All British Baker articles in April 2011
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Operating profit turnaround for Uniq
Chilled prepared food group Uniq has announced continued strong growth in its food-to-go operation, with overall group revenue up 6.8% for the year ended 31 December 2010.
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Mixed picture for Premier’s Hovis division
Non-branded bakery sales were down 16.5% on the same period last year for Hovis, according to Premier Foods’ financial statement for the three months to 31 March 2011.
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Costa continues with global expansion plans
Costa Coffee has ramped up its operating profits by 38.4% in the financial year to 3 March 2011, to nudge over the £50m mark.
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Pidy to sell pastry into foodservice via Amazon
Pidy said it has become the first company in the bakery sector to sell a range of pastry and catering lines targeted at foodservice on internet retailer Amazon.
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Kingsmill boosts Allied’s profits
Kingsmill’s Great Everyday medium sliced white loaf contributed to the brand’s volume and market share increases across the UK in the 24 weeks to 5 March 2011.
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Doughnut Week targets £50k goal
The organisers of National Doughnut Week hope to celebrate its 20th anniversary by involving a bumper number of bakers. More than 100 companies have signed up so far and it is hoped at least another 50 will get involved in the week from 714 May by donating a ...
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Burton’s considers union proposal on Moreton site
Burton’s is to press ahead with plans to end biscuit manufacture at its Moreton factory and move production to Edinburgh and Llantarnam resulting in 109 job losses. However, the company has agreed to consider Unite, the union’s proposals to retain the chocolate refinery and seasonal assortment packing operations and ...
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UK bakers embrace energy-saving projects
Bakers around the country are working on energy-saving projects backed by the Carbon Trust, with funding from the Regional Growth Fund. Irwins Bakery is replacing steel baking tins with thermoplastic tins, which could help reduce energy consumption by up to 13% in the heating process. It is paying half of ...
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Royal wedding inspires bakers to be creative
Bakers up and down the UK have been publicising their Royal Wedding-themed products in the run-up to the big day.
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Two companies come to the rescue for Woodhead
Woodhead Bakery workers are celebrating after nearly all the firm’s shops and factory were saved by two separate deals. Coopland & Sons (Scarborough) bought 18 of the shops while Bakery Products, part of supermarket business Haldane Retail Group, snapped up the Scarborough bakery and 11 shops. Woodhead went into administration ...
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Irish bakery is secured
Thirty jobs have been saved at O’Donnell’s Bakery in Ireland after two employees bought it out of liquidation. The company got into financial difficulty after Christmas, so head baker Mark Kelly and head of sales Andrew McElhinney stumped up the money for their business as a going concern. The family ...
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BIA Lifetime Award sponsored
Delifrance is to sponsor The Life-time Achievement Award at this year’s Baking Industry Awards. Ian Dobbie, MD of Delifrance UK, said: "We are delighted to sponsor this prestigious category, which recognises a talented individual who has also given something back to the industry. Together with independent judges we look forward ...
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Spring show success
Crowds of visitors from across the country made the trip to Newbury Racecourse on Sunday 10 April, for what was a very successful Bakers’ Fair Spring. Despite the sunny weather outside, the exhibition hall was packed, with The Stage drawing a large audience for its programme of talks and demonstrations.Celebrity ...
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In Short
Help from a brewerThe Real Bread Campaign has teamed up with family-owned brewery Everards of Leicester to invite ’real bread’ bakers to a meeting at The Royal Oak in Kirkby Muxloe, near Leicester, on 17 June, to hear about a new scheme to help artisan food and drink producers bring ...
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Krispy Kreme growthDoughnut firm Krispy Kreme is continuing its plan to double UK store numbers in the next five years from its total of 42, with three new outlets announced. A kiosk opened at the Liverpool ONE Shopping Centre on 15 April; Cardiff’s St David’s shopping centre saw the addition ...
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Response to responsibility
CSM (United Kingdom) has launched a new cake margarine Craigmillar Marvello RSF Blend. The firm claims that not only can it help bakers meet the government’s guidelines for a 10% reduction in saturated fat, but also responds to the Department of Health’s new Responsibility Deal, which in part focuses ...
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Moul-bie’s salt solution
Moul-bie has launched a clean-label solution that can achieve a 25% reduction in salt without losing flavour or affecting crust formation, it is claimed.Fermitec SR-25 acts as a straight salt replacer, without the need to change your recipe, said the firm. The 100% natural ingredients list includes wheat flour as ...
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Muffin time for McVitie’s
United Biscuits (UBUK) has launched a whole host of new McVitie’s NPD this spring. McVitie’s Cake Company has introduced a Breakfast Muffin and ’Time For Tea’ Fruit Loaves. Available this month, the muffin contains cranberries, sultanas, apricots, sunflower and pumpkin seeds, as well as cinnamon and spices, and will be ...