All British Baker articles in June 2018
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Product News
Mr Kipling gets tropical with Flamingo Slices
Premier Foods is tapping the flamingo trend with the launch of limited-edition Mr Kipling Flamingo Slices.
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Product News
Warburtons: non-bread drives sales as profits fall
Warburtons’ operating profit fell by more than a third last year as the business was hit by rising costs and a decline in the bread market.
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Product News
New York Bakery Co rolling out festival bagel truck
New York Bakery Co has created a bespoke ‘bagel truck’ to target festival and spectators at sporting events throughout 2018.
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Product News
Paul bakeries to give away croissants for Bastille Day
Bakery and pâtisserie chain Paul is to give away croissants and run a promotion on baguettes to mark Bastille Day.
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Product News
CO2 supply crisis now impacting bakery industry
Warburtons’ crumpet production has become the latest victim of the carbon dioxide shortage.
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Product News
Third Wimbledon win for Traybakes slices
Traybakes Ltd is to hold court at Wimbledon for the third year running after securing a deal to supply more than 55,000 of its single-serve slices.
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Product News
Subway set to be delivered nationwide by Just Eat
Subway has launched trial deliveries through Just Eat and revealed plans to offer a nationwide service by the end of the year.
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Product News
Low shopper footfall hits Costa like-for-like sales
Costa like-for-like sales have fallen in the last three months – although overall sales rose thanks to new store openings and Express machine roll-outs.
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Product News
Franchise business Cake Box listed on AIM market
Egg-free cake retailer Cake Box has been listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) from today (27 June) in a move valuing the business at £43m.
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News
Former Hovis bakery site in Wigan sold for housing
The site of a former Hovis crumpet and bread bakery has been sold to house-builder Taylor Wimpey.
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Product News
Latest acrylamide survey results published by FSA
Food safety chiefs have said the latest results of its acrylamide testing have not increased its concern about the risk to human health.
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News
Health chiefs in new push for menu calorie labelling
Government health bosses are to start consultations over calorie labelling on restaurant, café and takeaway menus as part of new plans aimed at combatting childhood obesity.
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News
Shareholder reveals why it wants Premier Foods boss out
Oasis Management Company – the largest independent investor in Mr Kipling owner Premier Foods – has accused CEO Gavin Darby of driving the business into “its current zombie-like state”.
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News
Social enterprise to open bakery in Nuneaton
A not-for-profit youth organisation is set to open a bakery in Nuneaton serving artisanal bread, cakes and pastries while giving young people the chance to acquire baking skills.
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News
Aryzta expands executive team with new hire
Bakery business Aryzta has appointed Rhona O’Brien as its new general counsel and company secretary.
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News
Dawn Foods appoints UCB student ambassador
Dawn Foods has named University College Birmingham (UCB) student Rebecca Orrell as its second student ambassador.
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Opinion
Bake Off: The Professionals – Episode 8
We’re going back to childhood in this week’s episode of Bake Off: The Professionals with fairy tales, lollipops and, er… macaron cakes.
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Product News
How scientists plan to boost fibre in white bread
Scientists investigating ways to create healthier white bread and wheat-based products have revealed plans to modify the starch in wheat.
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Product News
Yorkshire bakery extends reach to M&S
A West Yorkshire bakery is to supply baked items to more than 100 Marks & Spencer (M&S) stores.
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Product News
Waitrose cheesecakes get ‘veggie makeover’
Waitrose has launched two sweet vegetable cheesecakes, featuring beetroot and avocado, in what it claims is a first for a UK supermarket.