Jobs Available with Finsbury Foods
About Finsbury Food Group
Finsbury Foods is one of the UK’s largest bakery groups, supplying high-quality cakes, bread, morning goods, and bakery snacks to major retailers and foodservice customers across the country. They operate under a number of well-known brands, including Finsbury Foods, Johnstone’s, Ultrapharm, Memory Lane Cakes, Lightbody, and Lees.
This is a company passionate about great tasting products and innovation, with a strong track record of taking temporary workers into permanent employment. Many colleagues start as Production Operatives and progress to secure permanent roles, building rewarding careers in food manufacturing.
Working for Finsbury Foods
Joining Finsbury Foods or any of their brands means becoming part of a friendly, supportive team in a fast-paced production environment. You’ll play a vital role in helping produce some of the nation’s favourite bakery products.
Expect a workplace that values quality, safety, and teamwork. Whether you’re decorating cakes, mixing ingredients, or packaging finished goods, every role is crucial to getting top-quality products out the door and onto supermarket shelves.
Locations
We’re proud to recruit across six Finsbury Foods sites in the UK, each dedicated to producing delicious baked goods:
Job Roles
We have fantastic opportunities for Production Operatives across these sites.
Typical duties may include:
- Preparing and operating machinery on the production line
- Decorating, finishing, and packing cakes, pastries, or bread products
- Weighing and mixing ingredients
- Quality checking to ensure products meet high standards
- Cleaning work areas and maintaining hygiene standards
Roles often involve long periods of standing, working on a busy production line, and may include lifting ingredients or products. Depending on the department, you might also work in temperature-controlled environments.
Other job roles may be available. Please see the ‘Jobs Available’ section at the top of this page for more.
Ideal Candidates
We’re looking for people who are:
- Reliable and punctual, with a strong work ethic
- Comfortable working in a fast-moving production environment
- Able to follow processes carefully, with good attention to detail
- Team players who contribute to a positive working atmosphere
- Flexible and willing to take on various tasks across different production areas
In most cases, no previous experience in food production is required. Full training is provided.
Benefits
Working with Finsbury Foods comes with a range of benefits, including:
- Opportunity to secure a permanent contract, many of our temporary colleagues go on to permanent roles
- Onsite canteens and break areas
- Staff discount schemes (site dependent)
- Employee engagement events and seasonal celebrations
- Supportive team environment with ongoing training
