All British Baker articles in June 2011
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Barnsley bakers hit salt targets
Barnsley City Council has praised its local bakers for the work they have done to reduce salt in bread.
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Sainsbury’s bakery college achieves C&G accreditation
City & Guilds has formally accredited Sainsbury’s six Food Colleges and Bakery College.
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Wrights Pies’ £1m distribution warehouse opens
Wrights Pies has opened its new £1m state-of-the-art central distribution warehouse at its bakery in Crewe.
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Expansion for Northern Irish firm
Northern Irish bakery distributor Andrew Ingredients has invested £1m in a move to new premises to meet growing demand for its products across the whole of Ireland.
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NewsMake-over prompts turnover boost for Carrie’s Cakes
Carrie’s Cakes in Ennis, Co Clare, has seen turnover increase by 50%, after its complete shop makeover was featured on an Irish television show.
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Biffa launches new food waste plant
Waste specialist Biffa has launched the UK’s first ‘super’ anaerobic digestion plant dealing with food waste near Cannock, Staffordshire.
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TV star search
BBC producers are searching for talented young bakers to star in a TV programme later this year.
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TV star search
BBC producers are searching for talented young bakers to star in a TV programme later this year.
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EU rethink on chocolate rules
Fears that bakers could be forced to print impractical country-of-origin labelling on products containing Swiss and Belgian chocolate have eased after the EU decided the proposals needed further investigation.
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Baker hits out at PAYE fines
Craft bakers hit by tough new fines are being urged to take their case to Chancellor George Osborne.
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German bakery shops make inroads in the UK
We have had ciabatta from Italy and pain de campagne from France, now Germany is the next Continental bakery superpower targeting British high streets after two of the country’s leading retail bakeries revealed ambitious roll-out plans for the UK. Pretzel company Ditsch, which has over 200 stores in Germany, plans ...
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Sayers places 149-strong estate on the market
Sayers The Bakers, the north west-based bakery and café chain, which operates 116 outlets under its eponymous brand and 33 Poundbakery sites, has been placed on the market, with an asking price believed to be in excess of £10m.
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McErlain’s scoops major new contracts with Tesco
McErlain’s Bakery has ramped up its business with Tesco, securing deals to supply 460 stores in the UK and all 38 of the retailer’s in-store bakeries in Northern Ireland.
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National Cupcake Championships open for entries!
It’s time again to launch British Baker’s annual National Cupcake Championships, in a bid to find the UK’s best professional cupcake maker for 2011. Will it be you?
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Supermarkets miss out on cupcake boom
Latest figures suggest supermarkets are failing to satisfy the booming demand for cupcakes, with consumers turning to craft, foodservice and home baking. Total cupcake consumption occasions (in home/carried out/out-of-home), excluding homemade, reached 44 million, up 11% year-on-year (Kantar Worldpanel, 52 w/e Feb 2011); this rises to 65 million if home-baked ...
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Last chance to nominate top bakery person
Time is running out, so make sure you get your nominations in for the Lifetime Achievement Award, sponsored by Délifrance, by the 30 June deadline.
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NewsUK narrowly misses out on Bakery World Cup spot
The UK team has narrowly missed out on a place at the Bakery World Cup 2012, after Costa Rica was named as the ‘wild card’ team.
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NewsCupcake bakers urged to support children with cancer
British Baker is urging bakeries, coffee shops and retailers across the UK to raise money for children with cancer, as part of National Cupcake Week, 12-18 September.
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Rain relieves crops but not concerns
Heavy rain earlier this month brought some relief to wheat farmers in the South East and East Anglia, but yields in the UK and across Europe are still forecast to be below average after one of the driest springs on record.
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Media reports mislead shoppers over bread price
Headline-grabbing government statistics showing bread inflation at nearly 6% do not reflect the real price of a loaf, which has barely risen in the past year despite a massive increase in wheat costs.