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Expansion for Northern Irish firm
Northern Irish bakery distributor Andrew Ingredients has invested £1m in a move to new premises to meet growing demand for its products across the whole of Ireland.
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Biffa launches new food waste plant
Waste specialist Biffa has launched the UK’s first ‘super’ anaerobic digestion plant dealing with food waste near Cannock, Staffordshire.
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NewsMake-over prompts turnover boost for Carrie’s Cakes
Carrie’s Cakes in Ennis, Co Clare, has seen turnover increase by 50%, after its complete shop makeover was featured on an Irish television show.
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Baker hits out at PAYE fines
Craft bakers hit by tough new fines are being urged to take their case to Chancellor George Osborne.
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EU rethink on chocolate rules
Fears that bakers could be forced to print impractical country-of-origin labelling on products containing Swiss and Belgian chocolate have eased after the EU decided the proposals needed further investigation.
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TV star search
BBC producers are searching for talented young bakers to star in a TV programme later this year.
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Sayers places 149-strong estate on the market
Sayers The Bakers, the north west-based bakery and café chain, which operates 116 outlets under its eponymous brand and 33 Poundbakery sites, has been placed on the market, with an asking price believed to be in excess of £10m.
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German bakery shops make inroads in the UK
We have had ciabatta from Italy and pain de campagne from France, now Germany is the next Continental bakery superpower targeting British high streets after two of the country’s leading retail bakeries revealed ambitious roll-out plans for the UK. Pretzel company Ditsch, which has over 200 stores in Germany, plans ...
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NewsCupcake bakers urged to support children with cancer
British Baker is urging bakeries, coffee shops and retailers across the UK to raise money for children with cancer, as part of National Cupcake Week, 12-18 September.
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Last chance to nominate top bakery person
Time is running out, so make sure you get your nominations in for the Lifetime Achievement Award, sponsored by Délifrance, by the 30 June deadline.
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NewsUK narrowly misses out on Bakery World Cup spot
The UK team has narrowly missed out on a place at the Bakery World Cup 2012, after Costa Rica was named as the ‘wild card’ team.
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Supermarkets miss out on cupcake boom
Latest figures suggest supermarkets are failing to satisfy the booming demand for cupcakes, with consumers turning to craft, foodservice and home baking. Total cupcake consumption occasions (in home/carried out/out-of-home), excluding homemade, reached 44 million, up 11% year-on-year (Kantar Worldpanel, 52 w/e Feb 2011); this rises to 65 million if home-baked ...
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National Cupcake Championships open for entries!
It’s time again to launch British Baker’s annual National Cupcake Championships, in a bid to find the UK’s best professional cupcake maker for 2011. Will it be you?
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McErlain’s scoops major new contracts with Tesco
McErlain’s Bakery has ramped up its business with Tesco, securing deals to supply 460 stores in the UK and all 38 of the retailer’s in-store bakeries in Northern Ireland.
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Wrights revamp sees sales boosted by 20%
Wrights Pies has seen sales in its newly refurbished shops climb by around 20% following a £1m investment by the Crewe-based company.
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Media reports mislead shoppers over bread price
Headline-grabbing government statistics showing bread inflation at nearly 6% do not reflect the real price of a loaf, which has barely risen in the past year despite a massive increase in wheat costs.
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Rain relieves crops but not concerns
Heavy rain earlier this month brought some relief to wheat farmers in the South East and East Anglia, but yields in the UK and across Europe are still forecast to be below average after one of the driest springs on record.
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Coombs Hampshires shuts 18 shops in liquidation
Leicestershire bakery Coombs Hampshires has gone into liquidation, with the reported loss of around 120 jobs. The firm has closed all its 18 shops, and its Rushey Mead factory, while the liquidation is being handled by insolvency practitioners Elwell Watchorn & Saxton LLP in Sileby, Loughborough.The Coombs Hampshires business, which ...
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Action needed on training
Sylvia Halkerston, HR director of Macphie of Glenbervie and chair of the Scotland Food & Drink Skills Academy, has called for action to ensure that skills, employees and products are of world class standard in today’s baking industry. Speaking at the Scottish Bakers conference last month, she said: "Our aims ...
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Study predicts growth in EU bakery market
Fresh bakery products have bucked the downward trend in bakery consumption in the UK, according to a new report by strategic consultancy and market research firm Gira. The Bake-off Bakery Markets in the EU 2009-2014 report states that across the 16 European countries studied, fresh products will drive market growth ...