All British Baker articles in January 2008
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McDonald’s leads way
Skills council Improve hopes the wave of publicity surrounding the new McDonald’s qualification, which is equivalent to an A-level, will encourage more bakery employers to introduce nationally recognised in-house training. See 1 Feb British Baker
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NewsBritish Baker tackles corporate social responsibility
British Baker will be looking to chart a sustainable route forward for the baking industry by focussing on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) at its latest Baking Industry Summit on 27th November 2008. The conference, taking place in One Great George Street, London, will bring together leading bakery suppliers, retailers and ...
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The state of the nation
I am at last eligible for a government grant. After all, if illegal immigrants are being given a free flight home and £4,000 to start up a business, I think I must be eligible, as I will explain. And I do not intend leaving the country, so I will ...
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Speak up or lose out on training
Much has been written and spoken about a crisis in bakery education as witnessed by the decline in the number of colleges offering courses in baking. This is linked to a shortage of skilled bakers and often doomsday predictions about the future of our industry. The decline of traditional ...
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Health watch
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has launched new TV adverts to encourage shoppers to opt for healthy eating by using traffic light labels. They come as an international study names the UK as the number one fast food nation.The TV ads, voiced by comedienne Dawn French, were aired during ...
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On greenhouse gases
The godfather of Allinson’s bread was a mine of wisdom – and it wasn’t all bread-related. A century on, his moral insights help us cast light on the problems of our own age. On greenhouse gases: “To prevent flatulence, avoid peas, beans, lentils, cabbage, onions, and radishes, or else ...
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Warings’ facelift
Warings celebrated its 75th birthday at the tail end of 2007. And this Reading-based bakery went one better than a 75-candle cake - it treated itself to a birthday gift by splashing out nearly £75k on overhauling one of its five shops. Over the last five years, two of ...
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Dark days for Sunshine
With fresh fears of floods looming, a family bakery faces a possible 20% hike in insurance premiums, after being submerged in July.As the Environment Agency issued further severe flood warnings last week, Ray Hill, who owns the Sunshine Bakery in Stroud, Gloucestershire, told British Baker he had been forced ...
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Tesco to tailor ISB range in drive for customer focus
Tesco said it would have to make "customer-led decisions" this year, following plans to slim down its product range and launch fewer products than in 2007, in a bid to drive availa- bility and quality.In-store bakery (ISB) buyer Simon Holt told British Baker that Tesco’s ISB contained too many products ...
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CSR watch
The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) is to extend its collaboration with corporate giants. It will help them assess greenhouse gas emissions and create a single standardised approach for climate change information throughout their supply chains.It aims to help customers and suppliers work together to develop strategies to reduce their carbon ...
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Costs fuel prices
British bread prices have risen by between 15 to 20% in the past year as commo-dity and fuel costs bite, but a loaf of bread is still cheaper here than in most of the rest of the world.These are the findings of the Economist Intelligence Unit’s (EIU’s) latest Worldwide ...
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Redundancies expected as Park consolidates
Management at the Park Cake Bakery in Bolton, Lancashire, have begun talks with the workforce over plans to cut 40 jobs.The company announced the job cuts after a review of the bakery’s trading position. A company statement said: "The decision has been prompted by the need to consolidate the business ...
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Charity week gets under way
BakeMark UK will be staging National Doughnut Week from 10 to 17 May, giving craft bakers the chance to increase sales and publicity while raising money for charity.For every doughnut sold by participating bakers, funds are donated to the Children’s Trust, a national charity that provides care, ...