Lakeland Ltd

The Home of creative kitchenware

Imagine this scene: it's the school holidays, and three brothers in need of pocket money start helping their dad count polythene bags into packs of 100 in the garage of their Windermere home.

Do you think those lads had the faintest idea of where that would lead them?

What our father, Alan Rayner, did that day was set my brothers and me on the way to building one of the leading kitchenware and homeware companies in the UK.

I'm often asked to divulge the secrets of our success, but to be perfectly honest there are no secrets. We've simply stuck to dad's philosophy, 'always look after the customer and the business will look after itself'. Easier said than done, and even harder still to do well! Nevertheless, by dedicating ourselves to this vision, Lakeland Plastics has blossomed into what Lakeland is today.

Not many companies actually make it to 40 years old and we know that without our loyal customers, the story would have been very different. So, on behalf of us all at Lakeland, it is my pleasure to express our heartfelt thanks to every one of you.

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