All British Baker articles in April 2006
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NewsViewpoint
I am always bemused by the fact that being seen as ’old fashioned’ is something of a slur, whilst using the word ’traditional’ is often a big plus. In that case, I wish we would return to ’traditional’ discipline and ’tradtitional’ mealtimes at least once a day. My Reverend godfather ...
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Member’s Privileges
Taking snuff out of a ram’s horn was a privilege that Andrew Fairley, British Baker’s Student Baker of Year, politely declined. He also hopes he will never need to invoke the right to a private cell in one of Glasgow’s police stations or indeed fight alongside Glaswegians as they defend ...
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Hubbard Transport Refridgeration
Hubbard Transport Refrigeration’s (Ipswich, Suffolk) new 520 Alpha direct-drive refrigeration system is designed for vehicles up to 10 tonnes and is suitable for both single- and multi-temperature delivery vehicles. According to the company’s sales director, Roland Gibson, the 520 Alpha offers customers low running costs combined with a fast ...
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NewsSPACE TO GROW
A move from its long-established town centre home to a substantially larger bakery on the outskirts of Falkirk has provided retail and wholesale baker Mathiesons not only with “a totally compliant food manufacturing environment” but also with a completely new perspective on the marketplace.The 34 outlet retail baker, which also ...
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Explosive Situation
Plant bakeries that have on-site silo storage for flour and sugar are facing a looming deadline to comply with ATEX (ATmospheres EXplosives) legislation, designed to heighten safety in the workplace. Sugar and flour, when mixed with air, form a potentially explosive mixture. Such conditions frequently occur in storage vessels in ...
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Polar display reaches the heights
Nisbets (Avonmouth, Bristol) has added two full height display chillers with self-closing lockable doors to its Polar refrigeration range.Offered in 205-litre and 360-litre sizes, the chillers feature 45mm insulation, four adjustable wire shelves, an ABS plastic interior and white painted exterior. They have a temperature range of 0-10ºC. The chillers ...
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HACCP data in the hand
Catering equipment company E & R Moffat (Bonnybridge, Scotland) has launched a due diligence data logging system for its range of foodservice trolleys and counters. Known as the ‘3D’ system, it offers cordless reading via a portable handset, and full archiving of up to 63 units simultaneously to help make ...
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NewsInterbake hails Cream King
Interbake (Bury, Lancashire) has introduced the Cream King Eco 3.0 whipping machine.Made by German firm Hagesana, the machine enables users to hygienically whip and aerate fresh or synthetic cream, while a built-in cooling system keeps cream chilled in warm bakery environments, ensuring stability and freshness. “Chilled cold air is piped ...
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Kingsmill investigation continues
The Metropolitan Police is continuing to investigate incidents of deliberate contamination of Allied Bakeries’ Kingsmill bread, produced at its Orpington plant in Kent.A total of 35 complaints of contamination were made by customers between February 2005 and January 2006. The final one, on January 25, was of fragments of glass ...
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Consultation stations
Most employers are keenly aware of their obligations to consult with workforce representatives in the context of “mass” redundancies. In broad terms, these apply to the redundancies of 20 or more employees at one site within a period of 90 days. Employers will usually have in mind the statutory minimum ...
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NewsTrevor Mooney competes in London Marathon
Chatwins’ joint MD Trevor Mooney completed the 26.2 mile London Marathon in five hours, 18 minutes last weekend. He ran to raise funds for the charity Visually Impaired Children Taking Action (VICTA). His son Paul, also a Chatwins employee, had been due to run with him but had to withdraw ...
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Hot issues in cold storage
With gas and electricity prices soaring by 40% in 2005 and potentially more increases on the way, the need to be energy-efficient has never been greater. By investing in the right equipment and making simple adjustments to the way it is used and maintained, businesses could see big savings on ...
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NewsExtra cold storage when you need it most
Coldroom modules from Container Kitchen Systems (CKS) (Guildford, Surrey) mean bakers can have access to extra cold storage for fixed periods. Available either in standard cabin modules or in ‘flat-pack’ format, the CKS cold stores offer a choice of capacities in both chilled and frozen storage. All the cold stores ...
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Technicality sinks Finedon Mill case
A PROSECUTION against two directors of Finedon Mill, rela-ting to breaches of the 1965 Cereals Marketing Act, has been dismissed due to legal technicalities.A judge ruled that the case against John Lister and Charles Garavan should not proceed at a hearing at Bristol Magistrates Court earlier this month. The two ...
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Carvell’s retarder-prover
Caravell’s (Buckingham) retarder-prover can slow down and hold the development of dough for up to three days. It then warms the dough to the correct prove temperature to ensure it is ready for the oven at the right time. All functions are controlled by a microprocessor, which enables the cycles ...
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Sunday campaign
Retail trade union Usdaw is to launch a Save Our Sundays campaign at its annual conference in Blackpool this weekend. It wants to stop any deregulation of Sunday trading legislation, which would allow large stores to open for longer than six hours on a Sunday. “With 95% of our members ...
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NewsA Gem of a cabinet
The Gem display cabinet from Williams Refrigeration (King’s Lynn, Norfolk) is designed to store chilled products, such as sandwiches, salads, fruit and drinks. The company says it is easy to clean, energy saving, reliable and safe. The unit features a full-width fluorescent light and tempered glass sides for maximum ...
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RHM bullish on performance
RHM said its Bread Bakeries division had seen outstan-ding achievement by Hovis and an improved performance on cakes in the year to April 29, 2006. In a trading update, the firm noted that a “much improved” financial performance in its Manor Bakeries cakes business in the second half, was due ...
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NewsBrook: retarder-prover speeds up oven loading
Brook Food Processing (Minehead, Somerset) has launched the Polin Frigocella Avant retarder prover. The unit incorporates an automatic ‘delayed oven-loading’ feature, which is said to be advantageous in situations where oven space is an issue, as it can perform an uninterrupted series of fast oven loads.Polin has also incorporated features ...