All British Baker articles in January 2012 – Page 2
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Cherizena combines salt and caramel for coffee
Coffee specialist Cherizena has launched a new salted caramel-flavoured coffee for customers in the bakery, café and retail trades.Suitable for both hot drinks and cold frappés, the new variety combines a rich caramel flavour with a zingy twist of salt and contains no syrups or coatings. It is available as ...
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Retail cake market hits a wall as volumes decline
The retail cakes sector was flat over the past year, with volume declines alleviated by only a moderate value sales rise, it has been revealed.Latest Kantar Worldpanel data for the 52 weeks to Christmas 2011 shows that the number of cakes and pastries packs sold decreased by 0.9%, while spend ...
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From NAMB chief executive Gill Brooks-Lonican
Just before Christmas, I had a call from Buckingham Palace. Was I about to get an MBE? Regrettably, no but it was good news anyway; they rang to tell me that, further to an invitation sent by the NAMB, a member of the Royal Family will be attending our ...
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Fresh ferment for crusty breads
Bakels has launched a clean-label powdered bread improver with added sourdough, suitable for creating high-quality artisanal crusty loaves.The baking ingredients firm has created Premium Ferment 4%, an ingredient that can produce long-process bread in less than three hours, with only one hour required for bulk fermentation and no sponge dough ...
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Reporting in Time to speak up for bread
As ever, January sees the diet season kick off, with a plethora of different plans in national media and monthly magazines. In recent years, bread has come in for a bit of a pasting, with Atkins (and variations such as the south beach diet) followed in 2011 by the similar ...
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Cooks the Bakery slips into history as stores are sold off
Cooks The Bakery is set to disappear from the high street, after seven stores were sold out of administration.The West Midlands-based firm, a successor to the Three Cooks brand, which at one point ran 120 stores, collapsed last November and six loss-making sites were shut immediately.Out of the remaining nine, ...
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British Society of Baking reveals annual dinner details
The British Society of Baking is to host its exhibition dinner on the Monday night of the Bakery@Foodex exhibition, taking place from 25-27 March 2012 at Birmingham’s NEC.The dinner will take place at the Marriott Forest of Arden Hotel and Country Club, near Birmingham’s NEC on 26 March. ...
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Analyst urges Premier to stabilise its trading
A leading City analyst has warned Premier Foods that it needs to stabilise its trading fast in order to survive the next 12 months. According to Martin Deboo, analyst at Investec Securities, the manufacturer, which owns the Mr Kipling and Hovis brands, needs to secure healthy profits during 2012, after ...
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Act on age
Employers can no longer ask older applicants about their age. Under the Equality Act 2010 it is unlawful for an employer to refuse to offer an applicant a job because of a "protected characteristic" namely age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or ...
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Cookie Man finds refuge with CSM acquisition
CSM has acquired the business and other assets of Surrey bakery manufacturer The Cookie Man, for an undisclosed sum, saving up to 335 jobs.Esher-based The Cookie Man’s profits had been hit by strong competition and changing consumer tastes, with ReSolve Partners appointed as administrators on 16 January.Global bakery products supplier ...
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Finsbury breaks through £100m revenue barrier
Finsbury Food Group has hit the £100m revenue mark for the first time in a six-month period, bucking the flat sales trend in the overall cake market.The cake, bread and gluten-free bakery manufacturer achieved total sales of £102m for the first half of the financial year to 31 December 2011, ...
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Post-Christmas sales prompt double-dip fears
Retail sales suffered their biggest annual fall in nearly three years this month as shoppers tightened their purse strings post-Christmas.
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Soft drink sales are up for Britvic
Britvic has announced revenue growth of 2.5% for the first quarter to 25 January 2011. The soft drinks manufacturer said the increase had been driven by growth across its GB, France and International arms.
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NewsUK’s production win at Sigep Bread Cup
The UK team has won the Production Award at the International Sigep Bread Cup, for the second year in a row.
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Costa not ‘accurately captured’ by Whitbread
A City analyst has urged Whitbread to realise the true value of Costa Coffee, as speculation continues as to whether it should demerge from the group.
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NewsChevler takes on natural greaseproof paper firm
Chevler has bought out a Cardiff-based natural greaseproof paper printer firm for an undisclosed sum. The South Wales manufacturer, producing over one billion baking cases a year, announced this morning (25 January) that it has purchased Lovely Packaging, which was set up last year with a £330,000 investment, in a bid to offer foodservice and catering customers unique natural paper that can be branded and cut to size.
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Purple stays popular for wedding cakes
A Derbyshire bakery has revealed purple to be on trend for wedding cakes this year.
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Sainsbury’s hires new marketing director
Sainsbury’s has appointed a Unilever graduate as its new marketing director.
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Caffè Ritazza to redesign transport outlets
SSP is looking to revamp the look and operations of its Caffè Ritazza coffee shops, based at transport link outlets.