Excluding bill... who owns oddies? Been around a long long time,was curious as to it's ownership etc.

Originally their HQ was in Nelson, but not sure of the current arrangements.

Their custards are to die for.

Still owned by Bill,his daughter Lara is also MD.

Funkydrummer wrote:Originally their HQ was in Nelson, but not sure of the current arrangements.

Their custards are to die for.

Currant surely??

Family owned still: Bill, Jenny, Lara and Jeremy Oddie are the directors.

BurningBeard wrote:Currant surely??

Nope

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UpTheBeehole wrote:Family owned still: Bill, Jenny, Lara and Jeremy Oddie are the directors.

When excluding bill..didn't realise one owned it!! They must be minted and live in grand houses or abroad maybe.

Funkydrummer wrote:Originally their HQ was in Nelson, but not sure of the current arrangements.

Their custards are to die for.

I'm a vanilla man....

tim_noone wrote:When excluding bill..didn't realise one owned it!! They must be minted and live in grand houses or abroad maybe.

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I live away and one of the things I miss most about home is a trip to Oddies! Steak pies, savory sausage rolls and giant parkin biscuits. You just don't get pie shops like that down south.

I don't think anyone does a vanilla better than Oddie's.

My mum used to clean Mr & Mrs Oddie Senior's house when i was about 6. Early 80's. Massive House near Oaks Hotel somewhere.

School Holidays i had to go with mum on these cleaning jobs. Mrs Oddies house was the greatest. Mrs Oddie would make me a drink stick me in front of the TV oh and i was supplied with an abundence of pastries and cakes. Never knew her first name. Always Mrs Oddie.

Bilberry Tart

Good...but very pricey I always think.

Bilberry charlotte....hmmmmmm.
potato pie on an oddies buttered tea cake....hmmmmm.

often my lunch in my apprentice days....I was always 10 stone 7lbs back then....
if I even looked at those now I would put a stone on....grrrrrr.

Chicken New York sandwich and goulash soup for me. Tight with the portions though! They weigh the salad!!!

tim_noone wrote:When excluding bill..didn't realise one owned it!! They must be minted and live in grand houses or abroad maybe.

Bill's been a stalwart at Belvedere/Calder Vale, for many years especially on the Rugby side.He must be 80 now, and I'm told still visits each shop every week. He's been involved in local Charity work for years and is as pleasant a man as you could wish to meet !!

Funkydrummer wrote:Originally their HQ was in Nelson, but not sure of the current arrangements.

Their custards are to die for.

They are,but phook me you need to take a loan out to buy one..lol

Expensive and the pies aren't really that good, not a patch on Haffners pies and not far off the same money.

Bill was always a very pleasant man. I worked as an apprentice baker when I left school, was interviewed by Bill and the bakery manager, another Bill. His his father Jack was still around back then but very advanced in years. The current manager worked there when I started in 1984 so must have 40 years service give or take. And I know Stevie2112 from my time there and away days in the dark days ofthe mid 80s.

Expensive if you compare it to Greggs in the same way a BMW is expensive if you compare it to a Dacia

The pound bakery do two vanilla slices and they are really good.. Far better value than Oddies rip off prices..

Tuna special on a Granary roll.
Chocolate cream sandwich cake.

BleedingClaret wrote:Bilberry Tart

Confectionary porn!

My mother who is a nelsoner still talks about Oddies and she left Nelson 75 years ago. She was born on Forest street near Slaters ice cream parlour back in the 20s and both slaters and Oddies still going to this day. Really is a remarkable achievement for both businesses

Pork and Pepper Roll is the best thing Oddies do.

conyoviejo wrote:The pound bakery do two vanilla slices and they are really good.. Far better value than Oddies rip off prices..

Yes agreed its well pricey... i just bob in now and again. I dont do greggs,and i tried a hafners potatoe pie yesterday nothing special.

The steak pies are crap now, sorry Bill.

I pop in a couple of times a week, and agree it's not he cheapest place to buy your lunch, however they do sell extremely tasty sandwiches. Also recently tried one of the breakfast t-cakes, sausage & bacon £2.46 and was very nice.

Jonboyclayton wrote:I pop in a couple of times a week, and agree it's not he cheapest place to buy your lunch, however they do sell extremely tasty sandwiches. Also recently tried one of the breakfast t-cakes, sausage & bacon £2.46 and was very nice.

RIP off.

5 slices of Taylor's Bacon (home bargains) - £1

12 Pork chipolata sausages (asda) £1.89

6 travetraontravetra (tesco) 65p

£3.54 for 5/6 Really good sandwiches.

No wonder he waltzes around with a massive smile on his big Rugby face.

Diesel wrote:RIP off.

5 slices of Taylor's Bacon (home bargains) - £1

12 Pork chipolata sausages (asda) £1.89

6 travetraontravetra (tesco) 65p

£3.54 for 5/6 Really good sandwiches.

No wonder he waltzes around with a massive smile on his big Rugby face.

So how much was the butter? Not forgetting the loaf...

Diesel wrote:RIP off.

5 slices of Taylor's Bacon (home bargains) - £1

12 Pork chipolata sausages (asda) £1.89

6 travetraontravetra (tesco) 65p

£3.54 for 5/6 Really good sandwiches.

No wonder he waltzes around with a massive smile on his big Rugby face.

Shop rent. Business rates. Utilities. Staff wages. Employers NI. Holiday pay. Pension. Refuse collection. Pest control. Production costs. Transport. Packaging. Advertising.

Just a few of the costs associated with running a bakery shop.

(Post 28 haffners pies nothing special) you sir are deluded

Herts Clarets wrote:Shop rent. Business rates. Utilities. Staff wages. Employers NI. Holiday pay. Pension. Refuse collection. Pest control. Production costs. Transport. Packaging. Advertising.

Just a few of the costs associated with running a bakery shop.

These are the prices that I, ME can buy AT, single Items, I would imagine that between the 'smilie' Oddie family they could shave a penny or two off, of that?

Diesel wrote:RIP off.

5 slices of Taylor's Bacon (home bargains) - £1

12 Pork chipolata sausages (asda) £1.89

6 travetraontravetra (tesco) 65p

£3.54 for 5/6 Really good sandwiches.

No wonder he waltzes around with a massive smile on his big Rugby face.

No allowance for Premises, Business Rates, Staff costs, Depreciation, VAT, Marketing, and any number of other factors...

Life is full of choices, Diesel, you don't have to visit Oddies... I doubt Bill has waltzed for many a year, and if running a successful business, providing a quality product that people want to buy is a bad thing, then we should all pack up and go home...

Where do you think the money comes from to pay for Roads, NHS, Defence, etc comes from ??

tim_noone wrote:So how much was the butter? Not forgetting the loaf...

Load?

Butter, pfft pence..

Clarets4me wrote:No allowance for Premises, Business Rates, Staff costs, Depreciation, VAT, Marketing, and any number of other factors...

Life is full of choices, Diesel, you don't have to visit Oddies... I doubt Bill has waltzed for many a year, and if running a successful business, providing a quality product that people want to buy is a bad thing, then we should all pack up and go home...

Where do you think the money comes from to pay for Roads, NHS, Defence, etc comes from ??

Keep up.

Sheedyclaret wrote:(Post 28 haffners pies nothing special) you sir are deluded

"ls that so" you may call me Timothy.

Used them many times. A bit pricey yes but always very good!
Diesel comes across as a disgruntled ex employee.

Heart burn city, that is all.

Another good local bakery was Newman's . Next to Nelson Library.

Longsider wrote:Another good local bakery was Newman's . Next to Nelson Library.

...and also a place you could pay your coach money for away trips on colne clarets!

Oddies wine slices were the best cakes around, I heard they were told to stop making them because they used all the left over cakes to make them .God I miss them .

Used to work at Newman's in the mid 80s. Sorry but their pies and vanilla slices were better than Oddies!