All British Baker articles in April 2010 – Page 6
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Country Fresh aims for bakery arm expansion
Fresh produce supplier Country Fresh is looking to build up its new bakery arm into a £1m operation in the next two years.The business based in Dereham, Norfolk, recently set up its own on-site organic bakery at its head office in Hockering, with the intention to supply all its own ...
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Reporting in Rising above its station
Kirk HunterChief executive, Scottish Association of Master BakersScottish bakers have been reaching for the blood pressure tablets lately. The reason? An ill-tempered outburst by Sunday Times food journalist Allan Brown (28 March) against Scotland’s much-loved Scotch Pie.Brown doesn’t care that bakers have worked hard over many years to raise standards ...
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Scottish bakery invests £500k in modern site
Highland-based Nevis Bakery has more than doubled capacity after investing £500,000 in a move to larger premises, enabling it to meet growing demand for its premium biscuits, shortbread and loaf cakes.The Fort William-based bakery has two shops and supplies wholesalers and small supermarket groups. It moved to a modern 11,400sq ...
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Next issue 23 April
lBakers’ ReviewAll the latest regulatory guidance and vital trade updates from the National Associationof Master BakerslWhat Makes a Winner?Georgi Gyton visits Glastonbury-based Burns the Bread to find out why they were worthy winners of the Customer Focus Award at BIA ’09lSmoothies & JuicesWith consumers on the look-out for healthyoptions, how ...
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Hovis spends £2m on breakfast promotion
Hovis hopes to persuade more people to have toast for breakfast, by reminding them of the health benefits of Hovis Wholemeal.Its new £2m campaign will communicate healthy and filling breakfast ideas, with new brand ambassador, Olympic cyclist Victoria Pendleton, fronting the promotion.Hovis marketing director Jon Goldstone said: "People asso-ciate a ...
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9 September, 1938: A weighty sack
One of the features of the Baking Exhibition is the fact that bakers from all over the world congregate there. The British Baker stand seems to be the meeting place of all the interesting folk in the bakery world, and it is well for those of us who have to ...
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Jobs saved as Sunfresh sells
Jobs at Sunfresh Bakers are safe, after bosses bought the business out of administration.Directors Stephen and Mark Taylor bought its assets and goodwill, safeguarding 140 jobs, and will now trade as Taylors the Bakers. The Ashton-under-Lyne firm in Lancashire, which makes oven-bottom muffins, went into administration at the end of ...
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Love Coffee is launched
New coffee chain Love Coffee is stepping into the gap left by BB’s Coffee & Muffins, with a goal for 25 outlets by the end of the year. Former BB’s Coffee & Muffins franchisee Shashi Patel, of DJ & C Foods, is planning to roll out the new chain in ...
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Dean’s pursues ambitious targets
Aberdeenshire shortbread and biscuit producer Dean’s is seeking to increase its turnover by £3m to £10m by 2012, following a re-launch of its core biscuit range this spring.The firm, based in Huntly, is hoping to grow its customer base both within the UK and internationally, and has a number of ...
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SIGEP selection rounds to be held at ABST conference
The qualifying and selection rounds for the 2011 UK SIGEP Bread Cup Team will take place at the Alliance for Bakery Students and Trainees (ABST) annual conference on 12 June.
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NewsSIGEP selection rounds to be held at ABST conference
The qualifying and selection rounds for the 2011 UK SIGEP Bread Cup Team will take place at the Alliance for Bakery Students and Trainees (ABST) annual conference on 12 June.The conference, which will be held at Alton Towers Conference Centre from 11-13 June, will host four competition classes for the ...
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Hovis spends £2m on breakfast promotion
Hovis hopes to persuade more people to have toast for breakfast, by reminding them of the health benefits of Hovis Wholemeal.Its new £2m campaign will communicate healthy and filling breakfast ideas, with new brand ambassador, Olympic cyclist Victoria Pendleton, fronting the promotion. Hovis marketing director Jon Goldstone said: “People asso-ciate ...
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Jobs saved as Sunfresh sells
Jobs at Sunfresh Bakers are safe, after bosses bought the business out of administration.Directors Stephen and Mark Taylor bought its assets and goodwill, safeguarding 140 jobs, and will now trade as Taylors the Bakers.
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Love Coffee is launched
New coffee chain Love Coffee is stepping into the gap left by BB’s Coffee & Muffins, with a goal for 25 outlets by the end of the year.
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FSA reveals sat fat plans
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has unveiled the first raft of its recommendations for reducing saturated fat and added sugar in bakery products, following its consultation last summer.It is encouraging the food industry to reduce saturated fat in biscuits, cakes and buns, as well as increase the availability of smaller ...
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Tree House Bakery slammed by HSE
The Tree House Bakery set up in Solihull, West Midlands, which has proved a major attraction for adults and kids, has been slammed a ‘dangerous’ by health and safety officials, and threatened with closure.
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Bakery sales growth for Northern Foods
Bakery and sandwiches are among the top three performing categories for Northern Foods, which announced group like-for-like sales were up 1% on last year.
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Greenfield to leave Jackson’s Bakery
Stephen Greenfield is to leave Jackson’s Bakery in April, having already handed over the role of MD to his successor James Watson, announced William Jackson Food Group.Greenfield has been managing director of Jackson’s for the past nine years, in which time the company has seen a number of major investments ...
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Bakery sales growth for Northern Foods
Bakery and sandwiches are among the top three performing categories for Northern Foods, which announced group like-for-like sales were up 1% on last year.In its interim statement for the 14 weeks to 3 April 2010, the firm said trading was strong within its Chilled division, with new sandwich business secured ...
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Warburtons buys North East Bakery site
Warburtons has announced the purchase of North East Bakery’s former site in Newburn, after the retail and wholesale business went in administration in December last year.Joint administrators, Ian Green, partner and Mark Loftus, director of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP had been looking to sell the business and assets of the company, comprising ...