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Bakers’ Fair is a spring success
Bakers’ Fair Spring was a great success on Sunday, with a huge numbers of visitors from across the country making the trip to Newbury Racecourse.
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Mrs Crimble’s boosts listings in major multiples
Gluten-free bakery brand Mrs Crimble’s has unveiled another string of listings in major retailers.
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Pork Farms strikes meal deal with Boots
Pork pie brand Pork Farms has struck a deal with Boots, which will help to further its growth in the chilled pastry category.
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Real Bread Campaign targets ’fresh’ descriptor
The Real Bread Campaign (RBC) has reopened the debate as to what consitutes ’freshly’ baked bread with the launch of its latest drive, which has seen bake-off breads come under fire. As previously reported by British Baker in December 2010, bakery retailers selling products that have previously been frozen could ...
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Seeded sector spurs the growth of brown breads
Sales of brown bread are on the up, thanks to the recent influx of seeded bread products, according to the latest data from Kantar Worldpanel. Total volume sales of brown/wholemeal (plant and in-store) increased by 6.1% in the 52 weeks to 20 March 2011, while overall volume sales of white ...
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Northumbrian lays out plans
The new owners of biscuit and cereal bar maker Northumbrian Fine Foods have promised sustained NPD following a management buy-out. MD of the Gateshead-based business David Sillars bought the business from Duke Street, rescheduled outstanding debts of around £650,000 owed to third parties and invested another £750,000, with help from ...
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All-round rise
As with last year’s annual price tracker survey, we have taken a look at the mean price of a selection of products, typically sold in a craft bakers, to gauge how prices have changed on average since March 2010.The average price of all items in craft bakeries bar ...
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NewsKrispy Kreme announces new store openings
Krispy Kreme is continuing with its plan to double store numbers in the UK, with three new outlets announced. A kiosk will open at the Liverpool ONE Shopping Centre on 15 April, and will be one of only a few Krispy Kreme kiosk operations outside London.
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Bakers’ Fair to take place this weekend
Don’t forget to register for free for Bakers’ Fair Spring this Sunday.
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Woodhead Bakery hit by rising wheat prices
Scarborough-based Woodhead Bakery has gone into administration after being hit by inflation and rising wheat prices.The 74-year-old family bakery, which has 30 shops in the north east and also supplies Morrisons supermarkets, has been forced to make 30 of its 310 staff redundant, while administrator, the P&A Partnership, is keeping ...
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NewsCupcake firm Hummingbird Bakery to expand
Arguably one of the most well-known UK cupcake companies, The Hummingbird Bakery is to open its fourth outlet in June. Located in Frying Pan Alley in Spitalfields, London, it will form part of the firm’s plans for wider expansion, both across London, the UK, and internationally. As well as selling ...
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Production gets rolling at Dudley bakery site
David Wood Baking has started production at its most recently acquired site at Dudley in the West Midlands. The factory is the third site to be acquired by managing director David and Karen Wood, after they bought a Medway Foods site in Sheerness, Kent, in June 2008 and Peter Hunt’s ...
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Dawn Foods gets set to purchase Unifine F&Bi
Dawn Foods looks set to acquire Unifine Food & Bake Ingredients, following the announcement in December that Unifine’s parent company Royal Cosun was investigating its potential sale.The intended transaction would include the acquisition of all seven of the pastry ingredients business Unifine’s manufacturing sites, 10 sales offices in Europe and ...
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Get to Bakers’ FairBakers’ Fair Spring takes place this weekend Sunday 10 April, so don’t forget to register to attend. Open from 9.30am-4pm, the event will feature a whole host of different exhibitors, talks and demonstrations on The Stage, and the National Association of Master Bakers’ Bakery Competitions ...
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BSB conferenceIf you have not already done so, do not forget to book your place at the annual British Society of Baking conference, which takes place from 11-12 April. Pre-dinner drinks and dinner take place at the Village Hotel, in Ashton-under-Lyne, and the conference programme the next day at Tameside ...
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Greggs cuts jobsBakery chain Greggs is to cut up to 55 jobs in Cumbria as it opens a new factory in September. The bakery in Penrith will specialise in confectionery products, replacing two older bakery sites in the centre of the town. Chief executive Ken McMeikan said: "We are saddened ...
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Worshipful Co offers opportunities for Italian trip
The Worshipful Company of Bakers is offering successful bakers the chance to attend a three-day course in Italy, through its annual scholarships, bursaries and accolade opportunities.
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Bakehouse offers tips on 2011 bakery trends
Value for money, differentiation, and nostalgia versus new, are just some of the key trends emerging for retailers in 2011, according to Bakehouse.
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Town Mill set for Eden opening
Dorset-based organic artisan baker The Town Mill Bakery is behind the opening of a new outlet – two counties away at the Eden Project in Cornwall.
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Kingsmill in Wallace & Gromit link-up
Kingsmill has unveiled a new on-pack promotion with stars of animated film A Matter of Loaf and Death, Wallace & Gromit.