Growth spurt for Edinburgh bakery business that supplies The Balmoral and Gleneagles

A bakery that supplies some of Scotland’s top hospitality venues, including The Balmoral, Gleneagles and Prestonfield House Hotel, is making a six-figure investment and creating jobs after relocating to a business campus close to Edinburgh.

Company Bakery is setting up home at Eskmills in Musselburgh having outgrown its previous west Edinburgh premises. The East Lothian business campus is already home to more than 70 diverse businesses, including microchip developer Allegro, online education pioneer IDI and award-winning wedding and event company Hickory. Company Bakery, which produces more than 10,000 loaves and pastries a week, will be able to increase production at the 6,000-square-foot site - with staff numbers expected to increase from the current 26 as the business recruits locally to expand out of its central Scotland stronghold.

Eskmills consists of ten historic buildings and is located on the site of the former fishing net manufacturer JW Stuart. More than 500 people are employed on the campus.

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Company Bakery, which was founded in 2017, plans to develop new delivery routes, noting that a combination of a “growing food scene” and an upsurge in new housing developments across East Lothian were factors in the relocation. The firm’s owners include Amy and Duncan Findlater of Smith & Gertrude wine bars in Stockbridge and Portobello; chef Ben Reade, formerly of the Edinburgh Food Studio; and Hollie Love Reid, owner of Nice Times Bakery in Morrison Street and Lovecrumbs in West Port, both Edinburgh.

Amy Findlater said: “We’ve been looking for over a year for the ideal spot where we can have more space and really set up for the long haul and we have found it at Eskmills. It’s important for us to be an active part of the community and to be accessible to trade and retail customers and we are confident we can replicate what we have achieved in Edinburgh at our new home in Musselburgh. While we are predominantly a wholesale business, our market shop grew out of the Covid pandemic when restaurants were closed, but people still wanted to buy our products, so Eskmills gives us the chance to develop more of a front-facing customer brand.”

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