Saint Honore Cake Shop Explained

Saint Honore Cake Shop Limited 聖安娜餅屋有限公司
Type:	Privately owned company
Foundation:	1972^[1]
Location Country:	Kowloon, Hong Kong
Key People:	Chairman Mr. Richard Yeung
Area Served:	Hong Kong Macau PR China
Industry:	Bakery
Parent:	Convenience Retail Asia
Homepage:	Saint Honore Cake Shop

Saint Honore Cake Shop is one of the largest bakery and cake chain stores in Hong Kong. By 2009, it had over 80 outlets in Hong Kong. It is parented by Convenience Retail Asia Limited, the retailing flagship of Li & Fung.^[2]

The chain of stores is named in honour of Saint Honoratus of Amiens (Honoré in French), the patron saint of bakers.^[3]

History

1972: Saint Honore Cake Shop Limited was established with the first shop set up in Happy Valley, Hong Kong.^[1]
1991: It was acquired by Hong Kong Catering Management Limited^[4] (formerly Yaohan International Caterers)^[5]
1992: It opened its first outlet in Macau.
1993: It established an automated bakery production line in Kowloon Bay.
1995: It established an automated manufacturing plant in Shenzhen.
1997: It was awarded ISO 9001 certificate.
2000: Saint Honore Holdings Limited (HKEX:) was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.^[6]
2002: It opened its first outlet in Canton.
2007: It was acquired and privatized by Convenience Retail Asia.^[7] ^[8]