All British Baker articles in August 2011 – Page 4
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Greencore likely to secure Uniq buy
Greencore’s purchase of chilled prepared food group Uniq looks likely to go ahead at the end of September.It means Uniq Marks & Spencer’s largest sandwich supplier will be taken over by Irish rival Greencore, the world’s largest sandwich manufacturer, after the Uniq board unanimously recommended it should accept ...
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ISA builds Pagoda range
ISA has launched a new refrigerated cabinet for the display of pastry, ice cream and chocolate. The Pagoda has been designed with concave glass and split level display areas, therefore offering excellent product visibility and versatile merchandising opportunities, according to the firm.There are four versions of the Pagoda, suitable for ...
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Renshaw takes brands professional
Following the introduction of the first Renshaw-branded products on to the consumer market, the firm has launched a number of the products in trade formats, available through major bakery wholesalers including Bako and BFP Wholesale.The new line includes: Renshaw Fruitilicious Fondants fondant icing containing real fruit concentrates in several ...
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Valeo Foods snaps up Irish biscuits
Some of Ireland’s best-known biscuit brands have been acquired by private equity-backed Valeo Foods after it agreed a deal to buy Jacob Fruitfield.Products such as Fig Rolls, Coconut Creams, Jacob’s Crac-kers and Tuc are included in the deal, taking Valeo’s annual turn-over to around £300m.Valeo was formed in 2010 and ...
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Logistics firm and Bakers Basco team up
Logistics firm Norbert Dentressangle has formed a partnership with asset recovery specialist, Bakers Basco to combat the loss of returnable transit packaging in the supply chain, including plastic trays and buckets, dollies and roll cages.
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Lidl rolls out in-store bakeries
Competition in the supermarket bakery sector is set to intensify as fast-growing discount chain Lidl rolls out in-store bakeries (ISBs) across the UK and Ireland.
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Artisanal aptitude
The recently formed School of Artisan Food has just seen its first batch of students complete an intensive year-long diploma in bread-baking. It transpires that among the first to graduate was a student who hailed from... yes, Chorleywood: the spiritual home of the industrial loaf. You could not make it ...
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Ambitious streak
Amelia Nutting is no ordinary baker, and her shop in Wolverhampton, Shuga Budz, is no ordinary cake shop. Because in an era when nearly one million under-25s are unemployed, 21-year-old Amelia has been co-owner of her own successful business for four years.Last year, her talents were recognised at the Baking ...
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Alternative to vinyl gloves
Janitorial and personal protection equipment supplier Needlers has developed an alternative to vinyl gloves, which it said could save businesses 15-20% of their glove spend.According to the firm, vinyl gloves are used extensively across all sectors of the food manufacturing industry. However, Needlers says that with the rise in oil ...
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Country Choice adds to options
Country Choice has added a couple of new additions to its portfolio. A cheese & onion lattice bake joins its line-up of savoury pastries. Made with a potato, cheese and onion filling, the lattice puff pastry lid is finished with a cheese crumb topping. Free associated A4 and A3 posters ...
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Rioting hits bakery businesses across UK
Bakers have been hit by riots and looting in London and around the UK, with losses expected to cost millions.Greggs chief executive Ken McMeikan said it was monitoring the situation nationwide, closing shops where trouble was expected. In riots on Monday its Peckham shop was burned out and its Enfield ...
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Creating a Wow2go factor
Enivronmentally friendly packaging firm wewow has launched a new presentation box for the food-to-go market. The firm developed its wow-box for the outside catering industry earlier this year, and has now introduced the first Wow2gobox as an eye-catching presentation for cupcakes.The box is produced from a single piece of sustainable ...
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HMRC helpline for businesses hit by civil disorder
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has today announced a single helpline number – 0845 366 1207 – to help businesses and individuals adversely affected by the recent civil disorder.
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Krispy Kreme ’office heroes’ get free doughnuts
Krispy Kreme is using a branded van to visit 75,000 office workers throughout the UK and hand out 6,500 free doughnuts to "office heroes", such as the person who always stays late.
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Bakers braced as riots spread across UK
The Patisserie Holdings chain – owner of Patisserie Valerie and Druckers – is the latest to be hit by riot damage, having been targeted for a second night running as civil unrest spread around England yesterday.
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Riots-hit Greggs announces "challenging" trading
Bakery chain Greggs said profits had been hit, with trading “more challenging than expected”, as it announced its half-year results to 2 July this morning. Meanwhile, a Greggs shop in Peckham was burnt out in riots in London last night, another was looted and a delivery driver assaulted.
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Businesses warned to act fast on riot damage insurance
Businesses that have suffered damage from rioting must act quickly or risk not being able to recover their losses, city law firm Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP has warned.
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NewsKrispy Kreme dismisses Enfield riot tweets
Kristy Kreme has moved to dismiss Twitter postings suggesting that its Enfield store with onsite bakery was burned down in the London disturbances last night (Sunday, 7 August).
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NewsSwizzels launches Love Hearts cupcakes
Swizzels Matlow, manufacturer of the iconic Love Hearts sweets, has teamed up with a Manchester-based cupcake firm to launch a line of cupcakes decorated with new Mini Love Hearts.
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Sweet success for Real Good Food
Increased demand for sugar and bakery ingredients has helped boost sales at The Real Good Food Company by 21% to £110m in the six months to 24 June 2011.