All British Baker articles in July 2010

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  • News

    Trick and Treats

    2010-07-30T00:00:00Z

    When 31 October rolls around, do you have a selection of festively themed treats in your window or are you happy to serve your usual offerings? If the potential profits are anything to go by, bakers opting for the latter approach are missing a trick as well as a ...

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    In Short

    2010-07-30T00:00:00Z

    Cupcake Week on TVBritish Baker has secured Food Network as the official TV partner for National Cupcake Week. Established as the number one food channel in the US, it was launched in the UK in December 2009 and has become the fastest-growing food channel. Cupcake baker interviews and events surrounding ...

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    In Short

    2010-07-30T00:00:00Z

    Top apprenticeMartins Foods employee Sunè Brunton has gained national newspaper coverage after being name Advanced Apprentice of the Year at the National Apprenticeship Awards this month. She joined the bakery in 2004 and has since developed new products for major retailers, including Asda and Sainsbury’s, helping the business expand its ...

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    In Short

    2010-07-30T00:00:00Z

    Convenient traybakesBorder Homebake has launched a range of traybakes in individual slices, to cater for coffee shops, delis, sandwich bars and convenience retailers. It has also launched a new website traybakes.com with an online shop offering delivery throughout the UK. Its range includes flapjacks, caramel shortcakes, honeycomb crunch, ...

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    In Short

    2010-07-30T00:00:00Z

    Dutch divestment Greencore Group is to sell its Dutch-based convenience foods business, Greencore Continental, to Convenience Foods Europe. Greencore Continental supplies sandwiches, chilled pizzas and chilled sauces to customers based in Continental Europe. It had a turnover of E58.2m (£48.6m) for the year ended 25 September 2009.Grocery growth Latest grocery ...

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    Promoted staff trials

    2010-07-30T00:00:00Z

    Members may remember that, last month, I wrote "why I’m not in favour of trial periods for new employees". Now I will tell you why I am in favour of trial periods for newly promoted staff.Say that you have recently promoted a shop assistant to the position of manageress, but ...

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    Seed pricing

    2010-07-30T00:00:00Z

    Pine nuts: Supply is becoming increasingly tight and we’re still some five months away from any respite afforded by the Chinese new crop. Although global consumption has declined, due to the current astronomical pricing, for the UK and Western Europe, pine nuts have become an established member of a range ...

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    Orchard Valley reveals secrets

    2010-07-30T00:00:00Z

    UK confections and decorations company Orchard Valley Foods has launched a new service called Secret Ingredients. Customers to its online site www.secret-ingredients.com can choose from a range of confections, including: five-colour star mix or purple glimmer sugar, caramel cubes and silver balls.The new service is designed to suit ...

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    Tangs of New York

    2010-07-30T00:00:00Z

    First came cupcakes, then whoopie pies; it’s no wonder New York is being hailed by British retailers as inspiration for innovative baked goods."We travel the world to find new products and New York is one of the best cities," says Matthias Kiehm, business unit director for food at Harrods. ...

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    Multitask models

    2010-07-30T00:00:00Z

    When is a divider not a divider? When it’s a sheeter, as is the case with Rademaker’s Crusto Bread line. With continuing demand for replicating the characteristic taste and structure of craft-inspired products, this divider alternative claims to lose less gas in the dough through the production of baguettes, free-standing ...

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    Letter

    2010-07-30T00:00:00Z

    SA committed to small businessesFollowing your article ’Stifling the grass roots’ (BB 16 July), I would like to point out that The Soil Association is thoroughly committed to encouraging small businesses to go organic, but we cannot relax our standards which are, like all UK organic standards, governed by EU ...

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    Let’s make whoopie

    2010-07-30T00:00:00Z

    Whoopie pies or whoopie cakes have now migrated from the US to the UK. A well-known London store apparently cannot make enough of them.Where the original idea for whoopie cakes comes from remains a mystery, but it appears to be a toss-up between New England and a ...

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    Grants to plug a gap

    2010-07-30T00:00:00Z

    Small firms have been turning to business grants as a secondary source of "free" money while bank funding remains hard to find. Specialist grants database GRANTfinder says enquiries from small businesses about how to secure grant funding have risen by a third in the past year.The first challenge is working ...

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    Gore galore

    2010-07-30T00:00:00Z

    Sugar glass is used on movie sets whenever glass is smashed in a film. It sets hard and is transparent, just like real glass, but is much more brittle and breaks more easily... plus it’s edible and sweet!The Halloween Red Velvet cupcakes (pictured) have been slashed and severed by shards ...

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    Fox’s Moo-ve

    2010-07-30T00:00:00Z

    Fox’s Biscuits is to extend its Mini Moos range with the launch of new Mini Moos Choc Chip. Developed for the kids sector, the mini malted biscuits, are designed to be the perfect lunchbox accompaniment. The Choc Chip variety joins Mini Moos Malted Milk and will be available in individual ...

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    Fruit to the fore

    2010-07-30T00:00:00Z

    Mention bakery to an Italian and they soon start talking twice as fast. They love their breads each region is fiercely proud of its own as well as its national breads.Meanwhile, cakes include a chocolate sponge Piave, sprinkled with icing sugar and made to a centuries-old recipe, representing the ...

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    Fit for purpose

    2010-07-30T00:00:00Z

    Richard Hamilton of HamiltonBIG, a creative retail and brand consultancy, talks through the three Ps of a shopfitWe all make mistakes, but some are far more costly than others. In shopfitting there are some obvious ones that are worth avoiding, but these three Ps are the most critical: planning, programme ...

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    Italy gets ready for next international event

    2010-07-30T00:00:00Z

    A B Tech Expo, the next bakery exhibition this calendar year, will take place at Fieramilano in Milan, Italy from October 23-27.The organisers say there will be a heavy bias towards machinery, with Rondo, Rademaker, Tagliavini, Fortuna, Sigma, Piet-roberto, VMI, Bertuetti, Sottoriva, Turri and Werner & Pfleiderer among those taking ...

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    Muntons moves up environmental ranking

    2010-07-30T00:00:00Z

    Stowmarket-based malt business Muntons has been named as the UK’s 20th greenest company in a recent survey.The malt and malted ingredients supplier moved up 21 places on last year’s ranking, of the country’s most environmentally friendly businesses, published by the Sunday Times.Beating the likes of Coca-Cola and HSBC, the firm ...

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    Mixes enter UK market

    2010-07-30T00:00:00Z

    Ingredients supplier Eurostar Commodities has introduced the Molino Alimonti Gran Fibra cereal mixes to the UK market for the first time.Aimed at bakers, pastry chefs and pizza makers, the mixes are claimed to be high in fibre, low in carbohydrate and rich in nutrients. They contain a mix of whole ...