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Businesses warned to act fast on riot damage insurance
Businesses that have suffered damage from rioting must act quickly or risk not being able to recover their losses, city law firm Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP has warned.
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Riots-hit Greggs announces "challenging" trading
Bakery chain Greggs said profits had been hit, with trading “more challenging than expected”, as it announced its half-year results to 2 July this morning. Meanwhile, a Greggs shop in Peckham was burnt out in riots in London last night, another was looted and a delivery driver assaulted.
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NewsSwizzels launches Love Hearts cupcakes
Swizzels Matlow, manufacturer of the iconic Love Hearts sweets, has teamed up with a Manchester-based cupcake firm to launch a line of cupcakes decorated with new Mini Love Hearts.
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NewsKrispy Kreme dismisses Enfield riot tweets
Kristy Kreme has moved to dismiss Twitter postings suggesting that its Enfield store with onsite bakery was burned down in the London disturbances last night (Sunday, 7 August).
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Deal to boost Bagel Nash expansion
YFM Equity Partners has backed the management buy-in of Leeds-based bagel manufacturer and retail chain Bagel Nash, for an undisclosed sum.
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Sweet success for Real Good Food
Increased demand for sugar and bakery ingredients has helped boost sales at The Real Good Food Company by 21% to £110m in the six months to 24 June 2011.
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Snowball-maker Lees announces record results
The popularity of Lees of Scotlands’ iconic Snowball and Teacakes shows no sign of fading after the Scottish company announced record results for the first half of 2011.
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Charity benefits from pie maker’s food waste initiative
Pukka Pies has donated over 70,000 pies to under-privileged people as part of its support of charity FareShare.
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Bakers welcome government review of town parking
The National Association of Master Bakers (NAMB) has welcomed moves to reduce parking restrictions in town centres.
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Brand firm offers secret for healthier donuts
A method for making healthier-option baked donuts has been made available for licensing through brand consultancy Intangible Business. According to the firm, the manufacturing process would enable bakeries and coffee shops, for example, to make a donut that was less than half the fat of a full-fat fried donut. Blind ...
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High street bakers squeezed as consumers turn to lunchboxes
The return of the adult lunchbox and escalating raw material costs could hit high street bakers like Greggs for as long as the consumer downturn continues, analysts at Oriel Securities have warned.
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Breakfast trade boosts Starbucks UK sales
Starbucks is looking to boost its sweet and savoury offering after its new breakfast range swelled year-on-year morning sales in the UK by 50% in June.
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Red tape places burden on use of palm oil logo
Fats distributors say red tape could prevent their sustainable palm oil products from carrying a new certification logo. The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil’s (RSPO) logo can only be used by its members on products that contain palm-derived ingredients sourced in compliance with RSPO standards. Although the design was released ...
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Motorway service firm to trial Pasty Presto outlets
Pasty Presto is to up its outlet numbers, as motorway service station area Roadchef has announced it is to trial a franchise of the bakery café chain, with a view to further rolling out the brand across its estate. Roadchef will be running the trial at three of its sites: ...
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NHS urged to look into gluten-free prescriptions
Gluten-free bakeries are calling on the NHS to investigate charges added to prescription gluten-free bread by whole-salers, after a spate of media reports criticised the cost of such products to taxpayers. Wholesalers have been known to charge pharmacies anywhere between £20-60 per prescription because they say gluten-free products qualify as ...
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Look ahead to SIAB 2013
SIAB exhibition, the Italian bakery, machinery and confectionery show will take place in Verona in May 2013. Supported by Fippa, the Italian Federation of Bakers, the show will major on international innovation, while attendees will have the opportunity to discuss raw material prices and their impact on the baking industry.Fippa, ...
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’Allo ’Allo! star to attend fair
Bakers’ Fair Autumn, taking place on Sunday 2 October at the Bolton Arena, promises to be even bigger and better than last year.Open from 9.30am-4pm, the free-to-attend event will feature talks and demonstrations on The Stage, as well as the judging of The Richemont Club of Great Britain’s eighth national ...
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Baking Industry Awards finalists revealed
British Baker is delighted to announce all 31 finalists for the Baking Industry Awards 2011.
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More students enrol on college bakery courses
Bakery colleges report that increasing numbers of students are signing up for courses this year due partly to increased publicity and a raft of bakery-related TV programmes. University College Birmingham said 80 students had been offered a place on the first-year bakery course compared to last year, when 92 students ...
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Baroness urges policy mix to tackle obesity
A House of Lords committee, chaired by Baroness Neuberger, has been tasked with finding ways to reduce obesity.The Baroness said changing the behaviour of a population was likely to take time, perhaps a generation or more, and she called on the government to be braver about using both incentives and ...