Akins Family Bakers
Artisan family bakery with highly trained craft bakers producing wholemeal, multiseed, sourdough, and white farmhouse bread alongside fresh cakes and pastries daily. Open Monday to Friday 8am to 4pm, Saturday 7.30am to 3.30pm.
About Akins Family Bakers
Akins Family Bakers is an artisan family bakery on Rosebery Avenue in South Shields, founded in 1984 by Barry and Anthony Akins. Staffed by highly trained craft bakers, it produces a range of artisan breads and buns, pies and pasties, cakes and cookies, with an emphasis on quality craftsmanship and premium ingredients. The bakery combines decades of baking expertise with traditional methods to supply fresh baked goods.
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