A BAKERY that is “better than Greggs” sells “handcrafted” goodies for as little as £1.20.
Family-run business Wenzel’s served its first loaf in 1975 and has been building up its menu to take the UK by storm ever since.
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A familiar sight to North West Londoners, the brand has now expanded to over 100 locations and has ambitious plans to expand nationwide.
Like its competitors, Wenzels sells a range of popular goods from fondant fancies and unicorn cakes to sausage rolls and sandwiches.
Customers have dubbed it “better than Greggs” because unlike other brands, Wenzel’s makes most of its products by hand.
Machines are brought in to mix the large amounts of dough and help with shaping, and then all of the goods are decorated by hand down to every last swirl.
From baguettes to hot cross buns everything gets made in Wenzel’s headquarters before being shipped off to all 108 stores.
What can I buy at Wenzel’s?
You can get lunch classics from Wenzel stores like sausage rolls, sandwiches and sweet treats.
Here are some of Wezels most popular items:
- Sausage Roll: £1.65
- Steak Slice: £3.20
- Jam Donut: £1.20
- Singular Crusty Roll: £0.50
- Sugar Ring Donut: £1.20
- Breakfast roll: £2.15
Of course, you can get hot drinks as well to quench your thirst while you eat your baked goods.
But unlike other bakeries, Wenzels serves fresh bread loaves every day.
They also take customer requests so you could go to Wenzels for handmade platters and cakes for everything from weddings to birthdays.
Prices will vary depending on the size of your cake or platter but the chain can guarantee they will do their best to make any request a reality.
Wenzel’s full menu
TAKE a look at all the tasty treats on offer at Wenzel’s as they branch out across the UK.
You can get your hands on:
- Pizzas
- Sandwiches
- Baguettes
- Rolls
- Sausage rolls
- Vegan sausage rolls
- Chicken wings
- Chicken strips
- Spring rolls
- Donuts
- Danishes
- Eclairs
- Tarts
- Cakes
- Gateaus
- Cupcakes
- Fondant fancies
The Sun paid a visit to the headquarters this month to see how the operation ran.
We got to see how some of the bakery chains’ 1,300 staff prep and mix the dough that ends up being someone’s breakfast roll.
We learn’t typical shift for the breadmakers in the Wenzels factory actually starts at around five or six o’clock in the morning.
The dough is mixed and proved in the evening before heading into a stone-burnt oven through the night.
This way the bread is kept extra fresh and amazingly is sometimes still warm as it’s being delivered to each of Wenzel’s stores for the next morning.
It comes just two months after customers cried after Wenzel’s confirmed it closed a store in Southend High Street.
