All British Baker articles in February 2007
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Theo de PencierFreight Transport AssociationNew chief executive of the Freight Transport Association is Theo de Pencier, who will succeed the existing CE Richard Turner in July. De Pencier is currently chief executive of Bibby Distribution and a director of Bibby Line Group. He has over 20 years’ board ...
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Legislation watch
"As from 29 January 2007, a dormant provision in the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 has been activated, allowing the NHS in England and Wales to recover the costs of treating persons who have incurred any sort of injury and who have successfully sued ...
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Happy wrapping
In the last couple of years, wraps have really taken off, and you only need to look in the food sections of high street shops or garages to see how popular they’re proving with consumers as a convenient, tasty snack. From busy mums preparing school lunchboxes to late night kebab ...
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Greencore growth
Irish food and sugar producer Greencore expects its convenience foods division will drive further growth in 2007, despite recent raw material cost increases and an electrical fire at its largest sandwich facility, Manton Wood.The fire happened in December 2006, when a switchboard failed and blew out all the power, ...
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Italian flair
Baking industry showtime in Italy this year runs from May 5-9. In Milan, AB tech expo and AB tech expo pizza - the AB stands for Arte Bianco or white art - will take place in two halls of the ultra-modern new exhibition centre in Milan, called Rho.Much of ...
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Evron’s evolution
Long before Peter Kay uttered the immortal line in Phoenix Nights, "Garlic bread - it’s the future, I’ve tasted it!" a Northern Irish bakery was having the very same flashbulb epiphany.Portadown’s Evron Foods, which was established back in 1983 to supply raw frozen dough, has swept up over ...
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Fletchers not set for closure
In the 16 February issue of British Baker we carried a report that Vision Capital planned to close the Fletchers Bakery at Sheffield.This was incorrect and no such closure is planned. We apologise to Vision Capital and Fletchers Bakeries for this error and regret the distress and confusion that ...
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Carr’s sees hit to profits
Food and agriculture group Carr’s said last week that resistance in the UK market to a flour price increase will hit group profits this half year.The company said that, since January 2007, the UK market has resisted a flour price increase based on a massive increase in wheat prices, combined ...
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Inter Link loss but brighter outlook
Cake company Inter Link Foods has announced it will not now meet market forecasts for the financial year ending 5 May, 2007.The supplier said it will make a loss after exceptional costs, but before goodwill amortisation.However, with internal restructuring complete and the new central distribution arrangements operating effectively, Inter ...
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Briefs
n Biscuit company Burton’s Foods says its has removed hydrogenated fats from its entire portfolio of over 100 products, including Jammie Dodgers and Wagon Wheels, baked from the end of January 2007.n A new website has been launched to link shoppers and retailers with local sources of organic food. OrganicAssistant.com ...
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Love blooms for Kingsmill
Allied Bakeries claims its 16-year-old Kingsmill brand is already one of the best-known brands in the UK, but now management feel it is time to "take it on to the next level".Hence it has put a £14 million marketing budget behind a relaunch (BB, 16 February, pg ...
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Takeaway: hot beverages
February’s round-up of new products, from Productscan, throws up some novel ideas in the international coffee and beverages market. Productscan is an international on-line market intelligence service, published by New York-based Datamonitor.The round-up highlights Starbucks’ new venture into providing hot vending coffee, manufactured by PepsiCo. The coffee comes ...
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Traditional Polish Bakery hits Irish expansion trail
The Traditional Polish Bakery, set up in Dublin 12 months ago, is now expanding its nationwide distribution of traditional Polish bread lines.It is targeting an estimated 120,000 Polish people living in Ireland, with 100,000 of them in the greater Dublin area as well as Irish consumers.The man behind the bakery, ...
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The best of British bakery
Very few people - especially those in the baking industry - can have failed to have heard about the EU Protected Food Name Scheme (EUPFN) in recent months. High-profile cases, such as the Melton Mowbray Pork Pie Association vs Northern Foods, have ensured the idea of protec-ting Britain’s food heritage ...
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Tate & Lyle offloads Redpath
Tate & Lyle, the cereal sweete-ners and starches company, has announced the sale of its Canadian sugar refining business, Redpath, to American Sugar Refining, for a net consideration of £132 million.Redpath operates a cane sugar refinery in Toronto and a packing operation in Niagara Falls in Canada. The sale ...
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Ambitious target set for National Doughnut Week
The Children’s Trust said last week that it hoped craft bakers could raise more than £50,000 through National Doughnut Week, making it the most successful to date.The charity aims to raise over £5 million in the coming year, through events such as National Doughnut Week, sponsored by BakeMark. The money ...
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Agreement on bakery show
Bakery Exhibitors Ltd (BEL) the board of Food & Bake exhibition, has decided to align itself with William Reed’s Baking Industry Exhibition. The result will be the first-ever joint event for the baking industry, which will take place at the NEC from 6-9 April, 2008.David Marsh, chairman of BEL said: ...