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Mother's Pride is a brand name for a variety of breads produced by British Bakeries, a division of Premier Foods. The company also bakes Nimble (reduced calorie) and Hovis branded loaves as well as supermarket "own brand" ranges.

British Bakeries was set up by Rank, Hovis, McDougall in 1955 to counter the then dominance of Allied Bakeries (Sunblest) and ensure an outlet for their flour products. Mother's Pride, which had been sold in the north of England since at least 1936 (an advert appears for Mother's Pride bread produced by W J Brookes & Sons, Bakers, Old Trafford, Manchester 16 in the 1935 "A Hundred Years of Road Passenger Transport in Manchester", published by Manchester Corporation Transport in that year),[1][better source needed] was marketed as a national brand by the new division in 1956. During the 1970s and '80s, it was a best-selling brand of white bread in the UK.[2]

The 1960s advertising jingle was: "Mother's Pride's a family, a family of bread". One well-known advertisement featured singer Dusty Springfield singing a jingle called "Knocker-Upper" (which, in the UK, can refer to someone who wakes up other people).[3][better source needed]

In May 2024, issues with packaging led to the Mother's Pride Scottish plain loaf being temporarily unavailable nationwide, with supply expected to resume in early June.[4]

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  1. ^ Advert for W J Brookes, Bakers in:A Hundred Years of Road Passenger Transport in Manchester: Manchester Corporation Transport: Henry Blacklock: Manchester:1935
  2. ^ "Mothers Pride bread comment causes social media stir". BBC News. 26 January 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  3. ^ This is featured in the 1994 documentary "Dusty: Full Circle".
  4. ^ "Shops run out of Mothers Pride 'Scottish Plain' loaves". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. 30 May 2024. Archived from the original on 30 May 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.