STORY: Prima Bakeries has busiest week ever

Staff at Prima Bakeries in Cornwall celebrated in style recently as the company’s ninth birthday coincided with its busiest week on record.

To mark the occasion, staff were treated to a giant pasty-shaped birthday sponge cake along with a giant Cornish pasty, equivalent to the size of nine of Prima’s large Cornish pasties.

In the nine years under its current ownership, business has grown six-fold in value, and Prima is now one of the top 10 pasty makers in Cornwall.  Staff numbers have swelled from 19 to 85, and a fleet of 13 vans (compared to the original 3) deliver across the county and beyond, six days a week.

Commenting on the bakery’s success, MD Mark Norton said: “The August bank holiday was our busiest time ever and I am very proud of the Prima team who have all worked so hard. All parts of our business have seen record demand, although our Cornish pasties in particular have been selling at unprecedented levels.

“The investment we’ve made in our staff and equipment over the last couple of years made sure we were ready for this summer’s extraordinary demand.  Everyone in the business has also put in a massive effort to make sure that quality standards don’t fall as we get bigger and busier.  I believe this is one of the main reasons why so many of our customers stay with us.”