All British Baker articles in April 2008
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Warburtons opens Kent depot
Warburtons is opening a depot in Paddock Wood, Kent.The depot – Warburtons’ 13th – will help its bakery in Enfield, north London, to distribute its wide range of bakery products to the region’s local supermarkets. Warburtons’ Southern Regional Business Development Manager Kevin Ainley described the opening as "vital to our ...
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Boost your business with a Baking Industry Award
With less than a week to go until the deadline, it’s time to get those Baking Industry Awards entries in. Due to a number of requests, the cut-off date for entries has been extended to 23 May.British Baker’s 2008 awards are split into 11 categories and recognise the very best ...
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NewsBakers get set for National Doughnut Week
Craft bakers around the country are gearing up for National Doughnut Week from 10-17 May with a host of exciting ideas to help raise funds for the event’s chosen charity The Children’s Trust.Townend Bakery in Liverpool has developed a limited edition star-shaped doughnut for the week, while Corner Bakery in ...
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Show us your va-va-voom
Bakers and confectioners are advised to get their skates on if they want to take part in this year’s Baking Industry Awards, as the deadline, Friday 16 May, is fast approaching. The Awards have a category to suit everyone, so there’s no excuse not to have a go.Just think! You ...
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In Short
== Improve changes NI apprenticeship ==A new apprenticeship for Northern Ireland has been endorsed by Improve, the food and drink sector skills council. As in the rest of the UK, separate apprenticeships for bakery, meat and poultry processing, and food and drink manufacture, will be replaced in the province ...
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== BB’s juicy deal ==BB’s Coffee & Muffins has taken a controlling interest in juice bar, Juice Junction, which has eight stores in Ireland and two in the UK. BB’s plans to incorporate the Juice Junction offer alongside its New Zealand Natural premium ice cream range within its cafés and ...
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== Gates boost for wheat ==Microsoft founder Bill Gates is throwing his considerable financial clout behind efforts to develop rust-resistant varieties of wheat. Gates and his wife, Melinda, have given Cornell University in the US a grant of $26.6 million (£13m) to screen for rust at facilities in Kenya and ...
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On salt
Learned, dapper and with a bowel to set your watch by, healthy-eating prophet Dr Allinson was over a century ahead of his time and a self-proclaimed authority on everything from farting to skinny dipping. Here’s his vital advice on kids’ salt intake. On salt: "Civilised man has accustomed himself ...
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Sayers’ review
Sayers Bakery in Liverpool has begun talks with union officials over 150 redundancies, as it carries out an operational review which it said was "triggered by the worldwide escalation of raw materials and soaring energy and fuel costs".In a statement, the company confirmed that it had entered a 90-day consultation ...
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Obituary
Dan O’Donohoe (63) of Foxrock, Dublin, who collapsed and died suddenly at the beginning of April, was a well-known figure in the Irish baking industry, writes Hugh Oram.In the late 1970s, he was managing director of plant bakery Bolands in Dublin. But trading and union restrictions on plant bakeries at ...
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Product news
Tyrrell’s Potato Chips has launched a seasonal variety - Garden Herbs. The launch blends four classic herbs - basil, thyme, rosemary and oregano - to give "delicately balanced yet flavoursome" crisps.Tyrrells is also releasing regular seasonal favourite Summer Barbecue in time for the warmer weather.Tyrrells grows its own potatoes ...
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No weak Link
Back in 2005, McCambridge’s chairman, Michael McCambridge, was quoted in the Irish Times as saying: "McCambridge is linked almost exclusively with brown bread and we want to keep it that way." Two years later, it acquired the second-biggest cake manufacturer in the UK, in the shape of Inter Link Foods. ...
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Potted history
Bruno and Sergio Costa set up their first coffee roastery in Lambeth, London, in 1971, supplying local caterers and Italian coffee shops with coffee, slow roasted the Italian way.In 1978, the brothers opened their first Costa espresso bar in Vauxhall Bridge Road, London, using the same blend of six Arabica ...
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Talking Heads
Vera Foreman, training manager - apprentices, Morrisons"I’m in favour of a Bakery Academy, but they must listen to members of the industry."Mike Hollins, tutor, Tameside College"It’s important that any industry has its own identity. We really endorse it. It’s the way forward. The industry has been in decline and we ...
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The great outdoors
With summer just around the corner, outdoor parties are promising to be in full swing - and you don’t need to be an events organiser to cash in.Commercial kitchens are in high demand and, if you’ve got one, you can maximise your profits and even raise your profile at ...
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Products: Gilberts’ slice of the good life
Gilberts Food Equipment has launched the Nemco Easy Tomato Slicer 11, which can slice tomatoes and onions to a uniform size within seconds for burgers, buffets, salads or sandwiches.It features a new pre-tensioned changeable cartridge, with blades that stay correctly aligned and tightened, so there is no need for ...
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Global supply issue forces Rank Hovis to raise prices
Rank Hovis, the miller, has announced a price rise, effective immediately. Flour has risen £34.38p a tonne, equivalent to 55p per 16kg bag.The last increase took place in early October last year and, prior to that, in August. Jon Tanner, Rank Hovis’ sales and marketing director, told British Baker: "The ...
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NewsFired-up thinking
This recipe was devised by Nicolas Boussin, winner of the coveted title of Best Pastry Chef in France. Inspired by a burning log fire, but by no means confined to Christmas, this recipe has warm fiery overtones. This luxury chocolate cake costs less than £1 per slice net to make, ...