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Wheat prices stay high
Wheat prices show no sign of easing, with the wheat futures market hitting its highest level since April 2008, due to weather concerns in key growing countries and strong demand for UK wheat. Contracts on the LIFFE wheat futures market closed at £170.75/tonne on 28 October, while the delivered price ...
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Reporting in Where’s the passion?
Paul CatterallBakery technology manager, Campden BRIWell the new harvest is in, so it is that time of the year when everything that goes wrong in the bakery can be blamed on the ’new crop’ flour! Millers have a difficult job; they have to produce a consistent product from an infinitely ...
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Lanlard takes to TVCake Boy owner and master patissier Eric Lanlard is to host a new TV show on Channel 4. The series is about to go into pre-production, and will consist of 10 weekly programmes, each 30 minutes long, loosely based around Lanlard’s latest book Home Bake.Apprentice premisesAs many ...
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Cake firm hits retailYorkshire-based The Tiny Cake Company has announced it has targeted the retail sector for the first time and will be supplying The Corbridge Larder, Northumberland and The Yorkshire Larder, York with its hand-crafted mini Christmas cakes. Previously selling its goods at food fairs and via its website, ...
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New head of SAHelen Browning has been appointed director of The Soil Association, and will take up her post in early spring. Patrick Holden stepped down in September following 15 years in the role.Maple Leaf resultsThird-quarter sales in Maple Leaf’s Bakery Products Group declined 3% to $411.1m (£257m), compared to ...
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UB deal in doubtMedia reports suggest that the sale of United Biscuits (UB) is in doubt after talks with potential buyer, Bright Food Group, fell through. The Shanghai-based company had visited UB’s British factories last month after UB’s private equity owners, Blackstone Group and PAI Partners of France, entered exclusive ...
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Strike mooted at Batley
Reports are surfacing that staff at Fox’s Biscuits’ Batley site will ballot for industrial action, following their rejection of a 1.5% pay offer, with additional performance-related bonuses.
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NewsCo-op Xmas sarnies to help fund young carer service
A donation from each sale of The Co-operative Group’s new Christmas sandwich range will go towards helping young carers in the UK.
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NewsWarburtons introduces a ‘warmer’ identity on logo
Warburtons has launched a simplified, orange-coloured logo, which will be rolled out on all packaging, vehicles and signs over the coming months.
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NI bakeries benefit from Chosen By You launch
Two Northern Irish bakeries are benefiting from the relaunch of Asda’s own-label range ‘Chosen By You’.
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Barracuda welcomes Costa into pubs
Pub chain Barracuda Group plans to roll out Costa coffee across its 217 outlets, as well as a new breakfast menu featuring baked goods such as croissants, muffins and bacon sandwiches.
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Firms at risk from pensions ‘bouncer’
Bakery firms are being encouraged to start planning to protect themselves from a pensions ‘bouncer’.
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Hovis sales are up, announces Premier Foods
Premier Foods’ Hovis Milling and Bakery division saw sales increase across branded lines, despite a “markedly tougher” third quarter for the firm.
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Dunbar Community Bakery finds premises
Dunbar Community Bakery is a step closer to opening its doors after signing a 25-year lease on a high street shop.
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Nationwide entries encouraged for Scotch pie championship
Bakers south of the border and in Northern Ireland are being encouraged to enter the World Scotch Pie Championship.
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CSM sees European sales rise
Bakery supplier CSM saw sales in Europe rise by 2% to €260.9m in the third quarter of 2010, driven by higher volumes in frozen products.
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Irish sandwich study reveals potential danger
More than a quarter of pre-packed sandwiches sold in shops and cafés in Ireland are stored at temperatures higher than 5°C. A Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) study found that 29% of sandwiches were stored above the recommended temperature, while four sandwiches were kept above 8°C, and one was ...
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Warburtons director switches to Genius as gluten-free sector hots up
Warburtons’ former commercial director Roz Cuschieri is set to front market-leading gluten-free bread brand Genius, in a move that will pit her against her former employer.
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NewsCapway unveils greener technology for baking
Capway Systems has opened a test baking facility at its head office in Driebergen, the Netherlands to show how new electro-magnetic wave technology can cut baking time and energy bills.
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Salt content in coffee shop pastries and muffins down by a quarter
The high salt content of coffee shop cakes has been highlighted in the latest research by Consensus Action on Salt and Health (CASH), but it admitted that some products had seen big cuts in salt levels.