All British Baker articles in June 2007 – Page 4
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Bakery focus for RGFC as it sells off fish division
Real Good Food Company (RGFC) is selling its Five Star Fish division to British Seafood for £35 million.This sale leaves the company with bakery, baking ingredients and sugar companies. These include Hayden’s Bakeries, Seriously Scrumptious, Renshaw and Napier Brown Foods.RGFC said this week that it aims to grow both through ...
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European Bakeries forced to call in administrators
Wholesale supplier European Bakeries called in administrators last Friday, blaming the col- lapse of the 47-shop sandwich chain Benjys.Administrator Lee Manning from Deloitte told British Baker that the company was still trading as a going concern, and potential buyers were being shown around. There were two or three strong contenders ...
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International activity
The IFT Annual Meeting & Food Expo will take place on 28 July to 1 August, 2007 at McCormick Place South, Chicago.It aims to bring together experts from the baking and food industry, including technologists, scientists, buyers and sellers from all over the world. Visitors will see a variety ...
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NewsIn-stores go upmarket
Kensington High St in London could hold the key to the future of supermarket in-store bakeries as Marks & Spencer go head-to-head with new arrival Whole Foods Market, as both retailers trial their latest high street bakery concepts. Find out more in British Baker 22 June
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Scottish soundbites
Rounding off the annual meeting of the Scottish Association of Master Bakers, this year’s ’James Scott’ Technical Sessions scored a notable first: never before had these popular sessions been addressed by the incumbent president of the Natio-nal Association of Master Bakers.Mike Holling, retail operations manager with Birds of Derby, ...
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BRIAN ROBINSONFederation of BakersAllied Bakeries’ chief executive Brian Robinson is to take over the role as chairman of the Federation of Bakers from Miles Warnick after being formally elected at the annual general meeting on 16 May.Robinson took up his post at Allied in January 2006, having formerly worked as ...
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Spice up your life
W ith competition from the multiples, it’s increasingly challenging for the small baker to offer differentiated products that stand out from the crowd.But have you ever considered the spices you use in your products? Are you one of the many who buy a pack of spice and it lasts forever ...
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Tesco service levels signal recovery at Inter Link
Inter Link revealed that it achieved 99.9% service level for key customer Tesco last week as a recovery gets underway.The cake supplier, which has £60m in debts, also saw above budget sales in May, chairman Jeremy Hamer told British Baker.He added that information had now been passed to potential bidder ...
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Greencore looks to step up food-to-go operation
Greencore said last week that it plans to grow its food-to-go and sandwich businesses by organic growth or through acquisition.Speaking after the convenience food group reported a 38% hike in pre-tax profits to E35.4m (£24m) for the for the half year to 30 March, chief financial officer Patrick Coveney said ...
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Commodities tracker
Dairy market forecasters are warning that bakers can expect a sharp increase in dairy prices over the next few weeks and throughout the summer as global prices reach an all time high.Market prices for commodities such as butter and especially milk powders have increased by 30-75% over the past six ...
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Gunns makes a TV clanger
Gunns Bakery appeared on BBC’s Saturday Kitchen programme last weekend, with a slot dedicated to its famous Bedfordshire Clangers.June Goff, a baker from the traditional family craft bakery, established in 1928 in Sandy, Bedfordshire, demonstrated to viewers how to make a gammon and apple clanger.Clangers were traditionally made by ...
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Cooplands buys Skeltons
Cooplands of Scarborough has bought Skeltons from administration in a deal which almost doubles its estate from 43 to 77 shops and makes it the UK’s fourth-largest bakery chain.The deal includes 34 of Hull-based Skeltons’ 43 shops as well as the Skeltons factory in Lorraine Street, east Hull, which is ...
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Briefs
n Skills sector council Improve will launch its new interactive website on June 28, offering modules in bakery which count towards level 2 and 3 NVQ. They can be completed online with tutor support at a cost of between £30 and £290 each.n British Bakeries has suspended deliveries to retail ...
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Dublin’s Brennans debuts Polish loaf
Thousands of Poles living in Northern Ireland can now get a taste of home after Dublin-based Brennans launched a traditional Polish bread called ’chleb polski’.Brennans claims to be the first bakery in the region to offer customers the bread, which will be baked under the careful guidance of Polish bakers.Colin ...
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Mrs Beeton’s Gingernuts
These biscuits are robust in every way, easy to make and satisfyingly solid. It may seem odd to use coriander in sweet biscuits, but it gives real warmth to the flavour. Black treacle is such a dominant taste that you may prefer to replace most of it with golden syrup.This ...
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Northern’s bakery sales fall
Northern Foods blamed a combination of its limited 11% market share and annual 1% market growth for a poor performance in the biscuits category last week.Profit in its bakery business fell from £23.1m to £17m on sales down 5.1% to £197.3m in the 12 months to 31 March. However, it ...
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Bakers attend Tesco event
Around 14,000 people visited Tesco’s Enjoy the Taste of Scotland... Get to Know Your Locals event in Edinburgh in May.Exhibitors included a selection of Scotland’s bakeries and ingredient manufacturers from over 80 regions, including Allied Bakeries, Macphie of Glenbervie, Bell Bakers, Finsbury Food Group, Ashers Bakery, Patak’s and ...
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Asda: brand building does little for bread category
Brand-building activity, such as a relaunch, has a positive impact on a particular bakery brand, but has a limited effect on the category’s incremental sales at Asda.That’s according to Asda bread buyer Debbie Woodhouse, who said activity tends to switch sales between brands.She said: "This can be beneficial when ...
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Scottish training centre open to all
The Scottish Association of Master Bakers’ (SAMB’s) new training centre in Larbert is now fully equipped and ready for business.The centre at Mathieson’s bakery near Falkirk is open to everyone in the UK baking trade, not just Scottish bakers, and has taken two years to develop. It comprises a test ...