Cooper's (bakery)
{{Short description|Bakery chain in Bangladesh}}
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| name = Cooper's Bakery Bangladesh
| logo = Logo of Cooper's Bakery.png
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| founded = {{Start date and age|1984}}
| founders = Douglas and Sufia Cooper
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| location = Dhaka, Bangladesh
| locations = 51
| area_served = Bangladesh
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| products = Cakes, desserts, sandwiches, pastry, bread, cookies
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| num_employees = 500
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| homepage = {{URL|www.coopersbakery.com}}
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Cooper's is a bakery chain in Bangladesh. It was founded in 1984 by Douglas Cooper, a Dhaka-based British immigrant and World War II veteran, and his wife Sufia Cooper, who managed the business in the 1990s and 2000s. It introduced the modern pastry shop concept to Bangladesh.{{Cite web |last=Hasan |first=Mahmudul |date=2022-01-13 |title='Selling like hot cakes': Estimated size of cake, pastry market app Tk 400cr |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/business/news/cake-sales-rising-faster-clip-2938271 |access-date=2023-03-10 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}
What started out as just one small outlet in Kolabagan and a factory now operates total 52 outlets in Dhaka and Chittagong and is a popular household name in upmarket urban areas. It has a factory on the outskirts of Dhaka in Ashulia. The company is managed by brothers John Cooper and Simon Cooper, the children of Douglas and Sufia Cooper.{{cite web|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/print_post/slice-of-happiness-5549|title=Slice of happiness! |work=The Daily Star|date=7 January 2014 |accessdate=1 March 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/new-treats-coopers/|title=News Flash - new treats @Cooper's|work=The Daily Star|date=10 September 2013|accessdate=1 March 2015|archive-date=6 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006123230/http://archive.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/new-treats-coopers/|url-status=dead}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/event/ringing-happy-christmas-day-2017-1509745|title=Ringing in Christmas|date=25 December 2017|work=The Daily Star|access-date=8 January 2018|language=en}}
==References==
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Category:Bakeries of Bangladesh
Category:Manufacturing companies established in 1984
Category:Food and drink companies established in 1984