All British Baker articles in June 2006 – Page 6
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Employment law: a balancing act
Employment law is predominantly concerned with protecting the rights of wor-kers but it also recognises that businesses require flexibility from their employees. When it comes to changing terms and conditions of employment – and where there is a pressing need for business change – the law will not simply allow ...
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Top-20 companies stretch lead at top
The leading 20 companies in the UK baking industry are strenghtening their grip on the market, according to a new survey from Plimsoll Publishing. In the last four years they have increased sales by 50%, improved profits by a massive 150% and raised staff levels by 28%, it says.The leading ...
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News19th British Bakery Awards
Sweet-toothed attendees at this year’s Baking Industry Awards will be delighted to know that Puratos is sponsoring a Chocolate Fountain the awards, with unlimited dips to tantalise the taste buds.Dips will include strawberries, profiteroles, mini doughnuts, fudge, tropical fruit salad, bananas, grapes, amaretto or wafer biscuits and marshmallows. The fountain ...
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NewsViewpoint
The predicted sale of Northern Foods bakery businesses, after two recent profits warnings, has finally taken place. A sudden change in eating habits with consumers turning towards more ‘perceived healthy foods’ plus rising energy costs are blamed but the company has been a serial underperformer for some years. I remember ...
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NewsTASTE OF TARTAN
Bakery companies were out in force at the first Tesco ‘Enjoy the Taste of Scotland’ event, held in Edinburgh in April.The pioneering event brought together 68 Scottish food and drink producers, exhibiting the “best” from Scotland’s larder in one place. Tesco’s chairman David Reid opened the event, along with Minister ...
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NewsSICKIE v WORK
Forty per cent of employers believe major sporting events cause unwarranted absence, the latest annual sickness survey from the Confederation of British Industry and insurance company Axa shows. This is bad news for this summer, when some of the World Cup football matches will be played during working hours. Yet ...
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Wholemeal sales on the up
The average person in the UK spent £3.76 a week on bread, cereals and cereal products in 2004-5 to eat at home, according to the latest annual report from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.The Family Food Expenditure 2004-5 Report says that of this 93p a week was ...
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Obituary
Baker Tonia Stimpson lost her battle against breast cancer on 18 May, aged 36. Terry Miller of La Fornaia writes that Tonia was La Fornaia’s development baker and had been with the supplier for over four years. She worked in the industry for over 20 years starting at Abingdon’s Cottage ...
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NewsMacphie rolls out Raspberry Sensations for summer
Ingredients company Macphie, (Glenbervie, Scotland) has added a limited-edition raspberry flavour to its range of indulgent Sensations cake mixes. Raspberry Sensations will be available from June, for a limited time over the summer months. The new flavour joins lemon, strawberry, apple & cinnamon, tropical, blueberry and banoffee. Sensations cake mixes ...
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Kerbside food in a Jiffy van
Since its introduction in 2002, the Citroen Dispatch-based Jiffy Salsa has been one of the best-sellers in the Jiffy Trucks (Shipley, West Yorkshire) range. Kerbside serve and double ambient options have enhanced its appeal. But there was one feature not available on the truck until now. Hot food specialists, such ...
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Mowbray fight may be over
Northern Foods’ proposed sale of its chilled pastry business could end its long running legal battle with the Melton Mowbray Pork Pie Association.Its chilled division, which is now up for sale, includes its two Melton Mowbray pork pie plants in Shropshire and Trowbridge, Wiltshire.Northern Foods has been fighting the Association’s ...
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NewsFACE?TO FACE
With the younger generation taking the helm at Kluman & Balter, Danny Kluman tells Andrew Williams how he sees the business going forward
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Next Controls
Next Controls (Farnborough, Hamps) has introduced a new version of its Tutela automated temperature monitoring system. The new Tutela4food system provides automatic monitoring of refrigeration equipment in food outlets.The system records the temperatures in chilled and frozen food storage and display equipment, and relays the data to Next Control’s permanently ...
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NewsCASE STUDY - VANDEMOORTELE
Frozen baked products company Vandemoortele has appointed Christian Salvesen to handle its frozen distribution in the UK.The logistics company will manage the contract from its Nuneaton Distribution Centre, which will be operated on a shared-user basis. The distribution centre will manage daily collections from Vandemoortele’s Worcester factory and receive product ...
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NewsCASE STUDY - MANTINGA
New Petit Forestier customer, Gloucester-based Mantinga, specialises in the supply of a full range of speciality breads and pastries. Many of the company’s products have a distinctly European flavour – such as its Baltic loaves, baguettes and rolls with pumpkin seeds or sesame seeds. The breads and pastries are delivered ...
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NewsCAFFÈ CULTURE
The first ever Caffè Culture show was held last week at London Olympia, with a handful of bakery suppliers in tow hoping to capitalise on the UK’s growth in coffee shops.Cookie specialist Byron Bay Cookies said there were “imminent” plans to start manufacturing in the UK to reduce costs, having ...
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EU sugar regime delay hampers Napier Brown
The Real Good Food Com-pany blamed delays in implementation of the new EU sugar regime for a “very disappointing” performance of its Napier Brown Foods sugar division in a trading update last week. It warned at its AGM that pressure on margins at Napier Brown will lead to “a ...
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Bott has designs on in-vehicle equipment storage
Bott’s (Ashby, Leics) modular in-vehicle storage and workshop solutions enables users to transform their commercial vehicles into safe working environments to support service, engineering, maintenance and delivery applications, says the company.Tools and other items are stored securely when the vehicle is in motion but are readily available when needed. As ...
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Benevolent ball
THE Bakers’ Benevolent Society is holding its first Mid-Summer Ball at the Mandarin Oriental, Hyde Park, London on June 22. The event starts with a champagne reception, followed by a five-course banquet and then dancing to a live band. Tickets cost £100 per person or £900 per table of 10.Contact ...