All British Baker articles in July 2006 – Page 4
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Start-up crumpet maker targets premium niche
Four baking professionals previously employed by Rathbones Bakery and Harvestime have begun making ‘premium’ crumpets at a factory in Carlisle, Cumbria. Initial production by Lakeland Bake is being frozen off-site for distribution mainly to expatriates in places such as Cyprus, Spain and Malta, said one of the company’s founders, Nigel ...
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Colibri offers a smaller service
Nestlé Foodservices (Croydon) is introducing the Nescafé Accolade Platinum Colibri, a table-top vending unit that dispenses latte, cappuccino, hot chocolate and other premium speciality drinks.The company claims the machine will help caterers meet consumer demand for hot beverages. The Colibri is a smaller version of the Nescafé Accolade vending machine ...
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Coffee in an instant
Nescafé.go is a quick and convenient way to serve branded hot beverages, says the firm. The range includes all-in-one varieties of cappuccino, black coffee, white coffee, white decaff coffee, hot chocolate and Tetley tea.Bakers can make up to 60% profit on every cup of Nescafé.go sold, which means a business ...
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Coburg modernises
Coburg Coffee Company is relaunching two of its major brands this year, Langdons of London and Giovanni Rizzi. The company has redesigned the brands to give them a more modern look.The Langdons of London range of traditional roast and ground coffees is available in a variety of whole bean and ...
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NewsMini cake maker gears up for rapid growth
The end of August should see new production capacity coming on stream at miniature cake producer Greetings for Eating, as part of a £500,000 expansion funded partly by new investors.The firm is expanding output from 3m cakes a year in response to what the chairman Stephen Smith said was a ...
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NewsNew chilled cabinet
The ISA Dialog multi-deck chilled cabinet is a new collection featuring the latest refrigeration technology and energy efficiency characteristics. The latest addition to the ISA One range includes multi-decks, serve-overs, impulse and island display cases which fit convenience stores, independent retailers, butchers, supermarkets and forecourts.Dialog is an integral plug-in ...
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NewsBrighten up your cappucino
Food Design (Harrogate, North Yorks) has recently launched brightly-coloured sprinkles to introduce colour, texture and flavour to cappuccino.“Consumers who drink on the hoof are no less discerning than the café customer and they all now demand more than the standard topping,” says the company. “This product, which introduces the ...
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In Brief
A WARBURTONS bakery lorry caught fire while it was parked in Bolton. An electrical fault in the driver’s cab sparked the blaze, which spread to the bread in the trailer. Nobody was hurt in the incident.Teenagers broke into the Daily Bake factory in East Grinstead, breaking machinery and stealing up ...
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Summer boom for iced drinks
“Blended iced drinks can account for as much as 40% of a chain café bar’s sales in the hot summer months,” says Gary McGann, general manager of Espresso Warehouse (Glasgow, Scotland). There are many products on the market that can create speciality blended fruit and coffee drinks that take the ...
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Marshfield makes a move for the big time
Marshfield BAKERY’S production of cakes and snack bars for the Christmas rush should begin by early September in new premises, which are currently being built. The company is investing about £180,000 of its own money to take on larger orders, as well as targeting further orders in the foodservice market ...
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Italian Beverage Co.
The Italian Beverage Company (IBC), based in Borehamwood, Herts, has come up with a new way of making hot chocolate, based on its DROPissimo chocolate drop brand.The specially formulated chocoalte drop, made from Belgian chocolate, is suitable for blending into hot milk to produce a chocolate drink.The company says the ...
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Marco Beverage Systems brings out Filtro range
Beverage-making equipment supplier Marco Beverage Systems (London) is launching a range of small-batch filter coffee brewers called Filtro.Two models are included in the range: the pour-over jug model and a thermal airpot version. Each comes in manual fill or plumbed versions.Filtro has a visual and audible indicator of when the ...
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NewsFull of beans
In a classic moment in satirical cartoon The Simpsons some years ago, Bart walks into a typical shopping mall, walking past a couple of Starbucks coffee houses and into a shop:Sales clerk: “Can I help you?” Bart: “I’d like to get my ears pierced.”Sales clerk: “Better make it quick, ...
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NewsOn the ball
The format for this year’s inaugural mid-summer ball in aid of the Bakers Benevolent Society was that of an old traditional English ball with a modern twist. The evening was a success and put the event firmly back on the baking industry’s social calendar.The aim of the ball, which was ...
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NewsBako points the way to customer loyalty
distributor Bako North Western is to launch a customer loyalty scheme claimed to be worth an average £40 a month to customers. The Plus Reward Points scheme will cover special offers by Bako North Western’s suppliers, which will pay for the scheme. All the firm’s 2,500 customers will be entered ...
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NewsUnion looks at ethnic diversity with year-long bakery survey
The Bakers, Food & Allied Workers Union (BFAWU) has launched a survey with British Bakeries and Northern Foods of workers’ ethnicity and languages. The aim of the study is to produce guidance for migrant workers and for firms keen to boost health and safety and efficiency.Half of the funding of ...
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NewsLAKE BAKE
Located at the heart of the Lake District, family craft baker and confectioner Bryson’s prides itself on preserving tea-time traditions, serving regular customers and tourists to the popular region. Founded in 1947 by John Bryson as a small bakery in Keswick, the company is now run by family descendants John ...
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Apuro shakes up frappé market
Apuro (Solihull, West Midlands) is introducing a technologically advanced double milk shaker and frappé machine, which it says is aimed at satisfying demand for increasingly sophisticated drinks in today’s café society.The Sirio 2VV, suitable for preparing coffees, cocktails, sorbets and frothy frappés, has a three-whisky mixing system. Each independently operated ...
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NewsWarburtons goes national for first time in 130 years
Warburtons has achieved national distribution for the first time in its 130-year history.Jonathan Warburton, chairman of Britain’s biggest independent plant bakery, told British Baker: “We are going national with Tesco at the end of this month, which is marvellous. In addition, we have gained huge distribution with Somerfield.” He said ...
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