All British Baker articles in December 2011 – Page 5
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Retail sales weakest since May
Retail sales grew by just 0.7% last month, the weakest growth since May, as shoppers turned their back on pre-Christmas discounting.
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Fastest-growing sales for Patisserie Valerie
Patisserie Valerie is celebrating a successful year after being named on the Sunday Times Virgin Fast Track 100 List.
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Greencore outlines cake woes
Greencore, the Irish producer of convenience foods, has been hit by a ‘significant’ higher level of inflation in its cake and dessert business.
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Need a Cake warns small firms of discount offers
A Reading bakery has spoken out about its involvement with online discount voucher website Groupon, warning other small businesses to steer clear of such enticing promotional offers.
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Video: Unifine focuses on NPD following acquisition
Ingredients manufacturer Unifine invited British Baker to its Ingredients in Action workshop at Squires Kitchen.
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Video: Unifine focuses on NPD following acquisition
Ingredients manufacturer Unifine invited British Baker to its Ingredients in Action workshop at Squires Kitchen.
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Greencore rejects takeover talks
Greencore, the Dublin-based producer of sandwiches, has rejected a takeover approach, it announced this morning.
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Huffkins opens new Cotswold store
A family-owned bakery has opened up a new site on Cheltenham’s Promenade
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NewsUBUK reveals 2012 strategy
United Biscuits (UBUK) will be focusing on extending its biscuit and cake offering, alongside consumer promotions, to further strengthen its position in the snacking market for 2012.
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Spotlight on community bakeries in BBC2 series
Members of the Real Bread Campaign will appear on a new BBC2 series tonight highlighting the importance of Community Supported Bakeries (CSB).
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Food and grocery to grow to £184bn
The food and grocery market is expected to expand by 20% to £184bn in the next five years, driven largely by the rise of discounters, a new study has revealed today.
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In Short
Brace’s adds to staffBrace’s Bakery has created 26 new production jobs at its Rogerstone site. The new posts will increase its workforce to 77, with shift work increasing from 12 to 24 hours a day, seven days a week.TV visit to Rank HovisRank Hovis recently received a visit from Adam ...
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Crisps from breadSymington’s and Seabrook have teamed up to co-create and launch Bread Crisps into Morrisons. Targeted at the UK crisp sharing market, worth £638m, the new crisps contain one-third of the fat content compared to traditional potato varieties. A typical 25g serving is between 101 and 107 calories.Warburtons site ...
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Tunnock profits trebleAccording to accounts obtained from Companies House, Scottish tea cake and caramel wafer company Thomas Tunnock more than trebled its pre-tax profits to £3.41m in its last financial year, boosted by a one-off gain of £2.03m, the detail of which is confidential.Blaa appeal for PGIA national consultation process ...
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Burton’s changeBurton’s Foods has changed its trading name to the Burton’s Biscuit Company. The firm’s corporate rebrand includes a new logo, to be used on product packaging, as well as a website redesign, due to be completed by early 2012. It will also adopt a new strapline, ’Making every day ...
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Takeover spurs Unifine to target retail sector
Unifine Food & Bake Ingredients (UK) has revealed it will target potential opportunities in the retail market next year.Following the acquisition of the business by Dawn Foods in June, Unifine said its eyes had been opened to consumer demand and it wanted to reach more custo-mers with its range ...
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Reporting in
Gordon PolsonDirector, Federation of BakersThe end of 2011 is fast approaching and it is time to reflect on a year where health pledges and food myths have played a prominent role.The Department of Health’s Public Health Responsibility Deal was officially launched on 15 March and the Federation of Bakers (FoB) ...
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Report
New research has suggested that a generation of shoppers are baking and cooking more from scratch, aspire to shop ethically and waste less food.The study by IGD ShopperTrack research conducted a demographic breakdown comparing shoppers aged under 35 with those aged over 35. It found that more than half, 51%, ...
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The path of yeast resistance
H G Wells called the line of least resis-tance ’the path of losers’, while American author Napoleon Hill said it makes all rivers and all men crooked.In today’s climate of recessionary strain, the supermarkets’ path of least resistance appears to be cutting costs, as evident in the current price wars. ...
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Sweet news
Although craft bakery retailers may look at the growth of café culture and the dominance of the coffee shop chains on the UK high street with negativity, it certainly is not all bad news. Sweet pastries, in particular, look to have benefited from the rising numbers of consumers buying a ...