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Budget holds back bite on foods
The standard rate of VAT will increase from 17.5% to 20% from 4 January 2011, announced Chancellor George Osborne in his first Budget, but zero-rating for most food remains in place.Other announcements include the increase in reduction of the main rate of corporation tax from 28% to 24% over the ...
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Desserts bolster frozen category
Desserts have shown stronger growth than many frozen cate-gories during the recession, as they are seen as better value for money.A YouGov SixthSense report into the frozen foods market found that one in four consumers had eaten a frozen fruit pie or crumble in the last month and that hot ...
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UK team for SIGEP Bread Cup selected
The members of the UK team that will be representing the nation in the SIGEP Bread Cup, in Rimini, Italy next January can now be confirmed. The four-strong team will be captained by David Mizon, of Pin Point Training & Consultancy, who won the Artistic Bread Centrepiece and Cake classes ...
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Scottish cake maker set to diversify
Linlithgow-based designer cake business Truly Scrumptious is to open a Cupcake Café Bar alongside its newly opened Cake Decorating School later this month.The cake-decorating classes, run by Paul Bradford, joint partner of Truly Scrumptious, will be tailored to the students’ needs, and the School will offer seasonal courses, involving making ...
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Report The effect of peanuts on cholesterol and heart health
Researchers from California and Spain have concluded that regular peanut consumption improves cholesterol levels and contributes to heart health, following data collated from 25 nut consumption trials across seven countries.A total of 583 men and women took part in the trials, which revealed that people with higher levels of ’bad’ ...
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Independents slammed for selling ’clone food’
Many independent sandwich shops and cafés would go out of business if they were obliged to serve food that was healthy, fair, and green, according to a damning new report from the New Economics Foundation (NEF).An Inconvenient Sandwich: the Throwaway Economics of Takeaway Food criticises small outlets for selling ...
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Scullions comes to the rescue for Fords
Helen Gregory Scullions Wholesale Bakery, a subsidiary of the McGhee Group, has bought fellow Scottish firm Fords Bakery out of administration, saving 87 jobs. However, the East Lothian firm’s nine shops have closed, with the loss of 41 staff, and another 26 have been made redundant from the bakery in Prestonpans.
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NICE conflicts with FSA over sat fats
The Food Standards Agency’s (FSA) position as the nation’s nutritional guardian appears to be slipping as fellow government quango the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) publishes conflicting advice on saturated fats.FSA guidelines published earlier this year called for a 10% reduction in saturated fat in plain cakes ...
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Cornish pasties make progress on PGI status
Cornish pasties could be granted PGI status within seven months, after the case was published in the Official European Union Journal. If no objections are raised from other EU member states (outside the UK) in the next seven months, it will mean that only Cornish pasties made in Cornwall to ...
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Hayden’s expands plant in Devizes
Hayden’s Bakeries has opened bigger premises in Devizes, with the aim of creating 150 new jobs over the next three years. The firm, a division of The Real Good Food Company, makes bakery, patisserie and chilled dessert products for retailers including Waitrose and Marks & Spencer. It has added 30,000sq ...
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Muntons doubles malted flake output
Consumer demand for healthier breads has led malted ingredients supplier Muntons to double output at its flake manufacturing site. The firm is now capable of supplying more than 10,000 tonnes of malted flakes per year.Muntons said: "Much of the increase is consumer-driven, with people looking for healthier and more interesting ...
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European Parliament plays down label fears
The European Parliament (EP) has been forced to quell fears that bakery businesses would be banned from denoting the number of products on multi-packs, after a proposal for the continuation of selling by number was rejected by MEPs in a recent vote.Politicans voted against the inclusion of a provision in ...
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Dried fruit pricing
Raisins: California has significantly increased exports this season from a reduced total crop. The development of the new crop in Turkey is not quite as good as earlier reports suggested. Given Turkey’s major loss of raisin business to California this season, weather permitting at harvest, it is highly likely that ...
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Reporting in Drowning in a sea of nothings
Alan StuartPresident, Scottish BakersWhen I was a young lad in the 1950s, a million of anything seemed almost inconceivable. A really rich person was literally a millionaire and I struggled to comprehend anything beyond that. Today, we bandy billions and even trillions around and therein lies the nub of it. ...
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Honeytop places faith in tortilla production
Honeytop has more than doubled capacity at its bakery and claims to have the world’s largest and fastest tortilla line.The Dunstable-based family firm, which also manufactures naans, flatbreads, pancakes and crumpets, has seen demand soar for its tortillas, prompting it to ramp up production at its site in Woodside Industrial ...
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Government has plans for planning system
The new government looks set to simplify the planning system and encourage coffee shops to open stores in high streets.Its Coalition Agreement has set out proposals first announced in the Tories’ green paper, Open Source Planning, which includes a pledge to tackle deliberate breaches of planning control and limit the ...
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Flour conformityAll flour bought by government departments will soon have to conform to British farming and manufacturing standards. Under a new government plan, flour used in hospitals, schools and prisons will have to meet production standards such as the Red Tractor scheme or LEAF Marque scheme. The commitment is for ...
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Goal for Jaffa CakesEngland goalkeeper David James is the new face of McVitie’s Jaffa Cakes’ consumer campaign. It marks the launch of a football-themed on-pack promotion across McVitie’s Jaffa Cakes, which offers consumers the chance to win football-related prizes. These include Nintendo Wiis, footballs and football goals, to encourage families ...
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’Childhood’ contestUK participants in the Amoretti 2010 World Pastry Team Championship in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, in July, will be captained by Javier Mercado, from Westminster Kingsway College. The subject of this year’s Championship is ’Childhood’, conveyed through the use of chocolate, sugar and pastillage. Team GB will be using pallets ...
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Bakehouse boughtLantmännen Unibake has completed its acquisition of UK speciality breads and pastries supplier Bakehouse, after acquiring the remaining shares in the company. In March this year, Lantmännen announced its intention to strengthen its position in the UK market by investing in a new bakery in the UK. The location ...