The change will come into place in a couple of months
The former Sayers bakery on Lorenzo Drive in Norris Green, Liverpool(Image: Howard H Hughes)
A Liverpool bakery has warned customers of a change coming to one of its most popular items. Sayers, once a Liverpool institution, has largely disappeared from the city centre, though it still exists as a brand in the North West.
It started as a family business in Old Swan in 1912, selling baked goods from a basement kitchen. Since then, the company has undergone several changes, including a partial rebranding as Poundbakery and subsequent ownership changes.
Sayers is now owned by Karen Wood and managed by Mark James and David Silvester.
The group has announced it is “improving” the glaze on its sausage rolls, pies, and pasties.
Posters around the stores have informed customers that, from Sunday, September 22, all products will now include food that could impact people with certain allergies and dietary restrictions.
The Sayers Bakery on Allerton Road(Image: Jason Roberts photography)
Moving forward from the date, the aforementioned products will contain milk and egg.
The vegetable curry rolls and vegetarian sausage rolls will still use the current glaze to ensure they remain vegan-friendly.
If you’ve grown up in the region, you’ll likely have popped into a local Sayers store through the years.
It was well over a century ago that Fred and Lylian Sayer started the business on Prescot Road.
Workers outside the Sayers factory, Norris Green, after it went into liquidation in the 00s(Image: Trinity Mirror Copyright)
A decade later, the two moved production to County Road, Walton, before increasing demand saw Sayers move to a larger bakery in Aintree Road, Bootle, in 1925.
And many generations will also know the early 1930s saw another expansion, with Sayers moving to a purpose-built bakery in Lorenzo Drive, Norris Green, which went into liquidation and closed in the 00s.
Staff from the Sayers shop at Williamson Square, Liverpool. L-R Kathy Fleetwood, Julie Pennington, Deborah Turner. 23rd September 1991.(Image: Mirrorpix)
Sayers remained a family-run business until 1977, when it was sold to United Biscuits and later, in 1990, bought by Warburtons.
Six years later, in 1996, Warburtons sold its bakers’ stores to Lyndale Foods, and the following year, the family was expanded further when the Annes Shops chain of shops was bought from Roberts Bakery in 1997.
Over the years, many across our region have loved a trip to Sayers, enjoying everything from cakes, sandwiches, soups, to other bakery products.
You can see how the company has changed throughout the years here.