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Cooplands reveals its plans to double business
Cooplands of Doncaster continued with its ambitious expansion plan this month after acquiring two shops from Sparks Confectioners in Bradford. The company, which has plans to double the size of its business over the next five years, bought 10 Ainsleys shops out of administration earlier this year. The two Sparks ...
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Aryzta sees revenue fall in UK and Ireland
Declining revenues in the convenience retail and foodservice markets has hit speciality bakery business Aryzta’s profits.
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Cupcake champion sees sales take off
The winner of National Cupcake Week’s second Cupcake-off to find the country’s best cupcake baker is fighting to keep up with demand, having seen sales rocket by 50% following his win last month. David Bennett of The Sunshine Bakery in North Allerton, Leeds, has been inundated with media ...
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Co-op pie contract is top news for Topping family
Doncaster-based The Topping Pie Company has won a national contract to supply 200 Co-operative stores with its pies and quiches as part of a strategy to increase business with the major multiples.
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Islington firm to spread Euphorium across UK
Islington’s Euphorium Bakery has outlined ambitious expansion plans, which will eventually see its model franchised out across the UK. Operations director Andrew Green told British Baker that, from an initial two shops in Islington, the company has added five more over the last two years. A sixth the biggest ...
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Scone company expands as it plans to diversify
Scone manufacturer Haywood & Padgett (H&P) is investing in expansion at its Barnsley bakery, with plans to develop new lines, and diversify into foodservice. The firm currently supplies predominantly retailer own-label scones, as well as H&P branded scones and Melters into the major multiples in the UK, including Tesco, Asda, ...
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Welsh winner invests £3m
Hot on the heels of being named Baker of the Year, Robin Jones, MD of The Village Bakery (Coedpoeth), has announced plans to invest £3m in a new 30,000 sq ft bakery to meet growing supermarket demand. The new bakery, due to open next May, producing bread and morning goods, ...
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Last chance to register for Bakers’ Fair
Don’t forget to register to visit Bakers’ Fair, supported by Norbake, which will take place at Bolton Arena on Sunday 3 October. Now in its fourth year, the fair it is the UK’s only autumn exhibition for progressive and professional independent bakery companies, cafés and coffee shops. The event is ...
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Book your place at the BSB conference
The British Society of Baking (BSB) Autumn Conference is now taking bookings for the networking dinner on Monday 4 October, and conference on Tuesday 5 October.
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Reporting in Convincing consumers of bread’s value
Gordon Polson Director, Federation of Bakers August is usually known as the silly season in the media with little genuine news. But this summer, the newspaper columns were filled with more sobering stories about wheat prices and food costs and it’s a topic that has been hitting the headlines constantly ...
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British wheat demand sees further price surge
Wheat prices surged again last week, surpassing the highs of August, as global supply problems boosted demand for British wheat and the UK harvest was smaller than expected.
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Dried fruit pricing
Coconut: Prices this year have continued to climb steadily and recently settled around 25% higher than at the start of this year.Raisins: The vine fruit markets have been experiencing something approaching meltdown over the past two months. Total crop has been downsized by over 20% and the rains during harvest ...
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M&S takes half measures for new loaf
Marks & Spencer has launched a ’Half & Half Super Soft Loaf’, which contains both sliced white and wholemeal bread.Chris Seaby, product developer for bakery at M&S, told British Baker that the development of the loaf had come about following customer research, which revealed that they were buying white bread ...
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NAMB CE to stayNational Association of Master Bakers chief executive Gill Brooks-Lonican will now not be retiring from her post next year. The Board has asked her to stay on and keep up the good work.Fraud warning Bakery manufacturer Speedibake informed BB that shortly after reading the ’fraud alert’ story ...
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Cake-loving linguistsThose wanting to brush up on their French- and Spanish-speaking skills while eating cake, can now do so at The Phoenix Bakery Café in Weymouth. The Love Learning adult education courses are to take place in the café from September. There is an introductory price of £9 per class, ...
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Cancer supportCoffee Republic and Teenage Cancer Trust have teamed up for a nationwide fundraising partnership, with the launch of a signature cupcake. Proceeds from the cupcake, sold in Coffee Republic outlets, will go towards improving the lives of young people with cancer.Graduate grants Business support organisation The Food and Drink ...
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Brace’s in bid to save Warburtons bakery from closure
Warburtons has confirmed it is proposing to close its Newport bakery in South Wales, with the loss of up to 114 jobs. However, Brace’s Bakery has already stepped forward to try and save the site in Rogerstone.
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NewsTunnock’s staff walk out over pay dispute
Unite members at Tunnock’s biscuit factory in Uddingston, Lanarkshire, continued with planned strike action today, after rejecting the offer of a 2% pay increase at a meeting held yesterday.
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Real Good Food’s profit hit by sugar prices
The Real Good Food Company has seen continued growth in its bakery and bakery ingredients businesses. However reduced sugar cost levels in the market has led to a 19% drop in sales in its sugar business Napier Brown.