All British Baker articles in July 2007 – Page 5
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Search is on for best British producers
UK bakers are being encouraged to enter a competition to celebrate the best of British food and drink.Taste of Britain will judge products on production standards and sustainability, as well as the positive impact they make on the local community, in five categories: Best UK Food, Best UK Drink/Beverage, Best ...
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Ban the bullies
Sixty per cent of people say workplace harassment has become increasingly common, figures from the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) show.Indeed, Hell’s Kitchen and other television reality shows arguably legitimise rudeness and what might be construed as harassment. Such behaviour is acted out everywhere, from the playground to the boardroom, and ...
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Fazer buys Russian bakery
Finland-based Fazer Group has taken a majority stake in Russian bakery OAO Volzhky Pekar.The company hopes to double Volzhky Pekar’s €32m turnover in five years, profiting from the booming bakery and snacks markets in Eastern Europe. Fazer Russia plans to increase production by 50% to 75,000 tonnes per year, focusing ...
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Mike Holling, president, National Association of Master Bakers
Gordon Brown has the keys to Number 10, so I wonder what the baking industry can expect from the new Prime Minister. It’s probable that high on his agenda will be health, education and welfare.The National Association (NA) is the voice of the craft industry; it is there to deal ...
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Lightbody performance is ’ahead of expectations’
Finsbury Food Group, which acquired Lightbody in February, will pay the vendors the maximum deferred consideration payment of £8.7m, as a result of an "excellent performance".Lightbody is "ahead of expectations", with the Thorntons’ branded cake range "particularly positive", according to a trading update released last week.Chief executive, Dave ...
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Most bakers oppose folic acid
More than half of bakers believe the Food Standards Agency is wrong to recommend the fortification of bakery products with folic acid.A British Baker poll on [http://www.bakeryinfo.co.uk] found that 52% believe fortification is the wrong course of action to recommend, whether it is at the milling or baking ...
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AAK targets release agents market with Croda takeover
Croda International has sold its £17m-turnover Croda Food Services business to AAK UK, the UK division of global speciality oils company AAK AB.The business, based in Oldham, supplies release agents, divider oils and delivery systems to the baking industry.President of AAK UK, Ian McIntosh, said: "We are delighted to ...
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