All Craft Bakery articles
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Product NewsBake her day: new sweet bakery treats rolled out for Mother’s Day 2025
The giftable NPD set to make mums smile on 30 March ranges from Raspberry & Elderflower cake to free-from doughnuts, flower-topped cupcakes, and botanical macarons
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NewsCornish Bakery appoints advisory firm to explore potential sale
Bakery chain, which currently operates 66 shops across England and Scotland, is looking to partner with a new owner to continue growing the brand’s retail estate
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NewsBakers grab golds at Farm Shop & Deli Product Awards 2025
Sweet bakery supplier Cakehead and pastry specialist The Original Baker both scored a golden hattrick while Cock and Bull won golds with two plant-based empanadas
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NewsSpicy kebab pie crowned champion of British Pie Awards 2025
A pie filled with chilli-marinaded kebab meat created by Bathgate-based Boghall Butchers is named Supreme Champion at the annual event held in Melton Mowbray
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NewsWaterfields lined up to rescue seven Oddie’s shops
Fellow Lancashire-based chain Waterfields is to re-open seven Oddie’s shops with the name and staff remaining in place
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NewsThe Crusty Cob shuts all nine shops with over 100 jobs lost
Exeter-based business blames a shrinking customer base and rising costs for its decision to shut its wholesale and retail business across Devon and Somerset
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InterviewBakery leaders outline challenges and opportunities for 2025
Staffing, rising prices, and range rationalisation are among the topics to be front of mind for the baking industry in 2025, as leaders from across the sector explain
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NewsGrange Bakery in Cumbria shuts all four shops
Despite the ‘best efforts of staff’, the Cumbrian craft bakery has closed permanently owing to the ‘current economic climate’
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NewsHistoric sandwich shop in Rugby up for sale
In a Grade II listed Tudor building, Granny’s Sandwich Shop has operated as a catering business for more than 80 years with the current owners finding growth via delivery and takeaway services
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NewsSweet success: five reasons to enter Britain’s Best Cake
The competition, which takes place on Monday 7 April, offers you the chance to get your cakes in front of our expert judges, network with fellow bakers, and hopefully take home a trophy
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NewsMud Foods quadruples pie making capacity with new Chichester site
Family-run manufacturer moves into a purpose-built, 6,000 sq ft bakery to help meet demand for its premium range of handmade pies, quiches and more
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NewsRevenues soar at Cornish Bakery amid ongoing expansion of retail estate
Independent bakery chain posts turnover of £29.4m representing a 24% increase from its previous financial year, with EBITDA rising by 6% to reach £3.2m
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InterviewFrom field to bakery in 50 miles: Hobbs House Bakery’s healthier soils journey
Family-run artisan bakery explains the progress made so far on its mission to source 100% of its grain from healthier soils by 2032
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NewsHow bakeries can handle the pressure of going viral
Small business insurer Hiscox shares key strategies for navigating and leveraging viral success as well as a case study on Chatsworth Bakehouse in south London
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NewsArtisan bakery Lannan expands Edinburgh shop to double its capacity
The business, which recently placed third in the Bakers’ Dozen 2025 list of top UK artisan bakeries, had shifted production to a larger downstairs space
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NewsClaridge’s to open bakery in summer 2025 packed with British classics
Richard Hart will head up the operation, creating a menu designed to celebrate the art of British baking with iced fingers, granary loaves, and jam tarts among the items available
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Product NewsHeart baker: doughnuts, cakes, biscuits and more for Valentine’s Day 2025
An amorous array of limited-edition launches has been unveiled by bakers across the country to help treat bakery lovers during the most romantic time of the year
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NewsFlake Bake secures £150k of TV advertising from Black in Business initiative
Jamaican patty specialist’s adverts will appear on Channel 4 from July with the business also receiving mentoring to help it grow further
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NewsBakers urged to sign up for National Doughnut Week 2025
The annual celebration, now in its 33rd year, helps to raise money for The Children’s Trust with more than £1m raised over the past three decades
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FeatureCommunity spirit: behind the scenes at The Artisan Collective 2025
There was enthusiasm, talent, and community spirit in abundance at the third annual meeting of The Artisan Collective, which took place in Birmingham on 28 January
