All British Baker articles in August 2011
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Délifrance moves into Italian sector
French bakery manufacturer Délifrance UK has moved into the Italian breads market following the acquisition of Italian bread manufacturer SEFA earlier this year.
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Bakers urged to shop around on edible oils
The financial instability in US and European markets is helping to drive down prices of fats and oils, with bakers urged to start shopping around for deals.
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NewsGreggs CEO to speak at first BB75 event
British Baker is to host a special event – The BB75 Lunch – on 29 February 2012, at The Boundary in Shoreditch.
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Tribunal watch
Dismissal - redundancy scoringMore advice from the Employment Appeal Tribunal, which has said that, when assessing the fairness of selection for redundancy, the marks awarded in the selection exercise should only be investigated in exceptional circumstances such as bias or obvious mistake.In Dabson v David Cover & Sons, there was ...
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Taste test
With the third National Craft Bakers’ Week only a few weeks away the campaign is building momentum with more bakers registering to take part than ever beforeAccording to the National Association of Master Bakers, National Craft Bakers’ Week provides a united voice for inde-pendent bakers across the country, championing the ...
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BB’s Facebook pageBritish Baker now has a page on Facebook. Post pictures, news, and ’Like us’ on the new page www.facebook.com/pages/British-Baker/ 180723008662958.Sat fats pledgeThe Department of Health has not ruled out adding a saturated fats ’pledge’ for food manufacturers to its Responsibility Deal. A spokesperson told BB: "Sat fats ...
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LASER’s boat venueThe London & South Eastern Region (LASER) of the National Association of Master Bakers is to host its annual dinner and dance on the Elizabethan Thames River Boat on Saturday, 1 October. It will cost £75 per person, and tickets will be sold on a first-come first-served basis. ...
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Pub vending machine A pub in Staffordshire has installed a vending machine selling staples like bread, milk, eggs, bacon and butter. The Raddle Inn in at Hollington installed the machine outside the pub after failing to get planning permission to have a local shop at the site.Zoo connectionTorquay bakery and ...
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BB’s flagship to openBB’s Coffee and Muffins is due to open its 3,500sq ft flagship in the St David’s Centre in Cardiff at the end of September. MD Andrew Moyes also told British Baker its rebranded outlet in Watford, opened this spring, has seen trading performance up 35% like-for-like. The ...
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Reporting in
Chris YoungCo-ordinator of the Real Bread Campaign for the charity SustainSo, here we are almost three years into the Real Bread Campaign’s fight for better bread in Britain, and the response continues to be fantastic. I’m always heartened by the passion people demonstrate for the cause, both within and beyond ...
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Park Life
Seventy-three years ago, Park Cakes was a small bakery selling to corner shops. Now it is a major manufacturer of premium cakes and desserts, on track this year to turn over £115m.Last year, Park Cakes was named Bakery Food Manufacturer of the Year at the Baking Industry Awards, which MD ...
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RIOT INSURANCE
The recent riots have highlighted a need for business owners to ensure they have no gap between insurance covers. We have been inundated with calls from business owners in the riot-hit areas, who have let their cover lapse and are now wanting cover. This presents a problem as we are ...
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Festive flair
C raft bakeries can easily get an inferiority complex when it comes to the supermarket chains.Buying muscle, huge resources and vast space mean the big boys can really go to town. But craft bakeries can come into their own by playing to their strengths: specialisation, expertise, quality, service and innovation.John ...
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Encouraging signs for UK wheat harvest quality
With just over 65% of the UK’s wheat harvest combined, the quality reports look promising, despite yield being down on its five-year average. Elsewhere in Europe, however, heavy rain has hit the German harvest with a number of farmers forced to source wheat from the UK.
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Packs feel the cost squeeze
In the heyday of the high street, a supply of paper bags was all the baker needed in the way of packaging.Since then, the baking sector has become probably the heaviest packaging user in the whole food industry, demanding anything from hot drinks holders to sandwich wedges to doughnut multi-packs ...
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Taking control
Andrew Jones has not been a bakery man all his life. In fact, until seven years ago, the MD of Swansea-based Mono Equipment, which scooped the prize for Bakery Supplier of the Year at the 2010 Bakery Industry Awards, worked in the automotive industry.But he says it is this experience ...
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Grievances and workplace companions
QOne of our employees has raised a grievance. Do they have the right to be accompanied during a meeting where it will be discussed?AAll employees have the statutory right to be accompanied at a formal grievance meeting by either a workplace colleague or trade union representative. So when going down ...
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The last chance debtor
Increasing your chancesl Final letter: Late payment is just one of the financial administration problems that a small company can face. However, there is a way to wake up the people who owe you money and get most of them to do something about it. Anecdotal evidence suggests that sending ...
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VITAL FOR BUSINESS
A problem with short-term sickness absence has been identified in your workplace But the culprit is expecting and claims all her time off has been "pregnancy-related". Must you accept this explanation at face value?The average employee in the private sector takes 6.8 days sickness absence each year, usually in ...
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From NAMB chief executive Gill Brooks-Lonican
As you can see (left and on page 15) we are now in full swing preparing for National Craft Bakers’ Week. We have engaged an extremely competent marketing company to help you gain extra sales and encourage new customers into your shop.When you register for your free pack, it ...