| 词条 | The West Cornwall Pasty Company |
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| name = West Cornwall Pasty Company | logo = West Cornwall Pasty Company logo.svg | logo_size = | image = West Cornwall Pasty Co, Albion Place, Leeds.JPG | image_caption = West Cornwall Pasty Company, Albion Place, Leeds | type = Subsidiary | genre = Fast-food | fate = | predecessor = | successor = | foundation = 1998 | founder = Ken Cocking & sons, sisters Victoria and Sarah Barber | defunct = | location_city = | location = | locations = 51 | area_served = United Kingdom | key_people = | industry = Restaurant | products = | services = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | aum = | assets = | equity = | owner = Samworth Brothers | num_employees = | parent = | divisions = | subsid = | homepage = http://westcornwallpasty.co.uk | footnotes = | intl = }} The West Cornwall Pasty Company (styled as West Cornwall Pasty Co.) is a fast food chain in the United Kingdom specialising in making and selling pasties. The company was established in 1998 and has been owned by Samworth Brothers since 2017. HistoryThe West Cornish Pasty Company was launched in 1998 by Ken Cocking, a serial entrepreneur, along with his sons, Arron and Gavin, and Mark Christophers.[1] The first store was opened in Chippenham, Wiltshire, and the firm was initially financed by family and friends.[2] After nine years, Cockings sold the company to its management for £40 million in October 2007.[3] At the time, the company had four hundred staff in 55 establishments of various types.[3] By July 2013, it was reported to employ around 450 staff in eighty locations, including eighteen in London.[4] The pasty was originally a portable meal of meat and potatoes in a pastry case, made for tin miners in Cornwall to take underground. The modern range has expanded to include lamb and minted peas, chicken, and spicy chorizo.[2] In April 2014, the private equity house Gresham, the owners of the company, put it into administration, blaming its failure on the government's decision to charge VAT on pasties. The company was subsequently sold to another private equity fund, Endless, backed by Danny Mills, former Leeds United F.C. and England footballer, and others. Losses were reduced by expanding the company's range and by taking a more targeted approach, concentrating on outlets such as railway stations and sports venues. The firm boosted the range of own brand coffees that it sells, to try to get each customer to spend more in each transaction.[5] Endless sold the business in 2017 to Samworth Brothers, who already owned the Ginsters pasty brand. At that time there were 33 shops and 19 franchises at motorway service stations.[6] The company states that its pasties are still made in west Cornwall.[7] References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/Jobs-saved-troubled-pasty-firm-snapped/story-20949730-detail/story.html|title=Jobs saved as troubled pasty firm snapped up|last=Barton|first=Lyn|date=12 April 2014|accessdate=20 February 2015}} 2. ^1 {{cite news |title=Former footballer Danny Mills helps save West Cornwall Pasty Company |author=Butler, Sarah |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/apr/11/danny-mills-saves-west-cornwall-pasty-company |newspaper=Guardian |date=11 April 2014 |accessdate=12 August 2016}} 3. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.investmentmarkets.co.uk/20071012-1055.html |title=West Cornwall Pasty Co sold for £40 million|last=Murchie|first=Kay|date= 12 October 2007 |publisher= Investment Markets|accessdate=7 July 2013}} 4. ^{{cite web |url= http://www.westcornwallpasty.co.uk/about-us/|title=West Cornwall Pasty Company - About Us|publisher=West Cornwall Pasty Company|accessdate=7 July 2013}} 5. ^{{cite news |title=West Cornwall Pasty Co reins in losses following administration |author=Anderson, Elizabeth |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/12085468/West-Cornwall-Pasty-Co-reins-in-losses-following-administration.html |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=6 January 2016 |accessdate=12 August 2016}} 6. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/01/03/samworth-brothers-gobbles-west-cornwall-pasty-company/|title=Samworth Brothers gobbles up West Cornwall Pasty Company|last=Bradshaw|first=Julia|date=3 January 2017|work=The Telegraph|access-date=29 September 2018|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}} 7. ^{{Cite web|url=http://westcornwallpasty.co.uk/cornish-soul|title=Cornish Soul|last=|first=|date=|website=West Cornwall Pasty Co|language=en-GB|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=29 September 2018}} External links
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