Pies are on the menu at Safran thanks to new partnership

Two long-standing Burnley businesses have forged a working partnership after meeting at a Burnley Bondholders event.

A butcher/baker and aerospace manufacturer may seem an unlikely pairing... until pies are involved!

Haffners have been supplying Safran Nacelles with its awardwinning pies since late February and they are going down a storm with Safran’s workforce. So much so, the pies are now a weekly special on Safran’s canteen menu.

Ted Cockett and his brother Dean took over Haffners in the summer of last year and Ted has since been running the business as managing director.

He said: “I attended a Burnley Bondholders event in February held at Safran for which we were asked to supply the pies.

“I spoke about my experiences at the helm of Haffners so far and immediately afterwards I was approached

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by Tom Wormleighton, managing director, and

Brian capital assets manager, who wanted to make our pies a regular on the Safran canteen menu.

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“Obviously, we were keen to make this happen and after a few weeks, all due diligence was complete and agreements put in place.

“I have been delivering the pies recently and while there I took time to see it all unfold. What a fantastic set-up they have. The canteen staff put on an excellent spread. The queue was 20 deep within five minutes and our pies were going fast.

“Safran, like Haffners, is a well-established Burnley business, and generations of its employees have long been eating our pies, so it’s proven to be a great partnership.”

If you would like to have our pies in your workspace, get in touch with ted@haffners.co.uk