just seen a deal to buy the business as fell through and they are looking for someone else or they will have to close all the shops which is a shame...

Love their stuff especially oven bottoms !

Iced buns!!

Pork & Pepper Rolls and Savouries are the best thing they sell.

Nothing comes close to those things in any other bakery.

I believe it was a deal with Haffner's that's fallen through - I think we can expect Oddie's to disappear very early in the new year.

I also didn't realise they are called that because their prices are odd numbers. Or something.

Such a shame, been around since before me. Unfortunately their prices are just not tolerable anymore. Their sandwiches are tiny for them price, I get it that's it a local competing against big chains but unfortunately it's the prices that matter to most people.

Hopefully a solution can be found

GetIntoEm wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 18, 2024 11:42 am

Such a shame, been around since before me. Unfortunately their prices are just not tolerable anymore. Their sandwiches are tiny for them price, I get it that's it a local competing against big chains but unfortunately it's the prices that matter to most people.

Hopefully a solution can be found

Close to if not more than £4 for a small bap with bacon, lettuce and tomato. No chance.

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 18, 2024 11:40 am

I believe it was a deal with Haffner's that's fallen through - I think we can expect Oddie's to disappear very early in the new year.

Just been told closing down Jan 11th.

I was also told it was closing

Always my go to place, followed by Gregs,

Oh no, brilliant independent bakery, sign of the times, people tend to mass buy in supermarkets or get everything delivered

Used to love their sandwiches, particularly the New Yorker I think it was called, but the last time I went in I was shocked by the price and how much you got for that price.

Looking at the last accounts, although loss making, the Balance Sheet doesn't look too bad, so it's a shame it seems like a deal can't be found.

It's a shame it's come to this. I still use them from time to time, but only for their bread/baps. I gave up buying their sandwiches and pies. There are better sandwiches to be had elsewhere, at their price-point, and the same goes for the pies.

It's over a fiver for a large butty in there. Any local independent butty shop does better for cheaper.

Miss their parkins and custard slices tho

ICL wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 18, 2024 11:44 am

Just been told closing down Jan 11th.

Exactly what I've been told - same date, staff told last week.

Remember when they used to sell pork sausages on a Friday? Our mum would always buy a couple of pounds of them when calling in for weekend treats - bilberry/strawberry charlottes, custards and meringues.

This is really sad news. Their products and the variety of them are normally very good.

I could murder one of their corned beef pasties as we speak.

Very overpriced these days and since they started the ridiculousness of weighing the different ingredients for a sandwich you knew it was the beginning of the end.

Will miss the jam slices!

FeedTheArf wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 18, 2024 12:13 pm

Very overpriced these days and since they started the ridiculousness of weighing the different ingredients for a sandwich you knew it was the beginning of the end.

Will miss the jam slices!

Is it really much more expensive than Gregg’s?

I don’t mind a Gregg’s but always thought Oddie’s was far better.

My first job when I left school was an apprentice baker with WH Oddie. Very sad news to read but not really a surprise, just surprised it has lasted as long as it has. Their prices are very much on the high side, though the quality reflects this. You can't compare to a Greggs which is mass produced in a huge factory, frozen and shipped to stores. Oddies stuff is, or back in my day was, freshly made each morning for delivery into their shops.

Fairly sure stevie2112 who posts on here still works for Oddies - I met him when i worked there almost 40 years ago and last time I spoke to him he was still working there. I know the bakery manager was Asst Manager when i started so he must have 45 years service there. Sad news for an iconic local business but sadly a sign of changing times.

ClaretAndJew wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 18, 2024 11:41 am

I also didn't realise they are called that because their prices are odd numbers. Or something.

Not the case C&J. Its named after W.H. Oddie the founder in the last century. Until a few years ago it was run by Bill Oddie, a true gent, who really looked after his staff. Bill died and it passed to his daughter, I think. Bill was a stalwart at Calder Vale rugby club and a nicer fellow you couldn't hope to meet. Shame this, but they have found themselves up against supermarkets and big national bakers who don't necessarily use the same quality of ingredients and can save costs due to technology and less labour requirement. Although Oddie's prices might seem a bit topside, look at how ingredients and your power bill have gone up over the last couple of years. ..

Bugger...... my 95 year old father-in-law will only eat Oddies bread

Hendrickxz wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 18, 2024 12:27 pm

Not the case C&J. Its named after W.H. Oddie the founder in the last century. Until a few years ago it was run by Bill Oddie, a true gent, who really looked after his staff. Bill died and it passed to his daughter, I think. Bill was a stalwart at Calder Vale rugby club and a nicer fellow you couldn't hope to meet. Shame this, but they have found themselves up against supermarkets and big national bakers who don't necessarily use the same quality of ingredients and can save costs due to technology and less labour requirement. Although Oddie's prices might seem a bit topside, look at how ingredients and your power bill have gone up over the last couple of years. ..

Not THE Bill Oddie i will assume...

Hendrickxz wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 18, 2024 12:27 pm

Not the case C&J. Its named after W.H. Oddie the founder in the last century. Until a few years ago it was run by Bill Oddie, a true gent, who really looked after his staff. Bill died and it passed to his daughter, I think. Bill was a stalwart at Calder Vale rugby club and a nicer fellow you couldn't hope to meet. Shame this, but they have found themselves up against supermarkets and big national bakers who don't necessarily use the same quality of ingredients and can save costs due to technology and less labour requirement. Although Oddie's prices might seem a bit topside, look at how ingredients and your power bill have gone up over the last couple of years. ..

Bill Oddie also played cricket for Nelson as an opening batsman. Our old friend from this board Eli played with him and joked that he only got a game because he brought the pies and cakes.

Their prices are on the top side but the quality makes it worth paying for their bread other products. They close on the day before my birthday so it looks as though I'm going to have to have an early final vanilla slice, no one does better.

That's another load of empty shops left in Burnley.
Two in the town centre.
Park Lane.
Coal Clough Lane.
Padiham
Foulridge
Scotland Road Nelson
Can't just think where the other shops are???

I think they have lost their way given their price-point regarding quality. Other bakeries turn out better produce re pies and sandwiches. Mill Town Pies just up the road from Oddies Colne Rd shop is one example. D.T Law's in Hassy. Alpe's in Clitheroe etc.

Having said that, their bread is top quality and well worth what you pay for. I would still buy their pies and sandwiches if I thought the quality was there for the prices they charge.

I really hope there is a takeover and as many jobs as possible can be saved.

I’d question what crap is in a £2 pie tbh

mikeS wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 18, 2024 12:47 pm

That's another load of empty shops left in Burnley.
Two in the town centre.
Park Lane.
Coal Clough Lane.
Padiham
Foulridge
Scotland Road Nelson
Can't just think where the other shops are???

Pike HIll
Network 65
Colne Rd

mikeS wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 18, 2024 12:47 pm

Can't just think where the other shops are???

There's one in Tod.

Noticed the Blackburn store under the mall had closed on my last visit. I absolutely love a jam square too!

mikeS wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 18, 2024 12:47 pm

That's another load of empty shops left in Burnley.
Two in the town centre.
Park Lane.
Coal Clough Lane.
Padiham
Foulridge
Scotland Road Nelson
Can't just think where the other shops are???

There was one on Peel Street in Accy, don't know if that's
still going/re-opening.

Absolute rip off merchants & Always running out of stock early doors - not surprised by this news tbh.

A shame. Obviously, they don't have the economies of scale benefits to compete with Greggs on pricing.

Oh no,I was brought up on Oddies large custard pies. How am i going to survive without them. Life's a bitch !

There bread is superb. I was told that the Padiham shop had lost a lot of customers to the bakery in Lidl which when we all are watching the pennies makes sense.

bfcjg wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 18, 2024 1:31 pm

There bread is superb. I was told that the Padiham shop had lost a lot of customers to the bakery in Lidl which when we all are watching the pennies makes sense.

I used to buy their Large White Pendle loaf at least once a week, when they stopped making them I stopped going in.

Foshiznik wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 18, 2024 12:43 pm

Not THE Bill Oddie i will assume...

No, but when birdie bill gave a talk on wildlife at Clitheroe Grand a few years ago the Lancashire Telegraph got him and bread Bill together for a photograph and story.

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 18, 2024 12:44 pm

Bill Oddie also played cricket for Nelson as an opening batsman. Our old friend from this board Eli played with him and joked that he only got a game because he brought the pies and cakes.

Their prices are on the top side but the quality makes it worth paying for their bread other products. They close on the day before my birthday so it looks as though I'm going to have to have an early final vanilla slice, no one does better.

I was once sat on a table with him at a sportsman's dinner at Old Trafford cricket ground. He was definitely a character!

ChrisG wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 18, 2024 2:10 pm

I was once sat on a table with him at a sportsman's dinner at Old Trafford cricket ground. He was definitely a character!

Bill Oddie (the baker) was a great bloke to work for, looked after his staff and was very approachable. Well linked in rugby and cricket circles, not sure if the Eli comment about only playing because he brought the cakes was tongue in cheek, knowing him it probably was, but I seem to remember Bil playing well into his 50s for Reedley and a Nelson Leader comment about him getting better with age, like a fine red wine.

Herts Clarets wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 18, 2024 2:25 pm

Bill Oddie (the baker) was a great bloke to work for, looked after his staff and was very approachable. Well linked in rugby and cricket circles, not sure if the Eli comment about only playing because he brought the cakes was tongue in cheek, knowing him it probably was, but I seem to remember Bil playing well into his 50s for Reedley and a Nelson Leader comment about him getting better with age, like a fine red wine.

The Eli comment was very much tongue in cheek - I think they were good friends

Hendrickxz wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 18, 2024 1:54 pm

No, but when birdie bill gave a talk on wildlife at Clitheroe Grand a few years ago the Lancashire Telegraph got him and bread Bill together for a photograph and story.

Birdie Bill did Who Do You Think You Are a few years back, convinced his family were from a long line of Brummies....... then found out that his roots were in Lancashire. From Clitheroe/Bowland if memory serves, so they could be related somewhere down the line.

Clovius Boofus wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 18, 2024 12:02 pm

Remember when they used to sell pork sausages on a Friday? Our mum would always buy a couple of pounds of them when calling in for weekend treats - bilberry/strawberry charlottes, custards and meringues.

Charlottes- they were delicious, I haven't heard that treat called a "charlotte" other than in Burnley. Used to love the bilberry ones and the apple ones. We used to get them from a corner bakers on Berry Street up Healey Wood, would just love a couple of them now.

I do not like local firms going under but I stopped going to Oddies about a year ago. I was shocked at the prices they were charging and if anyone ever took a look inside the sandwiches they bought they would be a little bit aggrieved at the amount of food they got for what they paid for. Unfortunately they started to get a bit greedy and it’s backfired.

Real shame that they are closing. I go in twice a week. Top quality produce.
Small businesses are under a lot of strain because of inflation.
I think we are now caught in a catch 22 situation with service businesses such as Oddies, pubs, cafes etc whereby it's not possible to earn enough profit to grow.

pushpinpussy wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 18, 2024 4:35 pm

I do not like local firms going under but I stopped going to Oddies about a year ago. I was shocked at the prices they were charging and if anyone ever took a look inside the sandwiches they bought they would be a little bit aggrieved at the amount of food they got for what they paid for. Unfortunately they started to get a bit greedy and it’s backfired.

Probably more desperation to survive rather than greed

Whilst casually looking through archive pictures of Burnley today I came across this apt picture.

"As the queues grow and grow at bread shops local bakers are working flat out to meet the demand created by the Baker's strike. And empty shelves at all the towns supermarkets have meant a massive increase in the custom for small confectioners".

https://www.bcthic.org/View_Archive?NzI ... 9BcmVhfA==

Remember going there in my childhood as parents sort of knew them. Last time I went in I thought it was a rip off. If there’s cheaper and better elsewhere in a cost of living crisis you have no chance so not surprised by this news.

Saddened to read this tbh.
I'm not a tight-@rse like some posters on here and try to support local shops wherever possible.

When up I always pay a visit for their meat pies and potato pies. Both excellent products.

I'll miss the corn beef pasty & flapjack the prices weren't so bad to me as an occasional visitor from the Northeast. The expectation parting with a fiver plus including a ribena wasn't abnormal.

It's not the price, at least for me. It's that other businesses are selling better quality pies and sandwiches around the same price.