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NewsNew Costa loyalty scheme launched
The UK’s biggest coffee chain Costa will this week launch a points-based reward card for customers to use across food and drink purchases.
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Premier has £10m idea
Premier Foods, whose stable of brands includes Mr Kipling and Hovis, will launch a major on-pack initiative across all of its brands in March.Branded ’Great Little Ideas’, it will feature simple recipe tips targeted at mums looking for meal-time inspiration, and will be backed by a £10m marketing campaign across ...
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Boost your sales with Craft Bakers’ Week 2010
Following its success in 2009, British Baker is pleased to announce the official launch of National Craft Bakers’ Week 2010, which will run from 7-12 June.The event is the perfect opportunity to raise the profile of independent craft bakeries and, as a result, bring in more customers and grow sales.A ...
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Gelders scoops £300k contract with Tesco
Gelders Bakery has just signed a deal with Tesco to sell its pies and sausage rolls in at least 20 shops.The family-run firm, which is already in 24 Asda stores, will supply single sausage rolls, as well as single packs and three-packs of savoury mince pies to north-east stores.Tesco will ...
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Think about your seating
By Max Jenvey of Oxxygen Marketing Partnership, a strategic management agency that delivers business acceleration processes and brand development within the foodservice, bakery and convenience retail sectors.One of the greatest challenges facing the fresh bakery world is production versus waste. So how do you strike the right balance between quality, ...
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Daily Bread takes action on range
Daily Bread has revamped its offer, introducing new ranges, new packaging and display materials, as well as setting up a seven-day-a-week national delivery service and launching its new website.New for 2010 are a range of Hot Options, which include a breakfast muffin with free- range egg, crispy bacon, cheese and ...
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Greggs staff star in new ad
Greggs kicked off the year with a new £4m marketing campaign. The TV advert features Greggs’ employees and a new strapline ’The Home of Fresh Baking’.Starting on Monday 22 February, the campaign also includes the launch of a new consumer and corporate Greggs website, national print and radio advertising, in-store ...
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ADM ’hops to it’ on offer
ADM Milling is supporting bakers in the run-up to Easter with a ’baker’s dozen’ offer, whereby customers will receive a free bag of ADM Bun Mix for every 12 purchased.ADM Bun Mix can be used to make an array of Easter products, including traditional hot cross buns, Easter bread, cinnamon ...
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Pret pursues strategy for UK airport development
Pret A Manger has taken more steps towards its goal to be represented at all major airports across the UK, after securing locations at Birmingham and London City airports.The new outlets at Birming-ham, set to open in May, will be the first launched in an airport outside the south-east region. ...
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Morrisons embarks on new drive for apprentices
Morrisons is taking on another bumper crop of apprentices this year, signalling it intends to continue championing craft baking.The supermarket chain will put 160 people through the NVQ Level 2 in Dough Production and Baking qualification.Most of the trainee bakers will already be working in Morrisons stores, while it usually ...
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Protected food firms join forces in new association
A new association has been formed to boost the profile of regional foods in the UK.The Protected Food Names Association, formed by UK producers of protected regional food products and those who are currently applying for that legal status, met for the first time this week. Regional foods, including Cornish ...
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Shelter needs bakers’ help
This year, housing and homelessness charity Shelter is holding its annual baking fundraiser in March.
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Business doctor helps out bakery
Royston’s Traditional Bakery in Long Stratton has enlisted a ’business doctor’ to help grow its bakery and coffee shop.Royston Owen and his wife Michelle took over the bakery, formerly known as Mr Bunn the Baker, in May 2007 after spending four years as bakery manager for the previous owners Gary ...
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Wild Bean extends BP bakery offer
Wild Bean Café has expanded the range of bakery products served at its 230 stores in BP petrol stations.Custard and jam iced finger buns, topped with sweet fondant icing and a traditional piped icing decoration, are one of three new products launching this spring. The buns, which retail for £1.19, ...
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Barton updates silo design
Barton Fabrications is promoting the use of its high-specification sugar and flour silos to bakeries in the UK.The silos can feature a penthouse design, where the top of the silo has a built-on enclosure an element that used to be much more popular before ATEX legislation came into force."The ...
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Crantock’s small bites
Crantock Bakery has launched new breakfast pasties, to cater for busy consumers who want to eat-on-the-go. The new ’Breakfast Bites’ have been developed following retailer feedback requesting a broader range of products. The pasty will be available in two variants: sausage, cheese and baked beans or smoked bacon, beans and ...
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Hovis to drive white bread as sales surge
Premier Foods has announced strong growth for Hovis’ branded bakery, and plans to push for further sales of white bread.In the firm’s preliminary results for the year ended 31 December 2009, it announced that branded bakery sales for Hovis grew by 13.5% to £370m, though it explained the increase in ...
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Britvic and Pepsi go large
British soft drinks manufacturer Britvic and PepsiCo UK is to launch what they are calling "the biggest pack innovation that the market has seen in over 15 years".A new range of 600ml PET bottles will be available from April 2010 across the no- and low-sugar drinks in Britvic’s carbonates range, ...
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Closure threat at Hovis Wigan sees risk to jobs
Premier Foods has announced that up to 98 jobs are at risk at Hovis’ Wigan bakery, with proposals for the closure of its roll plant.The firm has undertaken a review of its morning goods business, "following a number of developments in the market", and is proposing changes, which could affect ...
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Coffee house reasserts plans for UK expansion
Despite an overly ambitious expansion plan last year, Esquires Coffee Houses is still aiming for growth in 2010, with 10 new franchise outlets on the cards.In February 2009, British Baker reported on the coffee chain’s plans to open another eight franchised stores by summer 2009. But due to the tough ...