All British Baker articles in June 2012
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NewsWarburtons’ staff set to strike over pay
Warburtons’ staff are set to strike following a row between employees and bosses over pay.
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Italian event promises a focus on health
SIAB, the Italian bakery show held in Verona, will take place from 25-29 May 2013. The organisers have formed alliances with different countries, including Brazil and Russia, to widen the scope of the event’s market. As well as a focus on the latest machinery for bakery, pastry, and confectionery, the ...
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Rapeseed oil firm to double output
Production is to be doubled at rapeseed oil producer Farrington Oils following a £200,000 investment at its site in Northamptionshire. The maker of ’seed to bottle’ cold-pressed rapeseed oil, is in the process of completing the six-month investment plan, prompted by a 90% rise in turnover in the past year. ...
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Jason Donovan to compere BIA
British Baker is pleased to announce this year’s presenter for the prestigious Baking Industry Awards will be singer and 1980s icon Jason Donovan. Now in their 25th year, the Baking Industry Awards celebrate all that is great about the baking industry and 2011 winners included Christopher Freeman of Dunn’s Bakery, ...
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Greggs focuses on bakery in third store format
Greggs, the BB75 leading bakery chain, has launched its take on a local bakery a new third-style retail format for the company. The unit, called Greggs The Bakery, has opened just doors down from the company’s very first shop in Gosforth, Newcastle, which opened in 1951, and features a different ...
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National Bakery School drops younger training
The National Bakery School has stopped its training provision for 16- to 18-year-old students. The school, which is part of the Faculty of Business at London South Bank University (LSBU), said the decision had been made because of a decrease in funding for further education, a lack of awarding bodies ...
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Bakers’ charity faces huge drop in donations
The Bakers’ Benevolent Society (BBS) has seen a fall in donations of around 85% during the past 12 years. At its 179th annual general meeting, the registered charity highlighted a drop in appeal income, including donations and fundraising events, from around £200,000 in 2000 to £27,071 this year. Sue Aley, ...
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Bakers welcome report on fall in salt levels
Bakers have welcomed the news that salt levels in the diet have been falling, following the publication of the latest Department of Health (DoH) Urinary Analysis. The National Diet and Nutrition Survey Assessment of Dietary Sodium report, found that levels for adults, aged 19- to 64 years old, stood at ...
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Bakers will need to join forces, says Rabobank
Mergers and acquisitions this is the future of Europe’s frozen bakery industry, as predicted by Rabobank Food and Agri Research in its latest market report. It believes a number of major challenges facing the industry will lead to companies combining forces in order to build scale. According to Rabobank, some ...
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NewsGail’s awards top barista in Coffee Olympics
Gail’s Bakery has awarded Marianna Hives from its Crouch End outlet the Coffee Master 2012 barista title, as part of its Coffee Olympics.
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Students install new alliance president
David Goddard has become the new president of the Alliance for Bakery Students and Trainees (ABST), as announced at this year’s conference. Goddard was officially installed during a formal evening meal at the ABST’s annual conference, which attracted hundreds of bakery students and trainees from across the UK. He has ...
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Administrators close three Peters’ outlets
Administrators have closed three of Peters Bakers’ retail outlets resulting in 17 redundancies, following its collapse into administration earlier this month. Global accountancy firm KPMG closed the north-east bakery business’ Billingham and Stockton stores and Loaf branded outlet in Pity Me on 23 June. In a statement, KPMG said it ...
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ADM shows faith in Group 3 buy-back deals
ADM Milling says interest in its buy-back contracts will increase as more growers reap the benefits of high-yield Group 3 wheat. The firm is now offering buy-back contracts for Torch for the 2013 harvest a high-yield winter wheat variety developed by wheat breeder RAGT last year. When milled into flour, ...
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Video: ABST conference 2012 - part one
This year’s Alliance for Bakery Students and Trainees (ABST) conference on 15-17 June at the Alton Towers Hotel in Staffordshire, attracted hundreds of bakery students from around the UK.
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NewsHowell House in supermarket deal
Howell House, the cakes and biscuits division of Irish company Irwin’s Bakery, has secured a £400,000 export deal with Tesco and Asda.
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Jubilee boost for June’s grocery sales
Grocery retailers have reported their highest balance of year-on-year (YOY) sales this month since February 2010, according to the latest statistics.
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NewsWRAP introduces new waste agreement
Government-funded organisation WRAP has called for bakery firms, food manufacturers and food-to-go businesses to sign up for a new food and packaging waste initiative.
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NewsGail’s takes store count to 11
Gail’s is continuing its ongoing expansion plan throughout London with the opening of its 11th outlet in Chelsea.
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NewsJamie Oliver opens new concept
Jamie Oliver has opened a new takeway food unit at the Bicester Village high-end shopping mall.
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NewsWarburtons’ closures hits company profits
Warburtons has seen a 37% decline in profits to £16.3m in 2011, which the firm has attributed to the restructuring of its bakery operations.