Percy Ingle
{{Short description|Baker and retailer founded in 1954}}
Percy Ingle was a retail bakery founded in east London in 1954, by Percy Ingle.{{cite web|title=Store Wars: Greggs and Percy Ingle|url=https://www.theguardian.com/money/2012/aug/17/store-wars-greggs-percy-ingle|work=The Guardian|date=17 August 2012|accessdate=11 December 2016}} The chain had over 50 outlets in London and Essex.{{cite web|title=Percy Ingle Bakers|url=http://www.e17woodstreet.co.uk/shop/percy-ingle-bakers|website=We are Wood Street, E17|accessdate=11 December 2016}}
As of 2010, Michael and Paul Ingle, grandsons of the founder, were running the company.{{cite web|title=History|url=http://www.percy-ingle.co.uk/history/|website=www.percy-ingle.co.uk|accessdate=14 May 2017|language=en|archive-date=25 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525200503/http://www.percy-ingle.co.uk/history/|url-status=dead}}
On 22 June 2020, the Newham Recorder reported that the bakery was "due to close all its stores after 66 years". The paper reported that "head office has confirmed the closure", but that "an official statement is yet to be released".{{Cite web |title=All Percy Ingle bakeries to close |last=Elgueta |first=Adriana |work=Newham Recorder |date=22 June 2020 |access-date=23 June 2020 |url= https://www.newhamrecorder.co.uk/news/percy-ingle-bakery-to-close-all-stores-1-6711310}}
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External links
- [http://www.percy-ingle.co.uk/ Percy Ingle website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220093501/http://www.percy-ingle.co.uk/ |date=2016-12-20 }}
- [http://www.britishpathe.com/video/tasty-models British Pathe Film showing Percy Ingle]
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Category:Bakeries of the United Kingdom
Category:British companies established in 1954
Category:Defunct retail companies of the United Kingdom
Category:Fast-food chains of the United Kingdom
Category:Food and drink companies established in 1954
Category:Retail companies established in 1954
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