All British Baker articles in June 2012 – Page 4
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Rowe’s still hopeful for site extension
A development company that wants to extend Rowe’s Bakery near Falmouth is optimistic its planning appeal will prove successful.
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NewsLottie Shaw’s gain national distribution
Yorkshire craft bakery Lottie Shaw’s looks set to see its products delivered nationwide after signing up distributor Hider Foods.
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Warburtons MD departs
Warburtons managing director Robert Higginson has left the business, after agreeing it was “time for a change”.
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NewsPeters Bakery goes into administration
Peters Bakery, the north-east bakery chain and wholesaler, has gone into administration.
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Tesco sees UK LFL sales fall
Tesco has said its UK performance has been in line with expectations, despite falling like-for-like sales.
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Product NewsCupcake Championship finalists revealed
Sixty-four cupcakes have now been shortlisted for the finals of the National Cupcake Championships, to take place on 2 July.
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NewsIndulgence signs Virgin cupcake deal
Indulgence Cupcake Company has said it looks set to boost turnover by 250% after landing a second deal with Virgin Atlantic.
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Nordic Bakery up to three
Nordic Bakery has opened its third site in London, near to Baker Street.
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Craft baker Pryces launches e-commerce site
Pryces the Bakers has launched a new website - www.pryces.com - where customers can order a selection of goods including muffins, cookies and gift hampers.
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Waitrose sees trading rocket over Jubilee
Waitrose achieved its highest week of trading, bar Christmas and Easter, over the Jubilee weekend. Sales were up 19.8% on last year, for the week ending 2 June.
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NewsGoldman Sachs sells Pret A Manger stake
Goldman Sachs has sold its £50m stake in Pret A Manger, the sandwich chain.
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Food-to-go holds key to future
A focus on food-to-go bread products is key to future growth, according to the latest research by Lantmännen Unibake UK.
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Food inflation remains stable
Food inflation stood at 4.3% in May, unchanged from the previous month, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC).
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Premier Foods chairman leaves company
Ronnie Bell, the chairman of under-fire Premier Foods, has stepped down from his role after 21 months.
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Starbucks acquires US-based baker
Starbucks, the global coffee shop chain, has made its first foray into baking – with the acquisition of the US-based Bay Bread and its La Boulange bakery brand for $100m.
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Puzzle solution
Percy Ingle Bakeries began migrating from cash registers to electronic point of sale (EPoS) three years ago. But the 50-shop group did not get the required returns and its project to roll it out across the London and Essex estate stalled two years later.Following this, EPOS Group installed bakery shop-specific ...
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Healthy outlook?
If ’pastygate’ drew bakers on to the capital’s streets in protest at the addition of VAT on hot pies, then brace yourself for a full-scale storming of Westminster if the latest thinking in medical circles gains traction. A recent paper in the British Medical Journal made headlines recently by calling ...
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Government reveals new sat fat pledge timeline
Saturated fat reduction is set to re-emerge on the government’s nutrition agenda, with plans for the Responsibility Deal Food Network to draft new pledges later this year, BB can reveal. This work would "supercede" previous targets set by the Food Standards Agency targets in 2009, prior to the quango’s nutrition ...
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Mandatory display of food hygiene rating planned
Bakery retailers could be forced to display their Food Hygiene Rating, as the Food Standards Agency (FSA) sets out its long-term goal for the scheme.
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Embracing change
First impressions count. When Barbakan Delicatessen’s BIA entry form for The Craft Business Award, sponsored by ADM Milling, landed on the judges’ desk, it was obvious they had made an effort. Stefan Najduch, proprietor, credits his wife, Joanna, who says: "I treated it as a project. I made up a ...