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BSC succumbs to financial woes
The Baked Snacks Company (BSC) has gone into administration after facing financial difficulties and staff disputes. Middlesborough-based BSC made losses of £1m on sales of £2m in the year to April 2008, which worsened to losses of £2.79m on turnover of £2.86m in the year to April 2009. Administrator Gary ...
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NewsPeter’s ramps up sporting contracts
Peter’s Foods has just signed 10 new contracts with major professional football and rugby clubs to sell its Premier range of pies, pasties, rolls and slices in their grounds.
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British Baker to stop selling in newsagents
British Baker will no longer be sold at newsagents from the end of September. The last issue through newsagents will be 24 September. Distribution through the National News Wholesale Network is no longer viable for the magazine. However, bakers currently ordering their copy through newsagents will still be able to ...
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Basic biscuits losing out to premium varieties
Consumers are spurning basic biscuits for premium varieties, according to new research.
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Industry veteran sets up consultancy
Brian Clarke, who has over 30 years of industrial and instore bakery experience including international consultancy work in Europe and Australia, is now heading up a consultancy: European Food Consultants. He told British Baker: "I have developed expertise in technical, product innovation, process development and implementation of environmental policies and ...
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Jobs to go as Brace’s cuts back on distribution
Brace’s Bakery is to scale back its logistics operation, with the potential loss of 37 jobs. The Welsh plant baker said supermarket chains increasingly wanted to handle products though regional distribution centres, which meant it had renegotiated contracts with some of its big customers. MD Mark Brace said: "We’ve had ...
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NewsCadbury Cocoa House seeks London bread firm
Cadbury Cocoa House is gearing up for the launch of the first of 50 planned outlets and is currently looking to work with a London-based specialist bread supplier. The first outlet is to open in Bluewater shopping centre, Kent in early October, and several further London locations are planned for ...
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Raise a smile
The Village Bakery, Melmerby, is hoping to spread some happiness with a new campaign, which involves consumers suggesting how they would use £250 to make someone smile. The Rye Smile campaign, to launch next month, has been devised by the Cumbrian bakery firm following consumer feedback about the wellbeing ...
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Greggs adds 18 outlets to extend BB75 lead
Greggs has extended its lead over rival bakery, café and takeaway outlets in the BB75 league table. British Baker’s six-monthly update reveals that second-placed Subway has only notched up one extra shop this year taking its total to 1,410 while Greggs’ grand total is 1,437, up 18 since ...
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Wheat genome code has been cracked
Scientists at the University of Liverpool have succeeded in decoding the genome of wheat in a breakthrough which could help crop breeders increase the yield of British wheat varieties.
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Question over quality as rain delays wheat harvest
Recent rainfall has delayed the UK harvest, with over 40% still to come in and the quality of the wheat now in question.
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Reporting In Don’t neglect the training
Matthew MayAlliance for Bakery Students and Trainees RepresentativeAs we are all too aware, the economy is, currently, still in the process of "realigning" itself. In the news recently, we have been told that the rate of inflation is above the government’s target; public and private sectors are having to reduce ...
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Food in the news
According to The Independent, an increasing number of retailers are introducing ’apps’ designed to give customers personalised offers. Sainsbury’s launched its app for the iPad and iPhone earlier this month. As well as offers, it allows users to collect Nectar points to use in-store. Other retailers reportedly using apps include ...
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production stays lowThe production of palm oil in Malaysia has turned out to be lower than expected, with supplies of competing oils, such as rape- and sun oil, not expected to be abundant for the near future, according to the latest report by Eccelso Limited. This could lead to increased ...
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Asda bakery changesAsda has had a reshuffle of its bakery department. John Cummings has replaced Ian Martin as the new category director for bakery. Martin moves to frozen. David Miles joins as the new commercial director for bakery and frozen.Cake sale for Pakistan British Baker contributor Huma Qureshi has organised ...
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Greggs’ relief appealGreggs branches around the country have set up cash collection points for staff and customers to make donations towards the relief effort following the flood disaster in Pakistan, while the firm is also making a £10,000 donation.Cupcake concession Jellytots & Dollymixtures Cupcake Company opened a concession in Selfridges ...
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Speedy fameSpeedy’s Sandwich Bar in London has become a tourist destination after featuring in the BBC1 series Sherlock, according to Yahoo! Travel. The shop, although half a mile from Baker Street, has been used as the exterior of Sherlock Holmes’ flat, and has prompted hundreds of fans to flock to ...
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Maidstone to AryztaAryzta subsidiary IAWS Group has reached an agreement with Tim Hortons, its 50/50 partner in Canada’s Maidstone Bakeries joint venture, to acquire its 50% share for consideration of C$475m (£290m). Following the investment, Aryzta aims to leverage Maidstone’s experience in the quick-service restaurant sector.Asda’s smaller format Asda is ...
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Premium bakers better placed for cost rises
Bakery manufacturers making premium goods are better-placed to ride out the commodities pricing storm, according to a leading ingredients supplier.
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Fudges joins charity to launch ‘Bicnic’ campaign
Dorset bakery Fudges has teamed up with the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) to encourage people to get out and enjoy the British countryside.