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Cupcake site seeks out more bakers
A new UK cupcake delivery system – directcupcakes.co.uk – is looking to recruit more bakers, with a view to launching sales to the public within the next month.
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NewsWarburtons delivers with electric truck
Warburtons is using a new electric-powered truck to make greener and quieter deliveries across central London.
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NewsProper Cornish creates world’s heaviest pasty
Proper Cornish has set a new world record for the heaviest handmade pasty, weighing in at almost 1 tonne.
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Surrey hotel to open in-house bakery
A Surrey hotel is to open an in-house bakery in October this year, which will also offer bakery masterclasses.
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Bako NW to host seasonal showcase
Bako North Western is holding a seasonal showcase to help bakers’ festive products stand out.
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NewsMillie’s names top cookie designer
Millie’s Cookies has crowned employee Vicky Pullen as its Creative Cookie Designer of the Year.
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NewsBIA 2010 sells out!
Tickets for the Baking Industry Awards 2010 have now sold out, as the industry prepares for the event of this year this September. TV presenter and producer Esther Rantzen CBE will host the circus-themed black-tie event at the Park Lane Hilton, London, which takes place on Wednesday 8 September.
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Ukraine delays decision on wheat export cap
The Ukrainian Government announced yesterday (18 August) that it is to delay its decision on whether to limit wheat exports for the rest of the year, until a Government session on 25 August, according to the news service APK-Inform Information.
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Caithness bakery signs valuable export deals
Thurso-based bakery Reids of Caithness has secured two potentially lucrative export orders for its range of biscuits and oatcakes with wholesalers in Singapore and the US. The company signed the deals after exhibiting at the Speciality & Fine Food show in Glasgow in January and has already started shipping products. ...
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Pattons grows production for stores
Northern Irish bakery Pattons has invested £375,000 in new premises, which will enable it to meet increased demand from retail customers, such as the Henderson Group and Musgrave Retail Partners. The company, which produces bread, savouries and cakes, says the modern, 4,700sq ft unit, at Kiltonga Industrial Estate in Newtownards, ...
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High dried fruit prices drive bakers to action
The price of dried fruit seems set to remain high, with bakers looking to pass on the costs to consumers. It has been affected by a combination of the strength of the pound, weather and speculation, as well as increased global demand, especially from China, said Mark Setterfield, MD of ...
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Bakers welcome retailer-supplier adjudicator
Bakery manufacturers have welcomed the government’s decision to appoint an independent adjudicator to regulate the relationships between supermarkets and their suppliers. The adjudicator, which will be set up over the next 18 months, will act in a similar fashion to an ombudsman, monitoring and enforcing the Groceries Supply Code of ...
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Aryzta to expand in North America
Aryzta subsidiary IAWS Group has reached an agreement with Tim Hortons, its 50/50 partner in the Maidstone Bakeries joint venture, to acquire its 50% share for consideration of C$475m (£290m).
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NewsClayton Park strikes Blackburn Rovers bakery deal
Clayton Park Bakery has agreed a deal with Blackburn Rovers, which will see it become the football club’s official bakery.
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Union delays Maple Leaf strike action
The Bakers Food and Allied Workers’ Union has postponed a series of strikes at the Maple Leaf bakery plant in Walsall as discussions with management at the company continue. The first of a series of two-day strikes, which was due to take place on 11-12 August, was called off at ...
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Artisan miller in supply talks
Artisan miller Bacheldre Watermill is in supply talks with several plant bakers that are looking to develop speciality breads, highlighting provenance and local links. The Powys-based company has been approached by various large bakery players in the last six months, after it invested £500,000 in new milling and bagging equipment ...
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Cupcake Champion of Britain 2010 announced
David Bennett of the Sunshine Bakery in Chapel Allerton, Leeds, is the newly crowned Cupcake Champion of Great Britain 2010.
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NewsCupcake Champion reveals all
British Baker’s Andrew Williams speaks to the newly crowned Cupcake Champion of Great Britain 2010 - David Bennett of the six-month-old Sunshine Bakery in Chapel Allerton, Leeds - and discovers the secrets to his success.
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NewsNicholas & Harris goes to work on Vogel’s brand
Nicholas & Harris (N&H) has launched the first marketing campaign for Vogel’s bread in a bid to almost treble the brand’s turnover from £3.5m to £10m in two years. Following its purchase of the Vogel’s licence from Goswells Bakeries last year, N&H, a subsidiary of Finsbury Foods, is putting more ...
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Choppy waters
Here we go again, you might think, as press hysteria mounts around wheat prices. How did this come about, given that we are not facing touch wood a repeat of the terrible harvests of 2007/2008? The past two years have seen record stock levels high enough to ...