Bakers Delight

Australian bakery chain franchise

Bakers Delight

Bakers Delight store in Hawthorn, Victoria

Company type| Franchise
Industry| Bakery
Founded| 1980; 44 years ago (1980)
Founder| Roger Gillespie, Lesley Gillespie
Headquarters|

Camberwell, Victoria

Australia

Number of locations

| 700+

Area served

* Australia
* New Zealand
* Canada
* United States

Key people

| Elise Gillespie, David Christie (joint CEOs)
Products| Bread, pastries
Website| bakersdelight.com.au cobsbread.com

Bakers Delight is an Australian-owned multinational bakery franchise chain, with franchisors in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States. There are over 700 stores worldwide, with Australia having over 500 stores.

## History

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Bakers Delight was established on 1 May 1980 by Roger and Lesley Gillespie. Lesley and Roger, a third-generation baker, opened a single bakery on Glenferrie Road in Hawthorn, Victoria.[1][2]

In 1995, the franchise opened their first international bakery in Auckland, New Zealand.[3] Today, there are 19 bakeries in New Zealand.[citation needed]

Bakers Delight entered the Canadian market in 2003, under the name COBS Bread, and now has over 140 bakeries in five provinces and five bakeries in the US.[4]

In 2017, Roger and Lesley Gillespie took a step back from the business and appointed their daughter Elise Gillespie and her husband David Christie as joint CEOs.[citation needed]

Bakers Delight now operates over 700 bakeries globally.[5]

## Community

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Bakers Delight and Breast Cancer Network Australia (BCNA) began a long-term partnership in 2000. Since then, Bakers Delight has raised over $25 million for BCNA with their annual Pink Bun campaign that runs for three weeks in May.[citation needed]

## See also

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* Australia portal
* Food portal

* List of bakeries
* List of brand name breads
* List of restaurant chains in Australia

## References

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1. ^ "About Bakers Delight AU". Bakers Delight. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
2. ^ Asa Wahlquist (17 April 2010). "The Rise and Fall of our daily bread". The Australian. Archived from the original on 6 April 2011.
3. ^ Scherer, Karyn (25 September 2024). "Franchise aims for more dough". NZ Herald. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
4. ^ About Us Archived 12 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine
5. ^ Kate Kendall (30 July 2009). "Moments with Marketers: Chris Caldwell". Marketing Magazine. Archived from the original on 7 August 2009.

## External links

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* Bakers Delight Australian website
* Bakers Delight New Zealand website
* COBS Bread Canada/USA website
* Media related to Bakers Delight at Wikimedia Commons

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