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Reporting in Alarm bells ring in sandwich industry
Jim WinshipDirector, British Sandwich AssociationThe news that Bream UK, a sandwich manufacturer in Southall, London, has been fined £20,000 for hygiene-related offences highlights an increasing unease in the sandwich industry over poor standards.The concerns arise due to some smaller producers struggling and seeking to cut corners and prices to stay ...
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Amazon website moves into bakery sector
Bakery products including muffins, flapjacks, rye bread and gluten-free loaves are available to buy through Amazon’s new grocery website, which launched earlier this month.The online store is selling over 22,000 grocery lines from third-party suppliers and is offering free delivery to customers who join Amazon Prime for £49 per year. ...
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Warburtons sets out its stall amid ’solid’ profits
Warburtons saw a respectable rise in profits last year despite an "unprecedented" hike in commodity prices.Pre-tax profits reached £62.8m for the 52 weeks ending 26 September 2009, up from £57.5m in 2008, on sales of £510m, up from £498m. The company said it had seen a "solid operating performance in ...
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Co Armagh pie firm steps up UK listings
Braeside Country Pies has announced its first listings in the UK multiple and independent retail sector, and is seeking to expand its UK business further.The Northern Irish firm, based in Co Armagh, recently secured a distribution deal with Cambridge-based Fordham Fine Foods and Devon Cakes of Ottery St Mary. "We ...
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Export deal for Irish bagel firm
Broadway Bagels of Dungarvan, Co Waterford, has won its first export deal to mainland Europe, for its frozen, pre-sliced bagels.These are to be distributed in Spain by Taste of America and by Fricodan distributors, which supplies the Dinosol supermarket chain. The first consignment, of 10,000 bagels, is being shipped very ...
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Union Market provides opening for bakeries
Artisan bakeries the Flour Station and the Bread Factory have won listings with Union Market a newly launched retailer that combines elements of a farmers’ market with the convenience of a supermarket. The first Union Market store, located in the 5,000sq ft former booking hall at Fulham Broadway underground ...
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Question mark on FSA leaves bakers in limbo
The baking industry has to wait until autumn to discover whether the Food Standards Agency (FSA) will be axed as part of the government’s cost-cutting agenda.
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FSA introduces salt calculator for craft bakers
A new online salt calculator has been launched by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) to help craft bakers reduce the amount of salt in their bread.The tool has been designed to help bakers calculate the level of salt in a finished product, which will also enable them to work out ...
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Paul Rhodes opens second bakery outlet
Greenwich bakery Paul Rhodes London has opened a second upmarket shop in Notting Hill and hopes to open two more next year in the capital. The new store is twice the size of the firm’s first outlet in Greenwich, opened in 2008, and includes a 25-seater café. It sells artisan ...
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Fabulous Bakin’ Boys doubles snack cake line
The Fabulous Bakin’ Boys plans to invest £6m in a new fully automatic snack cake line, which will enable it to double capacity at its Oxfordshire bakery.The first stage of the investment has seen the firm recently sign off a £3m order for packaging equipment, including three Ulma flow-wrappers, a ...
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Broderick’s gains UK footing
Dublin-based Broderick’s looks set to be a new contender in the UK cake and snack bar market after it secured its first UK listing, which will see the brand stocked in 200 WH Smith stores.
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Study sees consumers return to premium cakes
Sales of muffins, cookies and cake slices bounced back from the recession in the past year as consumers began trading up to premium products.
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Latest wheat price rise could impact flour costs
Despite the Met Office announcing the sunniest June since 1929, the rise in wheat prices in the past few weeks could mean a significant increase in flour costs.
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Richemont sets course for decoration
The Richemont Bakery School in Lucerne, Switzerland, is to host a special course on decorative breads, marzipan modelling and chocolates, from 17-21 October.The course, which will be in English, is being run in conjunction with the Worshipful Company of Bakers and the Bakers’ Company Education and Research Foundation London.The trip ...
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Supply deal
Free-from bakery firm Droppa & Droppa Specialist Foods has won a contract to supply gluten-, wheat- and dairy-free breads to London firm The Bread Factory.Hendon-based The Bread Factory supplies artisan breads and morning goods to a number of top restaurants and hotels in London, and has a six-outlet retail business ...
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Food in the news
l World salt talks have been taking place in London. A salt reduction forum, hosted by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and the World Health Organization, looked at what is necessary to set up a successful salt reduction strategy. The link to the report will be made available on the ...
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Messino goes head to head with Jaffa
Biscuit maker Bahlsen is to take on McVitie’s Jaffa Cakes with a new six-figure advertising campaign for its Messino cake an "upmarket oblong Jaffa".The drive to take market share from McVitie’s followed news that sales of Bahlsen’s Messino range were up 94% year-on-year.The new television advertisement was launched earlier ...
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More retailers join the home-grown wheat race
Supermarket enthusiasm for bread made with 100% British flour continues to grow, with Morrisons looking into making the switch in its in-store bakeries and Tesco launching an advertising campaign highlighting the use of home-grown wheat in its in-store farmhouse loaves.
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Bakers’ attractionExhibitor spaces at this year’s Bakers’ Fair in Bolton are filling up fast with several firms exhibiting for the first time. Among the newcomers is Polish bakery equipment supplier Masz, which plans to launch its slicers, mixers, moulders and ovens in the UK at the fair on Sunday, 3 ...
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Allied’s Tear DropsAllied Bakeries has invested in aerodynamic delivery trucks for Kingsmill, which help reduce fuel consumption. The company has introduced 23 ’Tear Drop’ trucks and two EcoStream delivery trucks to its fleet, which will carry the strap-line ’Kingsmill, on the road to slicing emissions’.Gluten-free growthThe global gluten-free market is ...