All British Baker articles in June 2009 – Page 4
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Starbucks trials fresh food Live Well range in the UK
Starbucks is currently trialling its new Live Well range in selected UK stores. The range has been designed in response to customers’ specific requests for additional fresh food choices, said a spokesperson for the chain.
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Starbucks trialling fresh food Live Well range in the UK
Starbucks is currently trialling its new Live Well range in selected UK stores. The range has been designed in response to customers’ specific requests for additional fresh food choices, said a spokesperson for the chain. All options in the new range contain either less than 5% fat, one of your ...
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Frozen desserts’ popularity rises
Frozen desserts have been experiencing a revival, according to the latest research unveiled by Mintel. Sales increased by 4% in 2008 and are set to increase by a further 5% over the next year, said the market analyst.
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Frozen desserts’ popularity rises
Frozen desserts have been experiencing a revival, according to the latest research unveiled by Mintel. Sales increased 4% in 2008 and are set to increase by a further 5% over the next year, said the market analysts. This could potentially mean a market worth £284m by the end of 2009. ...
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Organic Trade Board plans to double value of organic
The Organic Trade Board (OTB) has made its first senior appointment as part of its plan to double the value of organic trade over the next five years.Finn Cottle, previously of Sainsbury’s, Somerfield and the Noble Foods Group, joined the board on 1 June. Her role will be as a ...
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Grant funding helps UK exhibitors at Anuga
British bakery companies are being urged to take advantage of grant funding made available to businesses planning to exhibit at international food and drink trade show Anuga. The exhibition, which is marketed as housing 10 trade shows under one roof, runs from 10-14 October 2009 at the Cologne Exhibition Centre ...
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Real Good Food Co’s bakery sales rise amid profit downturn
The Real Good Food Company announced improved sales in its bakery ingredients and bakery divisions in its preliminary results for the year ended 31 December 2008. However, increased costs have seen its profit take a hit.The company’s total group sales from continuing operations have fallen by 5.4% to £218.7m (2007: ...
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Grant funding helps UK exhibitors at Anuga
British bakery companies are being urged to take advantage of grant funding made available to businesses planning to exhibit at international food and drink trade show Anuga.
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Real Good Food Co’s bakery sales rise amid profit downturn
The Real Good Food Company announced improved sales for its bakery ingredients and bakery divisions in its preliminary results for the year ended 31 December 2008. However, increased costs have seen its profit take a hit.
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Eurobake to hold Refurbishment Roadshow
Bakery equipment specialist Eurobake is holding a Refurbishment Roadshow at Greenhalgh’s Craft Bakery in Bolton on 11 June, 2009.
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Organic Trade Board plans to double value of organic
The Organic Trade Board (OTB) has made its first senior appointment as part of its plan to double the value of organic trade over the next five years.
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Mouthing Off
"Most of the [barista] training in this country seems to start Before Christ - we always seem to jump into the sun-dried tomatoes of the subject and miss the journey. Learn to make three drinks and clean the machine. When you can do that, then you can learn how the ...
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Ganache panache
Sacher torte originated in Austria in 1832, and is a rich chocolate cake, flavoured with rum. We use it as our staple chocolate celebration cake.IngredientsChocolate ganacheChocolate spongeRum flavoured syrupChocolate glazeMethod1. Carefully cut sponges into level slices of about 1cm thick. You need three layers for each torte. Prepare rum syrup ...
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Sushi cupcakes
We’ve also spotted a trend emerging for sushi cupcakes. Call us traditionalists, but we prefer our cupcakes to be non-fishy.l www.flickr.com/photos/11759027@N00/69530032/l vpennyw.blogspot.com/2008/09/ sushi-cupcakes-for-jeff.htmll blog.theavclub.tv/post/sushi-cupcakes
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Number crunching
£4.31The average price of a loaf, according to young people aged between 12 and 19, who were asked to estimate the cost of bread. The poll of 1,000 people in May was conducted by education charity Young Enterprise
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Winter comes to UK
Hot on the heels of Sir Ranulph Fiennes’ epic conquering of Everest, at the age of 65, comes a far greater test of willpower and endurance - one man’s effort to visit every Starbucks outlet in the world. We have The Telegraph to thank - and, revealingly, an almost identically ...
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It’s a booty call
Another delight on the web is the Erotic Cakes Baker - a US bakery specialising in risqué cakes. All of them - from breast cakes to more X-rated anatomical fare - are "hand-carved" and the bakery offers a bespoke service. "We will create any design you can imagine, from a ...
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In the BB archives
There is a very frequent misconception of the true meaning of heroism, and one can only pity the misguided youth whose death is reported this week from Berlin and who took his own life as a consequence of desiring to star as the hero of a tragedy.The young man was ...
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In my world
Many column inches have been given over lately (in between swine flu and MPs’ expenses) to ’the demise of organics’. According to an oft-quoted TNS report, organics generally were down 1% despite spiralling inflation, while bread sales allegedly fell by 29%. Gloomy reading? As owner of a 100% organic bakery, ...
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In Short
== Finsbury speculation ==Finsbury Foods shares shot up by around 5% following a preliminary approach regarding a potential offer for the firm. The cake manufacturer said the approach "was exploratory in nature and the directors believe that there is considerable doubt an offer will be forthcoming from this party". Finsbury ...