All British Baker articles in December 2016
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A very merry Christmas to all our readers!
The British Baker team wishes its readers a happy and prosperous Christmas - and a great start to the new year. We’ve loved bringing you news and insights from this fascinating industry over the past 12 months, and will begin reporting again on the ever-changing world of bakery from 3 January.
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British Baker’s top 10 most-read bakery industry stories of 2016
As the year draws to a close, we present the 10 stories that attracted the largest audience among subscribers to British Baker’s e-newsletter in 2016.
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TV’s Gregg Wallace goes inside Premier Foods’ Carlton mince pie factory
Premier Foods’ Barnsley factory has featured in a Christmas edition of BBC TV show Inside the Factory.
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Brits spending more on free-from products than sparkling wine
Free-from food and drink has been one of the fastest-growing categories in UK supermarkets this year, according to research by analysts Nielsen.
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Subway opens tenth East of England Co-op branch
High street sandwich chain Subway has opened its 10th store in an East of England Co-op shop.
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Christmas cake and pud sales 12% behind last year
Supermarket sales of Christmas cakes and puddings – and many other festive favourites – are currently trailing last year’s.
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The Bread Factory MD to hike through Nepal for charity
The Bread Factory MD Dean Arbel is to trek through the Himalayan mountains in a bid to raise £120,000 for charity Action Against Hunger.
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Health campaigners attack ‘shocking’ level of salt in crumpets
Crumpets have come under fire from health campaigners Consensus Action on Salt and Health (CASH), who found a single Warburtons’ Giant Crumpet contains more salt than three bags of ready salted crisps.
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Foodservice drives 7% sales hike at Macphie
Ingredients supplier Macphie has reported a hike in sales and profit in its full-year results, driven by a strong performance in foodservice.
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Bells Food Group expects £500k festive sales hike for steak pies
Scottish pastry manufacturer Bells Food Group is anticipating a £500,000 jump in sales for its festive steak pie range, with its Christmas turnover predicted to exceed £2.5m.
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Destiny Foods merges with La Compagnie des Desserts
Manchester-based foodservice patisserie supplier Destiny Foods has merged with European dessert manufacturer La Compagnie des Desserts (CDD) to create a global business.
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Warburtons and Allied Bakeries MDs go back to school for IGD initiative
Warburtons and Allied Bakeries MDs are among business bosses who have taken part in IGD’s charitable initiative Feeding Britain’s Future, which helps students explore their employment options.
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Pret A Manger to trial sandwich bread with fewer additives
Pret A Manger has revealed it is to trial sliced sandwich bread free from all additives except ascorbic acid following claims by The Real Bread Campaign that the chain is serving baked goods containing additives to “unsuspecting customers”.
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Today’s Group ‘scorecard’ to measure potential of NPD
Today’s Group has developed an NPD scorecard designed to help its members and suppliers determine the likely success or failure of new products.
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Greggs launches festive flavoured lip balms
High street bakery chain Greggs hopes to encourage the tradition of kissing under the mistletoe with the release of two limited-edition festive flavoured lip balms.
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GBBO finalist Andrew Smyth on engineering the perfect gingerbread house
Great British Bake Off finalist Andrew Smyth – who is also an aerospace engineer – has helped to engineer the perfect Christmas gingerbread house.
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Alana Spencer crowned winner of The Apprentice
Luxury cake company owner Alana Spencer has been crowned winner of The Apprentice.
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AHDB conference probes future of UK crop production
Integrating research with practice is vital to the future of UK crop production, delegates at the tenth AHDB Agronomists’ Conference have heard.
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Use of non-wheat flours tipped to grow in 2017
Ingredients supplier EHL has predicted chickpea flour will be a major trend for the coming year.
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World Pasty Competition launched
Entries are open for the sixth World Pasty Championships, which will be held at the Eden Project in Cornwall on 4 March next year.