Company Profile
With over 700 bakeries worldwide and global turnover for Bakers Delight/COBS Bread $581M for the 2008/2009 financial year expecting to reach $608M in 2009/2010, the company earns the title of the ‘Australia’s Most Successful Bakery Franchise'.
Over the past 29 years, this Australian success story has built a strong brand with a distinctive image and has fostered a loyal customer in local communities around Australia.
Bakers Delight holds a healthy 13.7 per cent of the Australian bread market (Roy Morgan Single Source data September 09) – a stable market based on Australia's love for freshly baked bread, and growing demand for nutritionally sound produce.
New Zealand has 33 bakeries, opportunities continue to become available.
In Canada, Bakers Delight trades as COBS Bread. Since 2003, COBS Bread has grown to 61 bakeries across three Canadian Provinces. The ultimate goal is to expand this number to hundreds bakeries www.cobsbread.com
Company owned bakeries represent 10 percent of the network. They are an important asset as they provide not only a source of profit but an excellent training environment.
Behind every delighted customer there lies a Bakers Delight bakery, a bakery operator, 168 specialist support employees, approximately 15,000 bakery employees serving around 2.5 million customers each and every week.
Bakers Delight Holdings is a member of the Franchise Council of Australia (FCA) and Franchise Association of New Zealand (FANZ).