All British Baker articles in January 2008 – Page 8
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Sainsbury’s five-point agenda
Bakery products must taste fantastic and be of great quality. That, perhaps unsurprisingly, is Sainsbury’s bakery buyer Sarah Mackenzie’s advice to potential bakery suppliers.But great products alone are no longer enough to get listed with the multiple. Suppliers must also fit in with Sainsbury’s corporate responsibility five-point plan. "We’re striving ...
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British Bakels’ MD handed global role across group
British Bakels MD Paul Morrow has been promoted to the two-strong executive committee that runs the Bakels group worldwide.The group comprises 35 Bakels companies spread over five continents and 30 countries employing over 2,000 people.Morrow will continue to report to executive chairman Armin Ulrich, who is based in Switzerland, while ...
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Macphie warns of tough 2008
Scottish ingredients supplier Macphie of Glenbervie has predicted a tough road ahead despite record profits last year.The company’s pre-tax profit for 2007 was up 12% to £3.8m and sales increased by 2%, according to accounts lodged with Companies House. However, chief executive, Alastair Macphie, forecast a much less cheerful ...
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Trend spotting 2008
In 2007 the baking industry saw a tumultuous year of unprecedented across-the-board ingredients price rises in everything from flour to eggs, the emergence of carbon labelling and the rapid rise of the Polish bread market. So what’s in store for this year? One thing that ain’t gonna happen is a ...