All Finance articles – Page 9
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NewsBayne’s The Family Bakers opens 70th shop in 70th year of operations
Scottish retail chain’s latest milestone comes amidst plans to continue estate expansion and investments in product innovation and digital transformations
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NewsAldi enhances bakery fixtures as part of £67m investment in 2025 store updates
Retailer says that layout changes and refreshed signage will help accommodate expanding bakery categories as it looks to deliver an “even better shopping experience”
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InterviewBakery leaders outline challenges and opportunities for 2025
Staffing, rising prices, and range rationalisation are among the topics to be front of mind for the baking industry in 2025, as leaders from across the sector explain
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NewsGrange Bakery in Cumbria shuts all four shops
Despite the ‘best efforts of staff’, the Cumbrian craft bakery has closed permanently owing to the ‘current economic climate’
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NewsBakery assets go on auction following closure of Lancashire chain Oddie’s
Ovens, mixers, pastry brakes, and delivery vans are among the items being auctioned off from the firm’s central bakery in Nelson
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NewsBakers advised to use compound chocolate as cocoa prices stay high
Barry Callebaut academy chef Mark Tilling discusses cost-effective substitutes for chocolate in bakery as global demand for the indulgent ingredient continues to grow
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NewsBakers Basco boosts GPS tracker usage for bakery equipment in the Midlands
Membership scheme has increased the number of GPS trackers by 42% in response to a surge in abuse and misuse of its Omega baskets and dollies in the region
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NewsArtisan bakery Lannan expands Edinburgh shop to double its capacity
The business, which recently placed third in the Bakers’ Dozen 2025 list of top UK artisan bakeries, had shifted production to a larger downstairs space
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NewsBakery boss served 10-year director ban for abusing Covid support scheme
Former boss of New Watan Bakery Limited in Southall, which has been banned from being a director for a decade, claimed turnover was much higher than it really was to secure £50,000 loan
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NewsSainsbury’s to close remaining in-store cafés and patisserie counters
Over 3,000 jobs are expected to be lost as a result of latest strategic plans announced by the supermarket retailer
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NewsMore than 100 jobs at risk at Compleat Food Group’s Tottle bakery
Food manufacturer has entered into a consultation period with 131 roles facing redundancy at the Nottingham site, which specialises in pork pie production
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NewsBakery project receives cut of £7m to boost AI usage in UK
London’s Miel Bakery is to collaborate with Oxford Cognitive Labs to explore the potential for AI technology to reduce food wastage by accurately predicting sales
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NewsDismissed Jones Village Bakery worker awarded £18,500 by tribunal
A £122k compensation claim from the former worker, who is registered blind, based on gross annual pay was not accepted with the tribunal concluding he should be paid three months net salary
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NewsMorrisons to downsize Rathbones Bakery to avoid closure
Supermarket chain is to keep its Wakefield site open but make fewer, more specialist bakery products whilst slashing the workforce from 378 down to 138
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NewsLancashire bakery chain Oddie’s closes after 120 years in business
Nelson-based business closed all 13 of its shops this weekend with the loss of more than 100 jobs after struggling against skyrocketing energy costs and reduced footfall
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NewsDavid Wood Baking fined £573k after workers injured in three separate incidents
Own-label bakery supplier pleads guilty to breaching health and safety regulations following an investigation into three accidents that happened at its Bolton sites in 2022
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NewsGreggs beats major coffee chains on price of hot drinks
Research by website Vouchers4real.co.uk found that the average price of a hot drink at Greggs was at least 42% cheaper than Caffè Nero, Costa, Pret, and Starbucks
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NewsWarrens Bakery continues estate expansion with first Welsh travel store
New shop joins the bakery chain’s other recent openings in train stations and marks the start of a partnership with Trafnidiaeth Cymru / Transport for Wales
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NewsBirds Bakery gears up for transformative year ahead at stores
East Midlands chain unveils plans for the new year including NPD, continued rebranding rollout, and investments in technology and staff development
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NewsStacey’s Bakery invests in new oven to enhance cob production
Derbyshire-based business has ‘retired’ its old oven after 40 years of service and spent £42,500 installing a new Polin rack oven to improve baking quality and efficiency