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Maple Leaf Bakery sees volume decline
Volumes continued to fall at Maple Leaf Bakery UK, as parent company Canada Bread announced declining sales across frozen bakery.
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Lees Foods announces record sales
Lees Foods has achieved record sales in both its Lees of Scotland and The Waverley Bakery businesses, for the six months to June 2010.
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Jim Humphries passes away
Jim (Shay) Humphries sadly died in Dublin, recently. He was a friendly and respected character, one of the best-known in Ireland’s baking industry.
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BIA 2010 finalists now revealed
British Baker is delighted to announce the finalists for this year’s Baking Industry Awards.
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Snack firms urged to opt for 30g packs
Snack manufacturers across Europe are being urged to produce 30g snack packs to help consumers meet dietary guidelines on calorie intake.The European Snack Association (ESA) has announced a change in its approach and now recommends a voluntary move towards a single-portion size of 30g for snacks and nuts an ...
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Tesco pulls bakery ad following ASA ruling
Tesco has had to withdraw an advertisement about its in-store bakeries after a complaint by the Real Bread Campaign was upheld by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).The ASA upheld the complaint that a magazine advertisement for Tesco’s in-store bakeries breached the Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) Code’s clause on truthfulness, ...
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Changes at FSA unlikely to have adverse impact
Transferring the Food Standards Agency’s (FSA) work on nutrition to the Department of Health (DoH) will not adversely affect bakers, say industry figures.The DoH will now be responsible for guidance on saturated fat and salt, a move welcomed by the Food & Drink Federation, which it said should lead to ...
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Firms ditch Food Standards Agency calorie labelling trial
Only five of the 21 foodservice businesses trialling calorie labelling at the point of choice have decided to continue with the scheme.
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Bakers’ Fair attractions
Bakers’ Fair, the autumn event aimed mainly at craft bakers, takes place at Bolton Arena on Sunday 3 October.The fair gives visitors the chance to meet key suppliers under one roof. Visitors can also find new products and services for the bakery, snack, sandwich and food-to-go markets.The show is supported ...
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Fire halts production at Warburtons bakery
A fire stopped production at Warburtons’ Hereford Street bakery, in Bolton, as 60 firefighters fought to put out the blaze, which is thought to have started in an industrial oven.
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Real Good Food sees strong bakery and ingredients sales
Strong sales at Renshaw and Hayden’s Bakeries has helped parent company the Real Good Food Company (RGFC) achieve “good trading progress” over the six months to 30 June, 2010.
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Coffee Republic revamps stores and eyes bakery
Coffee Republic has opened the doors to its first new-look store, in Hove, and has revealed plans for revamping the coffee chain’s bakery range. Just over a year after Arab Investments bought the chain out of administration in July 2009, CEO Tariq Affara told British Baker that the ...
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BB prompts cut-price organic deal
Following an article in British Baker, small bakeries are being encouraged to apply for organic certification with a new cut-price offer.Certification body Organic Farmers & Growers (OF&G) has launched a two-year subsidised package for bakeries with an organic turnover of up to £50,000. The deal would cost new com-panies no ...
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Scottish firm claims big boost to sales growth
Scottish company Johnstone’s Bakers claims its turnover has more than trebled since 2007, following a major investment in a state-of-the-art factory.The independently-owned firm said that, following a £7m investment three years ago, which saw the company relocate to a new site in East Kilbride, its turnover had risen from £2.1m ...
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United Biscuits said to be up for sale
United Biscuits (UB) could be looking for a new owner, according to media reports.The maker of McVitie’s biscuits and Jacob’s cream crackers is reported to be considering selling the company for approximately £2bn. Private equity firms Blackstone Group LP and PAI Partners, which bought the firm in 2006 for £1.6bn, ...
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Sayers uses research to boost competitiveness
North-west bakery chain Sayers is counting on shopper feedback to give it a competitive edge.The company has just finished an analysis of shopper behaviour with retail marketing consultancy Market Creative, which involved interviewing hundreds of customers as they left its shops, as well as competitors’ stores in the vicinity.Questions focused ...
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Carr’s continues its upward momentum
Carr’s Milling has continued to trade ahead of expectations since its interim results, largely driven by its agricultural and engineering operations.The group said it had seen a strong financial performance for the 19 weeks since its half-year end in February. This was ahead of market expectations and should result in ...
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Colourings to be labelled
Battenberg cake may have won a reprieve, after the Food Standards Agency (FSA) lost its fight to ban six demonised food colourings, but bakers will now have to label products that contain them.An EU-wide health warning means that Tartrazine (E102), Quinoline Yellow (E104), Sunset Yellow (E110), Carmoisine (E122), Ponceau 4R ...
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Reporting in Inside the corridors of power
Julian HuntDirector of communications, Food & Drink FederationThe Coalition Government has hit the ground running, achieving more than most of us would have expected in its first few months in power. And the coalition partners have stood surprisingly firm as a number of tough decisions have been made from ...
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Muntons moves up environmental ranking
Stowmarket-based malt business Muntons has been named as the UK’s 20th greenest company in a recent survey.The malt and malted ingredients supplier moved up 21 places on last year’s ranking, of the country’s most environmentally friendly businesses, published by the Sunday Times.Beating the likes of Coca-Cola and HSBC, the firm ...