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HSE seeks craft opinion on heat guidelines
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is in the process of carrying out a review of its high workplace temperatures policy, with a view to drawing up sector-specific guidance for bakery workers, and is looking for craft bakers to voice their views.
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Tunnocks invests in efficiency
Scottish-firm Tunnocks has invested £4m in new machinery to improve efficiency at its Uddingston site, which produces caramel wafers and teacakes.
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Don’t delay, enter BIA today!
Make sure you get your entries in for the Baking Industry Awards before the 7 May deadline. The Awards, now in their 23rd year, celebrate the very best of the British baking industry, and are attended by key players from across the industry.
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Pipers signs pie deal at Lord’s
Devon-based Pipers Farm has signed a deal potentially worth £20,000 to supply a range of bespoke pies to Lord’s Cricket Ground.
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Belvita biscuit hits breakfast market
Capital FM radio presenters Johnny Vaughan and Lisa Snowdon are fronting a new £3m marketing campaign to promote Kraft’s new Belvita Breakfast brand – a range of biscuits targeting the breakfast market.
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Uniq ups food-to-go sales
Convenience food group Uniq has announced its first quarter group sales were up 4.2%, compared to the first three months of 2009.
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Local stores fall down on quality and choice
Bread is one of the most commonly bought items from local stores, but shoppers are often disappointed with the shops’ quality and choice, according to a new report from YouGov SixthSense.
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Starbucks and Arla in coffee drink partnership
Starbucks has teamed up with dairy company Arla Foods to launch two new coffee drinks in the UK.
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Organic bakery sales fall
Sales of organic bread and bakery items have plummeted during the recession, according to the latest Organic Market Report.
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Hovis spends £2m on breakfast promotion
Hovis hopes to persuade more people to have toast for breakfast, by reminding them of the health benefits of Hovis Wholemeal.Its new £2m campaign will communicate healthy and filling breakfast ideas, with new brand ambassador, Olympic cyclist Victoria Pendleton, fronting the promotion.Hovis marketing director Jon Goldstone said: "People asso-ciate a ...
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Scottish bakery invests £500k in modern site
Highland-based Nevis Bakery has more than doubled capacity after investing £500,000 in a move to larger premises, enabling it to meet growing demand for its premium biscuits, shortbread and loaf cakes.The Fort William-based bakery has two shops and supplies wholesalers and small supermarket groups. It moved to a modern 11,400sq ...
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Reporting in Rising above its station
Kirk HunterChief executive, Scottish Association of Master BakersScottish bakers have been reaching for the blood pressure tablets lately. The reason? An ill-tempered outburst by Sunday Times food journalist Allan Brown (28 March) against Scotland’s much-loved Scotch Pie.Brown doesn’t care that bakers have worked hard over many years to raise standards ...
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Country Fresh aims for bakery arm expansion
Fresh produce supplier Country Fresh is looking to build up its new bakery arm into a £1m operation in the next two years.The business based in Dereham, Norfolk, recently set up its own on-site organic bakery at its head office in Hockering, with the intention to supply all its own ...
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Dean’s pursues ambitious targets
Aberdeenshire shortbread and biscuit producer Dean’s is seeking to increase its turnover by £3m to £10m by 2012, following a re-launch of its core biscuit range this spring.The firm, based in Huntly, is hoping to grow its customer base both within the UK and internationally, and has a number of ...
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EAT a suitable fit for Waitrose says analyst
Rumours that Waitrose is in talks to acquire 102-shop sandwich chain EAT fits well with the retai-ler’s strategy of moving from being a conventional supermarket to becoming a fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) brand.That’s the view of Planet Retail analyst Natalie Berg, who says the acquisition of EAT would enable Waitrose ...
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Worshipful Co seeks awards applicants
The Worshipful Company of Bakers is asking employers to urgently put forward candidates for three awards for expenses-paid trips to the renowned Richemont School in Switzerland.
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Europain sees dip in French attendance
The Europain exhibition, which took place on 6-10 March in Paris, has not issued a final figure for visitors. However, while very busy, the organisers state that, with industry turnover down 30% in France in 2009, it was not surprising French visitors declined by 11% and international by 15% .The ...
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Minimum wage rise stirs bakers’ ire
The 2.2% rise in the national minimum wage, due to come into force in October 2010, has been slammed by bakers, who argue that it could hamper economic recovery and put jobs at risk.The Low Pay Commission (LPC) announced that national minimum wage rates will increase from £5.80 to ...
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Bakery veteran sets up nut-free cake company
Former Avana Bakeries and Memory Lane Cakes MD Mike Woods has set up a new firm making nut-free celebration cakes.
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Recession hits US sandwich chain
US franchise sandwich chain Quiznos has seen its retail estate in the UK shrink by nearly two-thirds in the past two years, with its store in Crawley, West Sussex, the latest to close down.The number of Quiznos stores in the UK has reduced to just 11, from a high of ...