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Tuesday (February 12) is the day when people go flipping mad for pancakes. And Llanelli’s biggest bakery (the Jenkins Bakery) will be doing their bit to mark Shrove Tuesday. “Pancakes are popular all the year around,” said Jenkins Bakery director and company secretary David Jenkins. “But all our shops will be making a special effort with pancakes this week and on Tuesday, in particular. “We hope to sell something like 20,000 pancakes on Shrove Tuesday, so you can see how popular they are. “In fact, we sell a number of varieties – a plain pancake, a chocolate chip one and a fruit (currant) version. “This year, we are launching a new pancake - the cranberry pancake (pictured below). Early signs are it’s proving very popular with our customers.” Mr Jenkins added: “This is a busy time of year for us as we recently put out a special range of Valentine’s Day products. “We pride ourselves as being a bakery business which knows its customers and we know how people love to celebrate differen...

For pancakes today (Shrove Tuesday), it has to be a visit to one of the Jenkins Bakers shops - http://ning.it/e35nrV

Shrove Tuesday (Tuesday, February 21) is the day when people go flipping mad for pancakes. And Llanelli’s biggest bakery will be doing their bit to mark Pancake Day “Pancakes are popular all the year around at all of our shops,” said Jenkins the Bakers director and company secretary David Jenkins. “But all our shops will be making a special effort with pancakes on Tuesday. “We reckon that we sell something like 15,000 pancakes every Shrove Tuesday, so you can see how popular they are. “In fact, we sell different varieties – we have a fruit pancake and a plain pancake and this year we are experimenting with a chocolate chip pancake “The order book from our shops already totals more than 15,000 pancakes, in their different varieties, for Shrove Tuesday!” Mr Jenkins added: “This is a busy time of year for us as we start to put out a special range of typically Welsh products to mark St David’s Day. “We pride ourselves as being a bakery business which knows its customers and we know ho...

Tomorrow is the day when people go flipping mad for pancakes. And Llanelli’s biggest bakery will be doing their bit to mark Shrove Tuesday. “Pancakes are popular all the year around,” said Jenkins the Bakers director and company secretary David Jenkins. “But all our shops will be making a special effort with pancakes on Tuesday. “We reckon that we sell something like 15,000 pancakes every Shrove Tuesday, so you can see how popular they are. “In fact, we sell two varieties – a fruit pancake and a plain pancake. The order book from our shops total 7465 fruit pancakes and 8250 plain pancakes for tomorrow!” Mr Jenkins added: “This is a busy time of year for us as we recently put out a special range of typically Welsh products to mark St David’s Day. “We pride ourselves as being a bakery business which knows its customers and we know how people love to celebrate different events such as St David’s Day and Shrove Tuesday. “This year is also an extra special one for us at Jenkins, as we are a...