All British Baker articles in December 2011 – Page 6
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NewsPortas puts high street revival on hold
Mary Portas’ report into how to revitalise the high street has been delayed as the TV star wades through thousands of comments submitted to her website.
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Food in the news
While the extreme weather conditions seen last year contributed to soaring wheat prices, and imperilled food security in many parts of the world, it could be only a grim foretaste of what is to come, according to research compiled by Oxfam for the start of the Durban climate talks this ...
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Vernon joins enzymes line
AB Enzymes has added a new item to its baking enzymes range.The ABF Ingredients company has introduced VERNON GMS+ into the market, an enzymatic monoglyceride replacer that helps to create the same crumb texture profile and structure in yeast-raised baked goods, using a patent-pending amylolytic enzyme in combination with a ...
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EC votes for sugar export quota rise
Proposals to increase out-of-quota exports of sugar by 700,000 tonnes, up to the World Trade Organisation limit of 1.35mts, have been voted through by the European Commission’s Management Committee.New licences for the additional export quota will be available from 1 December.They have also agreed proposals to enable operators to release ...
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Shoppers shun festive decorations
Retail bakers planning to get into the festive spirit by decking their shops with gaudy tinsel and putting their Best of Christmas CD on repeat actually run the risk of alienating shoppers.
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Low-fat cream launch
Anchor has launched its first low-fat and cost-effective fresh cream product into the food retail market.The Arla Foods brand’s Anchor Real Dairy Cream is available in cases of six 300g-pots for a manufacturer’s RRP of £1.25 per product. It contains 30% less fat than standard double cream products and is ...
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Creative with Cognac
Renowned Cognac producer Rémy Martin and its sister brand Cointreau are to undergo something of a reinvention. Keen for both to be seen as young and fashionable brands, the Rémy Cointreau Group formed through a merger in 1990 of the holding firms of the Hériard Dubreuil and Cointreau families ...
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Country Choice designs cost-saving packs
Country Choice has launched a new range of packaging that promises a cost saving of 50% for caterers.The savoury goods tray and bag packaging range is easy to assemble and comes in three pack sizes, all of which use less material and improve product visibility. Each pack consists of a ...
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Porridge snacks help out charity
A UK independent ethical beverage and snack supplier is now stocking Fairtrade porridge pots for the foodservice market and food-to-go retail outlets.Foodservice distributor Peros has now incorporated the One Porridge product range into its portfolio of healthy food and drinks. The product range will help to raise funds for The ...
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New Northamptonshire firm opens doors to business
Bakeaway, a new chilled pastry company, officially opened the doors of its £2m factory in Corby, Northamptonshire last week, bringing 40 jobs to the area.The company, which will be headed up by managing director Brian Homewood, also manufactures cookie dough and gingerbread dough. It has secured its first contract to ...
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Get Sassie! brings out edible sugar glues
Get Sassie! has developed a new range of edible sugar glue products to help both professional and home bakers decorate cakes and biscuits.The 100% edible range includes SassieSap, an edible glue that can be applied up to 12 hours in advance to assemble gingerbread houses.The SassieStick edible glue stick is ...
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Government funds set to benefit bakery training
Bakery companies will be key beneficiaries of a new £1.7m government-funded scheme to improve food sector skills, including the creation of a new food engineering degree.A number of leading bakery companies worked closely with Improve, the food and drink sector skills council, and the National Skills Academy to win the ...
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Emission zone hits London bakery firms
Bakers and millers in the London area are having to pay substantially more for transporting goods, due to widening of the Transport for London, Low Emission Zones. Also, from January 2012, "larger vans, lorries, and heavy or diesel specialist vehicles" will be affected for the first time.Large firms have been ...
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Sussex sees new bakery
The Danish baker who founded Bread Etcetera and managed the Celtic Bakers has set up a new wholesale bakery near Chichester in West Sussex, supplying a range of artisan breads and pastries.Troels Bendix set up the Hungry Guest Bakery in August this year and has since opened a café and ...
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Tetley extends bakery range
Fourth-generation family bakery Grandma Wild’s has won the contract to produce a new range of biscuits under the Tetley Tea Folk brand. The Gaffer’s Biscuits, which are in the shape of Tetley’s famous cartoon character Gaffer, will initially retail through Nisa stores and follow the launch of Tetley scones in ...
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Quiet deliveries help baked goods stay fresh
The government has pledged to review the rules on night-time deliveries following several successful ‘quiet delivery’ pilots.
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Irish bakers hit back at proposed VAT change
Irish bakeries have hit out at plans to change VAT rules so that products including bagels, speciality breads and croissants would be liable to tax at 13.5%.The Revenue decided last month that many bakery products, which had previously been zero-rated, were so far-removed from standard loaves of bread that they ...
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Baby Sponges born
Sponge Cakes will be launching a new range of individually baked bite-sized cakes in 2012 for the food-to-go market.The Baby Sponge range offers 10 classic flavours, including chocolate, Victoria, lemon, coffee, Bakewell, apple crumble, chocolate orange and sticky toffee pudding. A special product will also be alternated every three months.The ...
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Chancellor’s plans meet with bakers’ approval
The government has outlined a new set of measures aimed at improving the UK economy, including a £40bn plan for credit-easing that would allow small businesses to borrow cash.In his autumn statement Chancellor George Osborne also said anyone investing up to £100,000 in a start-up business from April 2012 ...
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Taura uses ancient grains
Taura Natural Ingredients has introduced a range of ingredients combining ancient grains and 100% pure concentrated fruit and vegetables.The Ultra Rapid Concentrated (URC) Inclusions range uses grains such as quinoa, amaranth and chia, alongside fruit and vegetable accompaniments. It is suitable for applications in the snack, bakery, breakfast cereal and ...