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Vandemoortele buyVandemoortele has struck a deal to take over margarine and frying fats activities from Dutch company Van Dijk Food Products part of the EFS Group. "With this move, Vandemoortele is pursuing its strategy aimed at focusing on further growth of its two main activities namely margarine and ...
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MEPs reject proposal for bakers to sell by number
MEPs have rejected the inclusion of a provision in the Food Information Regulation (FIR) directive, which would allow bakers in the EU selling wrapped products by number to continue doing so, following a vote at the European Parliament yesterday (16 June).
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EU rejects traffic light food labelling
MEPs have thrown out a proposal for ‘traffic light’ values on food packaging, but have backed plans for food labels that feature mandatory nutritional information, defeating the UK Food Standards Agency’s wish to see traffic light labelling adopted universally.
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Union to ballot staff at Maple Leaf for strike
Staff at the Maple Leaf bakery plant in Walsall are to be balloted on industrial action, following a breakdown in negotiations over pay rates.
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Community funds new bakery in Exeter
A bakery producing sourdough breads and homemade cakes is set to be at the heart of a new local food shop and café in Exeter, which is to be financed entirely with investment from the local community.
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Vote called on baking by numbers
The European Parliament is to vote on the inclusion of a provision in the Food Information Regulation (FIR) directive, which would see UK bakers selling wrapped products by numbers allowed to continue doing so.
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Eco-bakery Thoughtful Bread triples in size
Bristol-based eco-bakery The Thoughtful Bread Company has moved to a new purpose-built bakery at Farrington’s Farm Shop.
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Maher speaks out about Mary Queen of Shops experience
It has to be one of the most talked-about television shows on a bakery in history. The first episode of the new series of Mary Queen of Shops, screened on 7 June, saw retail guru Mary Portas come head-to-head with Maher & Sons bakery owner Angela Maher in a battle of wills. This culminated in Portas and her crew being asked to stop filming and leave the premises.
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Aryzta announces double acquisition
Swiss-based baker Aryzta has unveiled two acquisitions that it hopes will strengthen its market position in Europe and the US.
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Mono buys rights to make Bluebird machinery
Mono Equipment has announced the purchase of Bluebird Packaging Machines after it went into liquidation in April.
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Hobbs House lays claim to most expensive loaf
Hobbs House Bakery has claimed it sells the most expensive loaf in the UK, at £21 a pop – if it’s sold in a gift box that is. Its Shepherds Loaf was created by Tom Herbert, a director at the Circencester-based bakery, as part of the BBC 4 programme ‘In Search of the Perfect Loaf’, which aired in March this year.
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Warburtons extends British wheat commitment with Openfield
Warburtons has announced a long-term extension to its UK milling wheat contract with farmer-owned business Openfield, as it continues to maintain its support of British wheat.
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Venue amendment for California Raisins competition
Entries for California Raisins Bread Competition 2010 need to be sent to Bako North Western by 30 June, not Bako Northern as previously stated.
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NewsNational Craft Bakers’ Week gets under way!
National Craft Bakers’ Week (NCBW) has got off to a flying start, with cakes already sent to a number of national TV and radio stations, from bakers across the UK, in order to promote the week.
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Subway tops sandwich sales table
Subway has taken the number one spot for UK sandwich sales according to a report published by the British Sandwich Association (BSA).
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Bank revalues Sunfresh business by another £70k
The directors of Sunfresh Bakers Ltd were asked to stump up more to buy their business out of administration after a revaluation by their bank.According to documents from administrator MCR, directors Mark and Stephen Taylor purported to sell the Sunfresh bakery to a new company run by themselves Taylors ...
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Maple Leaf takes direct action on bagel brand
Maple Leaf Bakeries UK is to relaunch its New York Bakery Co brand in the autumn following news that its sales have dipped.It will fork out £3m to adver-tising agency JWT London to devise a campaign and new pack designs, which are due to be launched in October.Maple Leaf Bakeries ...
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Waitrose goes after ’great British bread’
Waitrose is set to launch a 13-strong range of crusty loaves, made with only English flour, in a bid to "make English bread great again".The introduction of the range follows the increased sales of "more traditional breads" across Great Britain, with sales of its own speciality breads up 8% on ...
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Qualification confusion as colleges plan ahead
Helen Gregory New bakery qualifications will not replace NVQs in September, as widely thought. Instead, bakery colleges have been told they will be able to run NVQs and the new IPQs (Improve Proficiency Qualifications) in tandem.
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Baker wins Pie Awards
Walkers Charnwood Bakery was awarded the Supreme Champion title for its pork, chicken and ham creation, at the British Pie Awards, held recently.Produced for Waitrose, the pie was awarded first place in the cold savoury category, before also being crowned Supreme Champion.Leicester-based Walkers Charnwood also won the Melton Mowbray Pork ...