All British Baker articles in April 2008 – Page 4
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...of shoppers would like to be able to recognise free-from foods more easily with improved packaging, says a poll by allergy magazine Foods Matter, with clear ’flashes’ to identify wheat-free and dairy-free products wanted by 98%. Isn’t the whole ’free-from’ section in the supermarket enough of a clue...?
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60-second sales pitch
== What service do you sell? ==We provide hygienic industrial screening. Chadbourn’s is a market leader in the design and build of scaffolding and screening to the food and beverage industry, including clean rooms, cold stores and live production lines.== How does this differ to other products on the market? ...
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News28 Oct, 1955
The news has come this week of the experiments of a large producer of bread to combat the competition of the "oven-hot" loaf of the family baker. With the widening field that must ever be sought for plant-produced bread, these manufacturers have been seeking a method of producing oven-fresh bread ...
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O’Briens expands in Scotland
Franchised sandwich bar chain O’Briens will open three new cafés in Scotland this spring. O’Briens has opened a café in Glasgow-based shopping centre Silverburn, and plans to open one in Kilmarnock and another in Gretna by the end of May, bringing the total number of Scottish franchises to 45. ...
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Country Choice takes on rival in NI
UK bake-off and food-to-go giant Country Choice is planning to take on rival Cuisine de France (CDF) on its own turf, by entering the Northern Irish market, which the latter dominates.A team of 12 key Country Choice staff will be blitzing the market over a two-week period from Monday, visiting ...
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Finsbury puts ‘free-from’ market firmly on agenda
The Finsbury Food Group has strengthened its operations in the ‘free-from gluten’ market with the £8.9 million acquisition of Yorkshire Farm Bakery (YFB) and A&P Foods. YFB is a major manufacturer of gluten-free breads as well as rolls and cakes and is located on a freehold site in Hull. A&P ...
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CSM buys Harden Fine Foods
Bradford-based Harden Fine Foods, which supplies mini-bite flapjacks, brownies and cakes to in-store bakeries in supermarkets as well as restaurants and coffee shops, has been bought by CSM NV for £6.4 million. The Netherlands-based firm already owns BakeMark UK and Kate’s Cakes.
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Costa moves to sustainable sourcing
Costa Coffee is to source its entire coffee supply from sustainable farms. From September 2008, at least 30% of the coffee used in Costa’s Mocha Italia blend – which forms the base of its coffee drinks – will come from Rainforest Alliance certified sources. It will then gradually work towards a 100% sustainable sourcing policy.
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Greggs names new chief exec
Greggs has appointed Ken McMeikan – currently retail director at Sainsbury’s – to be chief executive of the group. He will join the board of the bakery giant on June 1.Sir Michael Darrington will retire at the end of July after 24 years as managing director of Greggs but will ...
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Greggs names new chief exec
Greggs has appointed Ken McMeikan – currently retail director at Sainsbury’s – to be chief executive of the group. He will join the board of the bakery giant on June 1.Sir Michael Darrington will retire at the end of July after 24 years as managing director of Greggs but will ...
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Greggs names new chief exec
Greggs has appointed Ken McMeikan – currently retail director at Sainsbury’s – to be chief executive of the group. He will join the board of the bakery giant on June 1.Sir Michael Darrington will retire at the end of July after 24 years as managing director of Greggs but will ...
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Finsbury buys Yorkshire Farm Bakery
The Finsbury Food Group has strengthened its operations in the ‘free-from’ gluten market with the £8.9 million acquisition of Yorkshire Farm Bakery (YFB) and A&P Foods.YFB is a major manufacturer of gluten-free breads as well as rolls and cakes and is located on a freehold site in Hull. A&P shares ...
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Finsbury Foods ’Gluten-Free’ Acquisition
The Finsbury Food Group has strengthened its operations in the ‘free- from’ gluten market with the £8.9 million acquisition of Yorkshire Farm Bakery (YFB) and A&P Foods.YFB is a major manufacturer of gluten-free breads as well as rolls and cakes and is located on a freehold site in ...
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RHM flour price increase
Rank Hovis, the miller, has announced price rises in flour effectivefrom April 7 of £34.38 per tonne (55p per 16k bag). Sales and Marketingdirector Jon Tanner said that the last increase was in early Octoberand that this latest increase is necessary because of “unrelentingrises in the price of domestic and ...
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RHM flour increase
Rank Hovis, the miller, has announced price rises in flour effectivefrom April 7 of £34.38 per tonne (55p per 16k bag). Sales and Marketingdirector Jon Tanner said that the last increase was in early Octoberand that this latest increase is necessary because of “unrelentingrises in the price of domestic and ...
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In my world
Last week I took a call from BB asking if I’d like to become a regular columnist, and I thought, ’At last! I’ve found a new audience for my ever-rising enthusiasm for all things baking.’ But where to start? My five-minute verbal stream, spilling out like dough on the move, ...
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On workplace stress
For those of you unfamiliar with the great man, the wholegrain bread-fixated godfather of the brand that still bears his name was a prophet of healthy living. But there was so much more to his repertoire, which should be a moral satnav for our own times. On workplace stress: ...