OUR PRODUCE

At Friary Mill, we are passionate about our products and strive to ensure that only the best ingredients are used for our pasties, cakes and savouries.

We use local suppliers where possible and our fresh ingredients are delivered to our bakery daily.  Our greengrocer brings us potatoes pulled straight from the ground; quality meat comes directly from a local butcher; and our pastry is handmade at our factory in Cattedown.  Every single pasty is hand prepared and baked freshly every day to ensure you get the best possible product.

Some of the awards our products have achieved include:

Our Curried Vegetable Pasty (suitable for vegans) came 3rd in the World Pasty Championships in 2019

Our Danish Pastries, bread and pasties won “Best in Class” at the CBA Western Bakery Championships (2018-2019)

OUR PEOPLE

To create the best tasting products, not only should we use the best ingredients but we also need the best people to help us serve our loyal customers. We credit our success to the support and commitment of each and every member of the Friary Mill team.

We’re dedicated to supporting our colleagues, and recently launched the Friary Mill Academy – an in-house training scheme designed to improve the leadership and management skills of our team to help create our future leaders.

We believe that learning is an ongoing process and a number of our colleagues have undertaken apprenticeships whilst working with us so that they have the opportunity to earn while they learn.  One of our apprentices, Emma Milner, won Champion Apprentice at the Western Region Bakery Championships in 2023.

OUR FEATURED COLLEAGUE

We want you to get to know our team, so we have started our Featured Colleague section to introduce you to a different member of the Friary Mill family each month.

This month’s Featured Colleague is Anna, our store manager at the factory store at Oakfield Place.  Here’s what Anna has to say:

“I started working for Friary Mill in 2007, then I moved to Stoke on Trent and after 10 years I came back to Plymouth and started working at Friary Mill again in 2019.  The family atmosphere and very nice people made me want to work for (and come back to) Friary Mill.  Previously, I worked for 10 years as a stock controller in Stoke on Trent.

A day starts with preparing the store, getting products ready for sale.  I put the products on the shelves, turn on and start all the equipment and check the quality of the products.  As a store manager, I also have to fill out the paperwork for the day.  I then open the store, and together with my wonderful team, we serve our customers.  At the end of the day, we clean the store and prepare it for the next day.

My favourite thing about working for Friary Mill is the family atmosphere and of course my wonderful team who will always help me at work and outside of work.  My favourite Friary Mill product has to be anything with chocolate!  So I love the chocolate-orange muffins, chocolate boxes and caramel slices.  Outside of work I love spending time travelling with my family.  And a couple of random facts about me…when I lived in Poland my parents had their own bakery and factory shop for many years and I always helped them – almost my whole life revolves around bakeries, whether in Poland or the UK!”

Keep an eye out for our next featured colleague – coming soon!

OUR COMMUNITY

We love our local communities and promise to give our customers the best standards of service. We support many local charities with fundraising efforts and provide our products for events.  Any unsold products at the end of each day are donated to Help for the Homeless Plymouth at The Garage Cafe

We are also proud sponsors of:

• Theatre Royal Plymouth
• Plymouth Argyle FC
• Georgie Knott – Plymouth Argyle Women FC Player
• Devonport Services RFC
• Green Taverners