All British Baker articles in January 2010

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    In my world

    2010-01-29T00:00:00Z

    If even one, tiny, undeclared enzyme in your body is interested in the future of bread and baking, then your internal buzzer will be going off. This alarm trills louder and louder until answers are found. At the end of last year, I attended the first Rise of Real Bread ...

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    Warburtons unleashes Tiger

    2010-01-29T00:00:00Z

    Warburtons has launched two new premium unsliced wrapped loaves on to the market. The new 600g loaves are available in Tiger White and Tiger Brown varieties and have been launched to enable retailers to take advantage of the popularity of in-store bakery products."Following the recession, research has shown that many ...

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    In Short

    2010-01-29T00:00:00Z

    Edinburgh HQ for JBTJBT FoodTech, which acquired machinery manufacturer Double D Food Engineering in May last year, plans to consolidate its UK operations by combining its Bedford and Broxburn sites. Double D’s 40,000sq ft manufacturing site in Broxburn near Edinburgh will become the UK headquarters for JBT FoodTech, with manufacturing, ...

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    In Short

    2010-01-29T00:00:00Z

    Big Pie NightBristol-based pie-maker Pieminister is to launch ’Big Pie Night’ a pie menu solution that it said can help pubs and bars achieve a gross profit of over 60%. The launch will coincide with British Pie Week (1-7 March 2010), and the firm will be giving away free ...

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    In Short

    2010-01-29T00:00:00Z

    Whitworth roleIndependent specialist flour miller Whitworth Bros has appointed Kim Little as its new technical accounts manager. Little previously worked at Campden BRI since 1987 as the senior bakery technologist in its Baking & Cereal Processing department. She has also worked as a consultant for bakeries in the ...

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    In Short

    2010-01-29T00:00:00Z

    Hovis brands growPremier Foods’ Hovis division saw positive growth in branded bakery last year. But retailer brand bakery and milling sales fell throughout 2009. Branded bakery sales saw positive sales growth of 13.3% year-on-year (YOY) to £370m, but sales of retailer brand bakery fell 15.7% YOY to £179m, and 25.2% ...

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    Smoothing the sheets

    2010-01-29T00:00:00Z

    What’s the latest? The D’Artagnan from DrieM is brand spanking new. It’s a dough sheeting line for industrial bread products, such as baguettes (both rolled and cut types), ciabatta, square seeded rolls and pizza crusts. Three orders have already been placed, with the first line starting production of ciabatta and ...

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    Report

    2010-01-29T00:00:00Z

    Edible oil prices rose steeply in the last quarter of 2009, driven largely by China buying huge quantities of soya beans from the US, according to Gordon Kirkwood of consultancy Eccelso.Increases in the price of mineral oil, due to optimism about a recovery in the global economy, also kept prices ...

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    The personal touch

    2010-01-29T00:00:00Z

    While most people will be aware of the major bakery wholesalers such as Bako and BFP lesser known are the smaller regional suppliers that are making inroads into craft bakery. Walker Humphrey, which supplies esteemed retailers like Bettys of Harrogate and Cooplands of Doncaster, is a case in ...

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    Rumoured pay talks at Peters

    2010-01-29T00:00:00Z

    Staff at Durham-based Peters Bakery have reportedly been asked to take a 10% pay cut. The firm has been in discussions with the Bakers Food and Allied Workers Union (BFAWU) regarding the proposal, but a source at the BFAWU said it was too early to say what the final outcome ...

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    Nut store: Pecans

    2010-01-29T00:00:00Z

    The pecan tree is indigenous to North America and the nut it produces has a smooth shell, but an appearance like a long walnut inside. Like the walnut, it is high in omega 6 fatty acids. Also called hickory nuts, pecans are best-known as the main ingredient in pecan pie, ...

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    UB makes more of mint

    2010-01-29T00:00:00Z

    United Biscuits has relaunched its Penguin Mint biscuit in a new nine-pack format. Following the launch of its Penguin Orange variety in the same format, the stand-alone nine packs have been launched in an attempt to drive further growth in the chocolate biscuit bar sector. Both Penguin Mint and Orange ...

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    Premier targets lunchboxes

    2010-01-29T00:00:00Z

    Premier Foods is to launch Mr Kipling Oatibakes, designed to cater for the lunchbox market. The new oat-based cakes will be available in caramel, strawberry and blackcurrant variants, and will form part of the fastest-growing part of the lunchbox sector, which is ’non-chocolate’, claimed Premier."We have identified an opportunity for ...

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    Low-GI opportunity

    2010-01-29T00:00:00Z

    CSM UK has launched a new bread concentrate, for bakers looking to make low-glycaemic index (GI) bread or rolls.The new Arkady Multiseed Bread Concentrate is a dry mix that is added to flour, yeast and water. The concentrate is made with sunflower seeds, linseed, pumpkin seeds and oat kernels, with ...

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    Starbucks into New Look

    2010-01-29T00:00:00Z

    Starbucks has announced plans to open 30 new stores in the UK by September 2010, following an "exceptionally busy Christ-mas period".The new stores, which will be a mixture of company-owned and franchised outlets, are planned to open by the end of Starbucks’ fiscal year in September. The chain has also ...

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    Your say: Letters

    2010-01-29T00:00:00Z

    As much as I look forward to my delivery of British Baker and have welcomed its change to include much more content that is relevant to smaller, independent bakeries, there is still one matter which I do not understand: what is your definition of "craft baker"?I used to think it ...

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    Reporting in Know your limitations

    2010-01-29T00:00:00Z

    I recently read Richard Branson’s book, Business Stripped Bare, and found it very refreshing and inspiring.While there were a few principles that I thought reflected my attitude to business, there were a lot more that I thought made so much sense that I made a New Year’s resolution to adopt ...

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    Plant mince pie sales up as ISBs have tough Xmas

    2010-01-29T00:00:00Z

    Ambient plant mince pies performed well as sales of in-store bakery (ISB) mince pies slumped dramatically in the run-up to Christmas, in a tough December all-round for the ISB sector.According to data from Kantar (formerly TNS) Worldpanel, value sales of plant mince pies were up 5.5% in the four weeks ...

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    Hayden’s helps RGFC rake in profits

    2010-01-29T00:00:00Z

    Significant sales growth at The Real Good Food Company’s morning goods and patisserie subsidiary Hayden’s has helped the firm achieve estimated pro-fits of around 25% above current market expectations.Hayden’s Bakeries achieved double-digit growth with all its major customers, for the year ended 31 December, including Marks & Spencer, Waitrose ...

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    A friendly offer means money in the till

    2010-01-29T00:00:00Z

    So 2010 is here, holiday time is over and no one has any money or do they? For most of us, this is a busy time of year, getting back into the swing of work, which invariably means spending less time with the ones we love. And therein lies ...