costellosbakery

Costello's begins - Birth of the brand

It's 1999, James Costello opens up the doors in Driffield East Yorkshire at the age of 21 with an aim to promote local produce from local producers. Did you know he first called the business Costello's Market Place as a place to bring produce to market!?

Note the hand painted shop sign painted by James himself!

Costello's conquers yorkshire

With the success of the Driffield store, James opens up 6 more stores throughout North, East & West Yorkshire.

Online openings

James & Louise begin Costello's online journey with the launch of a new Costello's ecommerce website. Having establised the company's online presence many years earlier through the original website, launched more than 10 years earlier, James was also an early adopter of social media with a presence on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram & YouTube as early as 2003 as well as more recently on TikTok.

New production space

Costello's move production over to Malton in 2017 but quickly outgrow the space during 2019 as online sales start to flourish. Then - Lockdown!! After the pandemic hit the country our online sales went through the roof (literally!) and we quickly had to find a new location that was big enough for now, but also big enough to grow!! We found it - and fell in love with our new home.

Completely re-fitted internally to our own specifications, we are so lucky to be working in such a great building & location.

The Future....

As the business continues to thrive online, due to the ever increasing workload, James and Louise made the tough decision to move away from brick and mortar shops and focus the future of the business online. Whilst home deliveries offer 24/7 convenience, J&L also recognise the desire for a more personal experience for customers. Through social media channels, J&L find that they can offer that same personal connection to every customer in a way that just isn't possible through multiple bricks & mortar shops. That said, you can still visit in person at the new HQ store - open to the public for factory tours and chocolate workshops - Yum!