All British Baker articles in April 2008 – Page 6
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Doughnut Week Q&A
== Q What is Doughnut Week? ==A A fundraising week aimed at craft bakers nationwide designed to increase their profits and at the same time raise money for the Children’s Trust charity. This year it runs from 10 May to 17 May.== Q How can it help bakers increase profits? ...
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Diary Dates
April 6 - 9Baking Industry ExhibitionNEC, Birmingham[http://www.bakingindustryexhibition.co.uk]April 12 - 13Basic BreadmakingCann Mills, Dorset[http://www.panary.co.uk]April 16Making Ethical Food Products seminarHilton Metropole, NEC, Birmingham[http://www.fdin.co.uk]
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Paper cups are fair Dinkum
Fresh Shakes supplier Dinkum Products has ditched polystyrene cups for paper. The branded cups, lids and straws are supplied free with each 1.8kg tub of Fresh Shakes thick milkshakes. Director Ken Richards said paper cups have a better image with customers. Dinkum is offering free, no obligation, demonstrations anywhere in ...
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Katermart slims its counter
For kitchens where space is at a premium, refrigeration specialist Katermart has launched a durable, slim-fit counter refrigerator for salad and cold food preparation.The stainless steel unit has a blown-air cooling system - vital for long service periods - and space-saving compressor. Despite its compact size, it offers fast cooling ...
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Consumer tracking
Heinz Foodservice is targeting four key categories of consumers after identifying massive untapped potential in the breakfast market, with research showing that 52% of people had not eaten breakfast out-of-home in the last three months.The research showed out-of-home breakfast consumers fall under four categories: those who "fuel up" on a ...
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Comment
Despite widespread press coverage about rocketing wheat prices, day-to-day pricing has been much more volatile, says Savage, who is not surprised by the Homegrown Cereals Authority’s latest statistics.The figures show how the delivered commodity prices of UK bread wheat, Canadian hard wheat and US Hard Red Winter have actually ...
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Emmi chills out lattes
Emmi has launched a Caffè Latte in a plastic cup with a resealable lid designed for sale at both cafés and shops.The chilled product is made from fresh milk and real espresso coffee and comes in several flavours including Caffè Latte Macchiato, Cappuccino, Light and Choco Latte - made from ...
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Channel-hopping
Separated by just a couple of hours on the Eurostar, the French and UK bakery scenes might as well be worlds apart. The first hint of this comes when you ask a French baker about the local baking industry. They immediately recoil at the mere mention of the word "industry". ...
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My Career
== What’s your job and what are your day-to-day responsibilities? ==I was appointed in November 2007, following the acquisition of La Fornaia where I was sales, commercial and logistics director and a shareholder of the company. My role has changed significantly since joining Maple Leaf UK - from working with ...
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NewsEuro-pain in the bum
Yes, we know it’s childish. We know it should be beneath us. But we couldn’t help sniggering at some of the exhibitors’ names at French bakery show Europain this week. Such schoolboy tittering is unbecoming, but to puerile Brit journalists, this is what visiting overseas trade events is all about.There ...
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Britvic highlights ’healthy’ variety
’Better for you’ choices emerged as the biggest growth area in soft drinks retail last year, according to the latest research, as bakers were urged to diversify their drinks offering, reports Andrew Williams.Glucose and stimulant drinks, smoothies and sports drinks all fared well in 2007, with consumers seeking out functional ...
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Marco offers dual-aspect brewer
Marco Beverage Systems has added self-service coffee brewers to its range. The machines can be operated on one side by customers and by staff from the other side.The side facing the operator is fitted with traditional free-flow Tomlinson-style handles, so staff may draw coffee at any time, ...
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Social Bookmarking Tools
Each article page on the BritishBaker.co.uk website now includes links to various popular social bookmarking websites.These websites enable you to store, tag and share links with friends, colleagues and people with shared interests. You can access your bookmarked links from any computer you have access to by logging into the ...
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Culture corner: book review
Are you planning a store expansion strategy? Want to corner your market? This is the tale of how Howard Schultz, Starbucks’ guru, did quite literally that, en route to achieving his modest target of 40,000 outlets (scarily, the company claims it’s still on track to hit that).The former housewares salesman, ...
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Are you planning a store expansion strategy? Want to corner your market? This is the tale of how Howard Schultz, Starbucks’ guru, did quite literally that, en route to achieving his modest target of 40,000 outlets (scarily, the company claims it’s still on track to hit that). The former housewares ...
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Beyond the bean
When your customers are rushing to catch the 06.59 from Reading to Paddington, there is no time to get your product offering wrong. That’s why, even after 15 years of running coffee kiosks at major UK stations and airports, AMT Coffee regards quick service and using exceptional ingredients, such as ...
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Welcome to your new-look BB
Welcome to the new-look British Baker, incorporating Bake & Take magazine! We are bigger, brighter and there are other major developments too.We have more pages, so there will be more to read in each issue. And, just as the baking industry has seen a lot of consolidation and change in ...
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Basco says it will look at complaint
Bread basket recovery firm Bakers Basco says it will investigate any complaints about its workers’ conduct.MD Paul Taylor made the assurance after a company manager contacted British Baker to complain that two Basco recovery officers had intimidated an employee into letting them into the premises. The manager, who asked to ...
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Café Bar takes espresso to a new planet
Café Bar has launched an Italian-manufactured espresso unit, CMA-Planet. The classic-looking espresso machine is available in a range of configurations to suit a variety of businesses. The machine is available in single, double, triple or quad-brew versions and the operator can choose between automatic and semi-automatic modes. Semi-automatic systems function ...
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Warburtons graduate plans future in baking
Susina Maiden, 17, is already mapping out her career path to launch her own bakery business in Solihull, after graduating from Warburtons Young Bakers Aca-demy. After completing a three- month course at the academy at the University College of Bir-mingham, she has now embarked on an NVQ Level One ...