview RP
Tamworth 2
Lurgan
Prestatyn 2
Blairgowrie
Kennedy Centre 2
Bedford 2
Preston 3
Merthyr
Chelmsford 2
Darlington 2
Walkden