All British Baker articles in April 2007 – Page 5
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Craft bakers back charity fundraiser
Momentum is building among craft bakers for National Doughnut Week, the fundraising event in aid of the Children’s Trust, with chains including Forfars of Brighton and Martins of Manchester registered.With the week due to take place from May 5, Susi Coutts, sales and marketing manager of 18-shop bakery JG Ross ...
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Rowe’s wins Asda supplier aw ard
Falmouth-based bakery WC Rowe was last month awarded Local Supplier of the Year by supermarket chain Asda.Rowe’s, which has 16 shops, has supplied Asda regionally and nationally for around 15 years with products ranging from Saffron Buns to a range of savoury products.The award was presented by Richard Pearson ...
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APRIL - May Highlights in the coming months include a bakery tour of the Rhone Valley in France with Panary and the Richemont Club of Great Britain’s AGM at Slattery’s in Manchester
April16 - 23 Bakers’ Tour in FranceLocation: Rhone valley, FranceContact, tel: 01722 341 447email: info@panary.co.uk17 - 18 Chocolate Displays, Decorations and CentrepiecesLocation: The Slattery School of Excellence, ManchesterContact, tel: 0161 767 9303email: school@slattery.co.uk19 Chocolate Wedding and Celebration CakesLocation: The Slattery School of Excellence, ManchesterContact, tel: 0161 7679303email: school@slattery.co.uk20 ...
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Greggs reveals factory and ad campaign
Greggs, which came top of British Baker’s top 50 list of UK bakery retailers this year, has revealed it is to relocate its Manchester bakery to a new £16m facility and it has also launched a new advertising campaign.The high street chain is planning to move from its Eccleshall Street ...
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Ashers acquires Smillies as Tesco deal is announced
Ashers has acquired another bakery business as well as signing a supply agreement with Tesco.The Nairn-based 10-shop chain has purchased Smillies of Elgin for an undisclosed sum. Employing 35 people, Smillies operates a bakery and two shops in Elgin, as well as an outlet in Lossiemouth. The firm also supplies ...
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NewsAll hail Gail’s
Ran Avidan and Emma King of Gail’s tell Andrew Williams how the company’s second shop on London’s Portobello Road is part of a retail masterplan. See British Baker, 20 April
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Ship-shape at Waitrose
When you’re trying to steer a premium course through the choppy retail waters of what is, arguably, Britain’s most commoditised food category, it’s good to know there’s a steady hand on the tiller. But then running a tight ship comes as second nature to Waitrose bakery buyer James Dickson, formerly ...
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Superior sandwich
At the Délifrance Sandwich World Cup, British beef went head to head with Thai chicken, while Japanese seaweed saw off Swiss Emmenthal.But the competition did not stop there. Swordfish also competed with mangoes - in the same sandwich! And the Netherlands candidate perfected the art of one-upmanship when she announced ...
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Local support is vocal, finds Hyder
Most UK shoppers believe it is important to support the local high street but just 32% admit to regularly using the stores, according to the latest survey by Hyder Consulting, a planning and environmental consultancy.It claims that in light of the Sustainable Communities Bill (see pg 16), 80% of UK ...
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Vauxhall takes on food drive
A survey from car company Vauxhall suggests that British drivers are disappointed with food-to-go on offer in service stations, with 80% saying it was unhealthy and 70% believing it was poor quality.The company has signed up British food writer, Thomasina Miers, winner of BBC TV’s 2005 MasterChef, to devise ’Food ...
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Distribution watch
Smith Electric Vehicles is to supply Marks & Spencer with zero-emission 7.5-tonne delivery vehicles.The Smith Newton is the first-ever vehicle in its class that can compete with the diesel equivalent, says the company, but it comes without the polluting effects of nitrogen oxide, particulate matter and CO2 emissions. ...
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Julian Hunt, communications director, Food and Drink Federation (FDF)
Food manufacturers have grown used to engaging in the debate about the health of the nation in recent years. They fully understand why they have been challenged to play a positive role in finding solutions to the complex issues at the heart of society’s concerns about rising obesity levels. Now, ...
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Local champions
A thousand people, including Conservative leader David Cameron and Liberal leader Sir Menzies Campbell, packed out a Westminster rally last week in support of a bill designed to save Britain’s high streets.The Sustainable Communities Bill is a private member’s bill, tabled by Conservative MP Nick Hurd, which aims to give ...
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Catering to Cooks
Cooks has invested in a new system for capturing sales and trading information across its 120 bakery shops. The company previously used manual systems for recording sales data, which were often slow and incomplete. A broadened product range, introduced across all Cooks stores, increased the pressure on store managers to ...
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Strike at Park Cakes over redundancies
Around 1,000 people, 95% of staff, took part in a one-day strike at Park Cake Bakeries in Oldham on Monday - the first strike since 1976 at the bakery.The Bakers’, Food and Allied Workers’ Union organised the 24-hour strike over redundancy plans.Some 400 staff are currently on a 90-day redundancy ...
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Skeltons buyer sought
Administrators say the AC Skelton & Sons bakery business will continue to operate as normal as a search for a buyer gets under way.Hull-based Skeltons, which has 43 shops, called in administrators on March 27, blaming supermarket competition and a recent significant increase in energy costs.Adminstrators Mark Loftus and Edward ...
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Briefs
n The London & South Eastern Region of the National Association of Master Bakers (LASER) held its AGM last month, with 24 members in attendance. Anthony Kindred stepped up as the new president for 2007 and Ian Hedges as the president elect. Chris Beaney was the outgoing president.n The Federation ...
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Manx tensions rise on ’dumped’ breads
The Isle of Man’s Office of Fair Trading is investigating whether the £6m indigenous baking industry could be under threat from cheap imported bread.An allegation that cut-price bread was being "dumped" on the Isle of Man was discussed last week at the House of Keys, the lower house in the ...
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Small businesses see Budget blow
In his 11th Budget speech, Chancellor Gordon Brown talked about continued growth for the economy, increased business investment, incentives to save, and support for families. Brown confirmed his intention to modernise the corporate tax system and announced measures to help combat climate change.Corporation tax ratesThe Chancellor announced a reduction in ...