All Craft Bakery articles – Page 7
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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
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NewsRevealed: Britain’s best artisan bakeries of 2025
Lovingly Artisan is named by industry experts as the best artisan bakery in Britain for the third year in a row, but there are plenty of new entrants in the top 13 list
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NewsWage increases impact profitability at Warrens Bakery
Cornwall-based chain posts turnover of £14.8m for its latest financial year, although higher overheads saw profits halved
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NewsOpening Doors #14: craft bakeries expand with new premises
Ten bakery businesses have invested with brand-new shops scattered across the length and breadth of England
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OpinionFive things I learned on a tour of London bakeries
British Baker editor Amy North embarks on an expedition in which she discovers cereal milk as a flavour to watch and that TikTok fame can sadly be a case of style over substance
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NewsBakery project receives cut of £7m to boost AI usage in UK
London’s Miel Bakery is to collaborate with Oxford Cognitive Labs to explore the potential for AI technology to reduce food wastage by accurately predicting sales
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NewsNew owner of historic Doncaster bakery secures £250k for expansion
Rhodes of Thorne, which operates two sites in the city, will use the funding to expand its product range, grow wholesale, and open additional stores