Coopers (Lalmatia Outlet)

The history of this company originates from Harworth, England from the 1870s, where Mr. James R. Feather ran a grocery shop in the small town, which also evolved into a popular bakery. He was a charismatic person who was also a close family friend of the famous Bronte family of the UK. The basic passion for serving good food and new innovative recipes became embedded into the family of Mr. Feather as they carried on the family’s traditional business, and it is his grandson, Douglas J A Cooper, who decided to implant those values into starting a food business in Bangladesh, a land he came to love, while serving in this region during the 2nd World War as part of the British Army, in the Gurkha and the Burma Star regiment to be precise. Finally he, with his Bangladeshi wife Sufia Cooper who he married also as an expression of his undying love for the country, expanded the bakery business of his ancestors in England to Dhaka in 1984, under the name of Sorrento, which was later converted to Coopers, adopting the family name, in 1986, a name which has been prominent in British history since the 16th century. What started in Bangladesh with just 1 small outlet and a factory, implementing the idea of a British bakery and setting the standards at par with the UK, soon became a bustling business