Prima Bakeries
Cornish bakery making pasties, breads and cakes for wholesale and food service customers across Cornwall
Highlights
- New on EvolcAdded 2026-10-28
About Prima Bakeries
Prima Bakeries is a craft bakery near Redruth in Cornwall that makes Cornish pasties, savoury products, breads, cakes, confectionery, scones and shortbread. The range includes vegan and gluten-free lines. Production takes place at its bakery site at Scorrier near Redruth.
Customers are convenience stores, independent retailers, cafes, restaurants, hotels and pubs in Cornwall, served through a wholesale delivery service with separate Retail and Food Service ranges. The company also sells through an on-site shop and through its "Pasties by Post" mail-order service, now supplied via The Cornish Hamper Store. It states that it serves over 500 customers across Cornwall.
The business was established by the Buist family in 1978 as a pizza base manufacturer and later became a craft bakery. The legal entity, PRIMA BAKERIES LIMITED, was founded in 2010. In 2024 the Prima Bakeries Group, which includes Cornish Premier Pasties, transitioned into an employee-owned business through an Employee Ownership Trust covering over 150 employees.
Product: Cornish pasties, savoury bakes, bread, cakes, confectionery, scones and shortbread, sold wholesale, to retail and food service customers, and by mail order.
Jobs at Prima Bakeries
Leadership
- Mark Norton · Managing DirectorSource: company website
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