{"id":5985,"date":"2015-03-09T11:42:03","date_gmt":"2015-03-09T09:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ceidiog.com\/pr\/?p=5985"},"modified":"2019-04-24T11:58:32","modified_gmt":"2019-04-24T09:58:32","slug":"school-pupils-visit-the-village-bakery-after-their-great-crumpet-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ceidiog.com\/pr\/news\/school-pupils-visit-the-village-bakery-after-their-great-crumpet-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"School pupils visit the Village Bakery after their “Great Crumpet Crisis”"},"content":{"rendered":"

School pupils were given a tour of the Wrexham bakery that came to their rescue after their “Great Crumpet Crisis”.<\/p>\n

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Youngsters who attend the breakfast club at Wood Memorial Primary School in Saltney were stunned when heartless thieves pinched their crumpets.<\/p>\n

When he heard about the theft, Robin Jones, managing director of the Village Bakery, in Wrexham, had a fresh batch of crumpets immediately dispatched to the school to make sure the pupils didn’t miss out.<\/p>\n

As an added bonus, a group of 14 children, between years two and six, were invited to come on a visit to see how the crumpets are made.<\/p>\n

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Robin explained: \u201cA member of staff had read about it in the paper and we were made aware of it so we had a fresh batch of crumpets delivered to the school within 40 minutes of hearing about it. I think they were touched by the gesture.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt looks like the kids have really enjoyed themselves here today. Some of them may even be our apprentices of the future.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s something fun and educational for them, and they got to learn about how we make the crumpets, the bread and the Welsh cakes.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The bakery employs more than 300 people and has two bakeries on Wrexham Industrial Estate where the family-run firm is building its new \u00a33 million Baking Academy and Innovation Centre. They also have a bakery in Minera on the outskirts of Wrexham.<\/p>\n

During the tour they saw the production line that makes 15,000 crumpets an hour and the line that produces one million scones every year.<\/p>\n

The also saw the Baking Academy that’s being built to train the next generation of bakers.<\/p>\n

Year three school pupil Owen Roughley, seven, said: \u201cIt\u2019s been a really nice day \u2013 really, really good. It\u2019s just all been amazing \u2013 everything about it. I learned a lot about how the crumpets are made.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was sentiment echoed by year four pupil Jessica Archibald, nine.<\/p>\n

She added: \u201cI enjoyed everything about it, especially how they make the crumpets because I have them with my granddad. I love crumpets but Welsh cakes are my favourite though.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d like to learn how to make my own Welsh cakes. I think I\u2019d like to work at the Village Bakery one day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Year six pupil Riley Hayden, 10, said: \u201cI learned a lot at the Village Bakery today. I wanted to learn about how they make the crumpets. It\u2019s been amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Teacher Sophie Bevan said: \u201cWe were quite shocked that someone would steal crumpets from the school. They took the crumpets and some milk. We tweeted about it and the story ended up in the papers.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think what the Village Bakery did was a really lovely thoughtful gesture. It was a really nice thing for them to do.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe children have really enjoyed themselves here today. It\u2019s really interesting to see how everything is made. We\u2019ve been given another batch of crumpets so we\u2019re looking forward to having them, and we\u2019ve also been given some Welsh cakes and we\u2019ll be having them on the way home.”<\/p>\n

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