Bakers Oven was founded by Allied Bakeries in 1976, and its first location was in Barnard Castle.

[1] In 1984, the company acquired the sixty four outlets of Carricks of Newcastle, and converted them to Bakers Oven.

[4] The transaction included 424 shops and two main bakeries, one in Twickenham, and one in Newcastle.

[6] Both chains had sales of around £100 million, but Greggs was significantly more profitable.

[7] The 2007 Retail Directory stated that there were 216 outlets of Bakers Oven.