All British Baker articles in December 2006 – Page 5
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Longer life on the double
A double-wall packaging system that prolongs the shelf-life of part-baked bread and reduces the quantity of additives required for its preservation has been awarded patents in the UK and France.The system seals a layer of modified gas around the bread, but the gas does not come into contact with the ...
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DayMark
DayMark provides a total package of food rotational labelling that fits with any bakery operation, says UK distributor Dovemart (Winsford, Cheshire).Bespoke labels, materials and adhesives can be developed. From basic ’Day Labels’ to detailed labels, the company says it can support the baker in meeting all the needs of modern ...
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Délifrance UK
(Wigston, Leics) is launching a new range of pre-filled microwavable Provencette paninis.Microwaved from frozen in just three minutes, the Délifrance Provencette range comes already filled and grilled to reduce preparation time. The microwavable products include chicken, sweet-cure bacon and mozzarella, traditional ham and mozzarella, cheddar and red onion, tasty tuna ...
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Shoppers support small shops with Wedge card
Specialist stores such as bakeries are closing at an alarming rate, but a new type of loyalty card could halt the slide.The Wedge card has been launched in Lambs Conduit Street, London, and is the brainchild of Big Issue founder John Bird and his daughter, Diana. It provides discounts and ...
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Briefs
n Full-time student bakers are being encouraged to enter a new competition that showcases their bread-making and confectionery talents using California raisins.Organised by the California Raisin Administration Committee, first prize in the competition will see the winning team taken on a trip with the famous Richemont School. Second prize is ...
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Ziggurat Brands
(West Sussex) has launched new packaging for Higgidy.The pies are packed in rich, dark-coloured boxes, with contrasting illustrations and copy in pink and blue. Development director and co-founder, Camilla Stephens, said:"The charming illustrations by Mark Beech animate the packaging, creating a narrative of the finest kitchen cupboard ingredients. The pies ...
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The Bradman Lake Group
The Bradman Lake Group (Bristol, Avon) has launched an infeed and form, fill and seal flowrapper combination that enables large-volume confectionery manufacturers to pack bar products in continuous operations at speeds of up to 1,000 ppm.Key to its performance is a high-tech row distribution system, which accepts and aligns bakery ...
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Face to face with Larry Blagg
Q How have you enjoyed the first year in your new job? A There’s an awful lot to do! It has been great fun and the last year has been incredible. We are spending money in areas that we feel will return benefit to our growers and our ...
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Greenwood targets training at banquet
Over 200 people attended the Worshipful Company of Bakers’ annual election banquet last week at the Mansion House in London, where Anthony Greenwood was elected as the new Master. He was presented with the chain of office by outgoing master Alan Willis.Anthony Greenwood said: "During my year of office I ...
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William Reed reveals Baking Industry Exhibition plans
Research conducted after this year’s NEC shows resulted in a clear majority of exhibitors saying they wanted British Baker and publisher William Reed to run a bakery show for the industry.William Reed Exhibitions said it is therefore proud to launch a major new event, The Baking Industry Exhibition (BIE), at ...
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Bakery sales boost IAWS
IAWS has reported an "excellent" performance for its financial year ending 31 July 2006, with pre-tax profits up by 14.6% to ?123.5m (£83.3m). Group revenue was 10.6% higher at ?1.557bn from ?1.408bn.The "outstanding feature" was the performance of the Group’s Food Division, which includes Delice de France and Cusisine de ...
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Anson
(Ely, Cambridgeshire), a supplier of plastic food packaging, is introducing a co-ordinated range of food containers made from PLA (polylactive acid), an environmentally-friendly material.Now available in PLA are three new salad bowls with lids in its popular Twisty range (250cc, 375cc and 500cc), as well as a Single Tortilla and ...
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Sealed Air
Packaging specialist Sealed Air (St Neots, Cambridgeshire) has introduced an innovative form of resealable packaging to the UK bakery sector.Sealed Air’s Easy Open reseal bags have a built-in recloseable feature, using pressure-sensitive tape to create an easy-open, easy-close package, which provides product containment and protection.Allied Bakeries is already operating five ...
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Scotch Pie Champion named after charity success
This year’s Scotch Pie Champion is Keith Stuart, production director of Fife’s RT Stuart bakery and butchery chain.He picked up the trophy at the annual awards ceremony held near Gleneagles in Scotland on St Andrew’s Day last week.Stuart said he was "over the moon" to be awarded the accolade, suggesting ...
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Dawn adds flavours to frostings line-up
Dawn Foods (Evesham, Worcestershire) has announced that it will now offer a full range of frostings, with the addition of three new flavours: chocolate, strawberry and lemon.Dawn Foods is launching the full frostings range in response to research among the bakery and foodservice sectors and their customers, which shows that, ...
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Viewpoint
T he news that multi-seeded, low-glycaemic index (GI) bread can help with problems such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease is startling (pg 4). Thank goodness it comes from a proper scientific study published in the International Journal of Food Science and Medicine.It makes perfect sense that if multi-seeded bread is ...
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Packaging watch
After a trial of cardboard wedge packs for Pret A Manger’s made-in-store sandwiches in 1999, Buckingham Foods launched the first pre-packed cardboard wedge sandwiches for a major retail customer in 2000, when the retailer’s premium sub-brand range made its debut.For several years after that the role of cardboard wedge packs ...
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Norbake
Services Designed in conjunction with Pietroberto, Norbake Services (Batley, West Yorkshire) has introduced new features to the Pietroberto Bread Plant. The equipment is designed by bakers for bakers, says Norbake. It features a small footprint and comes in a choice of painted or stainless steel finish. The divider has a ...