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Bakery makes charitable donation
Luke Evans Bakery has donated its age in pound coins to a local charity, in celebration of National Craft Bakers’ Week, which took place last month.
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NewsWarburtons to sell its products in Europe
Warburtons has unveiled an ambitious plan to sell its products in Europe.
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September retail sales figure see fillip
Retail sales saw a slight increase of 0.3% last month, according to the latest figures.
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NewsMuffins and cakes blasted for salt content
Last month it was bread - and now it is the turn of cakes, muffins and scones to be criticised for their salt content.
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Sainsbury’s to “Brand match” rivals
Sainsbury’s has pledged to match thousands of prices at rivals Tesco and Asda - as the price war between the UK’s leading supermarkets increases.
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Premier issues profit warning
Premier Foods has issued another profit warning as the fall-out from its dispute with Tesco earlier this year continues to manifest itself.
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Indulgence plans for new £1.2m production site
Colchester-based desserts and cakes company Indulgence Patisserie was awaiting a decision on planning permission to develop a new £1.2m production facility opposite its current site, as British Baker went to press.If permission is granted, the new 20,000sq ft site would begin production in 2013, operating alongside the company’s current 10,000sq ...
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Aryzta sets sights on retail presence with Honeytop
Bakery multinational Aryzta plans to target UK supermarkets with its full range of speciality breads and pastries by building on the links of its newly acquired Honeytop business with the big retailers.In its most recent annual report, the company, which was formed in 2008 through the merger of IAWS and ...
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Craft Bakers’ Week sees hundreds participate
Hundreds of independent bakeries across the country took their skills and products out into the community during last month’s National Craft Bakers’ Week.At least twice as many com-panies took part in the event as last year, with bakers offering customers samples of their products outside their shops in a promotion ...
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Community bakery launch
Around 300 residents in Dunbar, Scotland, raised nearly £38,000 via a community share offer to open a new high street bakery. Investors in the community-owned co-operative venture, which opened this week, will not receive dividends but a 10% discount on artisan breads made on the premises.The initiative received funding and ...
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Park Cakes workers face strike ballot
Workers at Oldham-based Park Cakes are currently being balloted over strike action, following claims by the Bakers Food and Workers’ Union (BFAWU), that the firm is attempting to bypass new legis-lation covering agency workers.The union has also claimed that the firm was planning on introducing new contracts without consultation and ...
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Bertinet pop-up opens despite wholesale glitch
Author and TV baker Richard Bertinet has opened a pop-up shop in Bath and is close to securing permanent premises in the city after setting up a new production bakery.The new Bertinet Bakery pop-up shop opened last week and will trade in the run-up to Christmas, selling the baker’s award-winning ...
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WCB hosts Chinese tour
A Chinese bakers delegation was treated to a tour of the UK bakery scene and a dinner at the Worshipful Company of Bakers (WCB). The event was organised by David Powell on behalf of Rich Products.The delegates, including craft bakers and staff of Starbucks in China, visited Dunn’s Bakery in ...
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DuPont seeks clarification
DuPont, the manufacturer of Teflon-branded products, has launched a brand assurance programme for its DuPont Industrial Baking Solutions (DIBS) coating systems, to ensure greater transparency in the marketplace.The firm develops coating systems for industrial bakeware.Phil Bardsley, business manager for DuPont fluoroproducts, explained that through discussions with plant bakers over the ...
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Greggs grabs Moment in spotlight with new-concept coffee shop
Greggs is set to shake up the UK coffee market after launching a new value coffee shop concept called Greggs Moment, which undercuts players such as Costa and Starbucks on price.The UK’s largest retail baker opened the Greggs Moment store in Newcastle last week, offering Fairtrade coffee, tea served in ...
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Hope on flour as large harvest takes down wheat prices
Wheat prices eased in the past week as the world harvest was larger than predicted, offering hope to bakers that flour prices may follow suit.Wheat futures prices (LIFFE, November 2011 contract) fell from £156.65 per tonne on September 29 to £145.50 as BB went to press, on 4 October, on ...
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Edible nut pricing
Almonds: There are two strong and opposing forces at work on almond pricing: the new Californian crop looks set to be by far the largest ever, and may come in at over 900,000mt; and demand for almonds is certain to rise globally, for no other reason than prices at current ...
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Report
Shoppers are turning to brands despite the weakened consumer confidence, according to research. The IGD ShopperTrack found that more than a third, or 35% of shoppers, said it was very important to them that the food and groceries they bought had been "made by a company that specialises in ...
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Reporting in
Phil OrfordChief executive, Forum of Private BusinessThe Forum of Private Business is sending politicians on ’work experience’ placements to find out about the challenges and opportunities facing small businesses including Cabinet Office Minister Oliver Letwin, who spent time at West Dorset pie shop, Bridport Gourmet Pies.For the past couple ...