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Wrights Pies (Shelton) Ltd.

Company type	Private limited company
Founded	1926
Founder	John James Wright
Headquarters	Crewe , England
Key people	Mr Peter Wright
Products	Savouries, Confectionery, Prepared meals, Vending
Revenue	£65m
Owner	The Wright family
Number of employees	640
Parent	Compleat Food Group
Subsidiaries	Wrights Food Group & Urban Bistro & Wrights Bites
Website	www.wrightsfoodgroup.com

Wright's Pies (Shelton) Ltd. is a manufacturer of baked goods and confectionery based in Stoke-on-Trent, England. Wrights Food Group was bought by The Compleat Food Group in December 2021.^[1]

History

The company was founded in 1926 by John James Wright making pies from the front room of his terraced house in Stoke-on-Trent. The company now operates three manufacturing sites situated in Crewe and remained family owned until December 2021 when it was sold for an undisclosed amount to The Compleat Food Group.^[1]

Retail

Wright's have 15 retail outlets. Longton, Stoke Town Centre, College Road Shelton, Northwood, Stoke, Burslem, Tunstall, Rugeley, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Hanley, Fenton, Meir, Leek, Kidsgrove, Chell & Wolstanton.

Wholesale

Wright's operates a fresh wholesale delivery service operating from Crewe. Deliveries can be made to Manchester, North Wales, Derby and Birmingham. Freshly baked pies & savouries, confectionery and sandwiches are available Monday to Friday

Frozen

Wright's also have a frozen food delivery operation with the option of ready baked frozen products or frozen un-baked products which can be baked as needed. Wright's exports to over 26 countries.

The company is capable of producing over 5 million individual items every week.

References

^ ^a ^b "Wrights Pies sold in huge deal ending 96 years of history". Stoke Sentinel. 9 December 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2021.

"You're wright, we ate all the pies!". The Sentinel. 2004-08-03.

External links

Official website

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City and unitary authority of Stoke-on-Trent

Areas,
towns and wards

History

Parliamentary
constituencies

Current	Stoke-on-Trent North Stoke-on-Trent Central Stoke-on-Trent South
Historic	Burslem Hanley Stoke-on-Trent Stoke-upon-Trent

Religion

Tourism

Buildings	Listed buildings (Grade II*) Bottle ovens Burslem Market Hall Etruria Hall Ford Green Hall Old Town Hall, Burslem Trentham Mausoleum The Villas Wedgwood Institute Water World Winton Square (North Stafford Hotel)
Theatres	Mitchell Arts Centre Queen's Theatre Regent Theatre Stoke Rep Theatre Royal Victoria Hall
Museums and libraries	Burslem School of Art Chatterley Whitfield Etruria Industrial Museum Gladstone Pottery Museum Montagu C. Butler Library Potteries Museum & Art Gallery Spode Museum
Shopping	City Sentral Potteries Shopping Centre
Parks and countryside	Bagnall Road Wood Berryhill Fields Burslem Park Hanley Park Hartshill Park Hem Heath Woods Stoke-on-Trent Garden Festival Trentham Estate Victoria Park, Tunstall Westport Lake Whitfield Valley
Sport and music venues	Bet365 Stadium Golden Torch Jollees Longton Cricket Club Ground Meir Heath Cricket Club Shelley's Laserdome The Sugarmill The Underground Vale Park

Mass media

Publishing	Cross Rhythms Pits n Pots The Oatcake The Sentinel
Radio	BBC Radio Stoke Cross Rhythms City Radio Greatest Hits Radio Staffordshire & Cheshire Hits Radio Staffordshire & Cheshire UCB UK

Education

Companies

Pottery	Aynsley China Beswick Pottery Burleigh Pottery Carlton Ware Churchill China Clayburn Pottery Dudson Emma Bridgewater Etruria Works Gray's Pottery James Sadler and Sons Ltd Lucideon J. & G. Meakin Midwinter Pottery Mintons Moorcroft Palissy Paragon China Portmeirion Pottery Royal Doulton Royal Winton Shelley Potteries Spode Steelite Wedgwood W H Grindley
Other	Armitage Shanks Bet365 Clay Records Goodwin Hanley Economic Building Society Shelton Bar SONS Records Titanic Brewery Twyford Bathrooms Wrights Pies

Sport

Association football teams	Abbey Hulton United Dresden United Eastwood Hanley Hanley Town Meir K.A. Norton United Port Vale Stoke City
Rugby union teams	Longton Stoke-on-Trent
Speedway teams	Stoke Potters Stoke Spitfires

Transport

Canals	Caldon Canal Trent and Mersey Canal
Public transport	D&G Bus First Potteries Stoke Streetcar
Rail	Longport railway station Longton railway station North Staffordshire Railway Stafford–Manchester line Stoke-on-Trent railway station Stoke railway works
Major roads	A34 A50 A52 A53 A500 Longton Interchange

Miscellaneous

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