Suffolk and Norfolk-based bakery group Two Magpies Bakery will rebrand the site from March 23 and has plans to transform the site to match its other locations.

Marlesford Farm Shop and Cafe - a popular venue near Woodbridge - offers locally-sourced breakfasts, lunches and homemade scones.

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Two Magpies Bakery owner Steve Magnall. (Image: Sonya Duncan)

The business's 21 existing staff members will join the Two Magpies workforce and all existing fixtures and fittings at the site will remain. 

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It has seating for 80 customers inside and 50 outside and its large farm shop sells local produce and artisan goods.

Two Magpies owner and chief executive Steve Magnall said: “This is a great start to the year and cements our plans to expand.

"We are thrilled to have secured such a fantastically-positioned site that has great potential.

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"We look forward to welcoming the staff from Marlesford into the Two Magpies’ team as we develop the site and the customer experience further."

“This is a huge achievement for the Two Magpies Bakery Group, which will see a 10-15% increase in our turnover and a step towards our goal of 50 sites.”

Two Magpies makes bakes, hand-laminated pastries, and sourdough bread and currently has cafes in Norwich, Blakeney, Holt, Woodbridge, Wells-next-the-Sea, Beccles, Aldeburgh, Framlingham and Southwold, as well as a central bakery in Walpole and a bake school in Darsham near Yoxford. 

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