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New cupcakery strikes Virgin Money deal
Sunderland-based Baked Cupcakery has had a welcome boost to business, with an order for 2,000 cupcakes from Virgin Money.
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Egg list names and shames manufacturers
The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) and DEFRA have named Britain’s supermarkets, high street chains and food manufacturers pledging to purchase and use higher welfare eggs, as well as those yet to state their compliancy.
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New loyalty scheme angers Starbucks drinkers
Global coffee chain Starbucks has angered UK customers by changing the terms of its loyalty scheme.
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December doubles Sugarshack’s profits
Sugarshack Bakery attributed its 50% increase in trade during December to its cost-effective Christmas offering.
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NewsUK team gears up for Sigep
The UK will again be putting forward a team of bakers to take part in the Sigep Bread Cup at the Sigep exhibition in Rimini, Italy later this month.
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Artisan food school adds fresh courses
The School of Artisan Food will be developing a full-time patisserie diploma and a suite of professional baking courses throughout 2012.The Nottinghamshire training establishment will be creating an advanced full-time patisserie course in the next year, the fourth element of its existing Advanced Diploma programme, including bakery, butchery and charcuterie, ...
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UK wheat prices subject to South American crops
The maize market will be one of the key drivers of UK grain prices for the rest of 2012, according to the Home Grown Cereals Autho-rity (HGCA), as a lack of rain is affecting South American crops.In a report published last week, the HGCA said little rain had been ...
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Loyalli app targets bakery retailers
A new smartphone loyalty scheme has signed up coffee shops and is targeting bakers to add to its retail participants.Shoppers download a free Loyalli app and scan a bar code the developer sends participating outlets. Loyalli can be used exclusively or, as for Bold Street Coffee in Liverpool, to complement ...
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Biscotti baker targets growth
Artisan bakery NISI’s has appointed Cotswold Fayre to distribute its individually wrapped and boxed Italian biscuit products throughout the UK, as part of its bid to double turnover in 2012.The New Forest-based business, which supplies handmade biscotti and macaroons to local shops and delis, including Jamie Oliver’s Recipease outlets, is ...
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Bakers report positive sales over festive season
High street bakers have reported a largely positive festive perfor-mance, with a full trading week between Christmas and New Year and the mild weather aiding sales.Pie and sandwich retailer Bradley’s Bakery, in Ashton-Under-Lyne said it doubled its orders on Christmas Eve. Co-owner Mark Bradley said: "We’ve had a phenomenal Christmas ...
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Bakers face tighter laws on gluten-free labelling
New EU regulations on products labelled as gluten-free, brought into force, mean bakeries are now subject to far tighter controls.As of 1 January, gluten-free products, which are produced for people with coeliac disease or gluten intolerance, must contain less than 20 parts of gluten per million (ppm), in order to ...
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Bertinet Bakery finds permanent home
Following the success of its pop-up outlet, The Bertinet Bakery has announced the opening of a permanent shop in Bath.
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NewsBEIC “disgusted” with non-compliant egg producers
It has come to light that up to 500,000 hens in the UK are still being kept in battery cages, despite the new EU ban which came into force on 1 January 2012.
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UK-based O’Briens sees HQ and website close
The head office and website of O’Briens Sandwich Bars in the UK have closed down.It comes two years after the UK chain was bought out following the collapse of O’Briens Irish Sandwich Bars (UK) Ltd and O’Briens Irish Sandwich Bars (Property UK) Ltd in 2009 into administration. Both companies were ...
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Walsall site set to close
Maple Leaf Bakery has confirmed it is to close its Walsall site with the loss of 236 jobs. Attempts before Christmas to find a buyer had failed, said HR director Paul Clipson. "Sadly the staff will therefore be made redundant," he said.Clipson told British Baker the factory was closing because ...
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Video masterclass: Windsor Crown
Wayne Caddy, The School of Artisan Food’s head of bakery, shows British Baker how to make a Windsor Crown - a new oven-bottom bread based on the iconic Cottage loaf.
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Dried fruit pricing
Coconut: We should see some better pricing for coconut and coconut derivative products in 2012. Despite recent fluctuations, the overall trend on coconut oil is that pricing is down. But for UK and Europe of late, the lower prices being offered at origin have been offset to some extent by ...
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Maize and wheat production estimates raised
A welcome increase in the global maize output estimate, in light of prolonged dry weather in maize-producing South America, was announced in the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) latest report, out yesterday (12 January).
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Hummingbird spreads wings to overseas outlets
The Hummingbird Bakery will be launching an international franchise scheme, with hopes to open its first global store in the Middle East this year.After announcing plans to open a fifth store later this month in Angel, Islington, the London-based bakery has confirmed it will be opening outlets overseas in 2012. ...
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Report
’Good grains’ and ’naturality’ are among the 10 key trends in food, nutrition and health for 2012, according to a new report by New Nutrition Business (NNB).The firm, which offers strategic advice to the food and drink industry, said the number one trend is ’naturality’ a trend that is ...