COOPLANDS bakery stores across North East Lincolnshire will not be affected by the job losses and shop closures being reported today.
The 22 Lincolnshire stores, including six in Grimsby, one in Cleethorpes, one in Immingham and one in Louth, are owned by Coopland & Son (Scarborough) Ltd.
As widely reported, today Cooplands (Doncaster) Ltd announced it has gone into administration, with the loss of more than 300 jobs nationally and the closure of almost half of its 80 stores, its bakery and Doncaster-based head office.
A number of stores and 259 jobs have been saved nationally because 41 of the leasehold shops and its mobile sandwich van fleet were folded into a pre-sold package.
Adrian Berry and Daniel Butters, partners of Deloitte, have today been appointed as joint administrators of Cooplands.
Adrian Berry, joint administrator, said: "Cooplands has seen a recent deterioration in trading performance across its retail business, which combined with a significant fixed manufacturing cost, has resulted in unsustainable losses.
"Regrettably we have had to close 39 retail stores together with the bakery and head office in Doncaster.
"However, there is some positive news today with the sale of 41 retail stores and the entire mobile sandwich van business, which will preserve 259 jobs."
