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Irish bakery products see positive export boom
Exports of Irish bakery products increased by more than 20% in 2009 despite difficult market conditions.Bord Bía (Irish Food Board) told British Baker it estimated that bakery exports were worth E30.84m (£27m) for 2009 compared to E25.7m (£22.5m) in 2008. Products showing growth potential were morning goods (muffins), rolls and ...
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RedBlack devises new Touch for bakery shops
RedBlack Software has launched Cybake Touch a new shop ordering software application for bakery retailers.The stand-alone product has been designed to reduce shop waste, as well as maximise sales. It is sold seperately to the Cybake 3 bakery management system, and can be installed on any Windows-driven touchscreen EPOS ...
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Beacon zips up zest market
Ingredients specialist Beacon Foods is expanding its range with the addition of fresh citrus fruit zests. The firm, which already supplies caramelised orange and lemon zest, has invested in bespoke machinery to increase its offering.The fresh zests are available in orange, lemon and lime varieties and can be used in ...
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BIE hunts for the best
The search is on to find the nation’s best bakers to represent the UK in the Louis Lesaffre Cup. The ’world cup’ of baking pits teams of three bakers, from around 40 countries and five continents, against each other in a series of national and international heats.Each baker in the ...
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GreenPalm first for Burton’s Foods
Burton’s Foods has announced it is the first UK sweet biscuit manufacturer to acquire GreenPalm certificates for 100% of its palm oil usage.
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UCB delivers stroke of Genius at Starbucks
Gluten-free bread brand Genius is making inroads into the food-to-go market and will be the carrier for Starbucks’ tuna mayonnaise sandwich from mid-February. The loaf, manufactured by United Central Bakeries (UCB), was the brainchild of chef Lucinda Bruce-Gardyne, who created a recipe that her gluten- and dairy-intolerant children could and ...
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Dotty goes gluten-free
Byron Bay Cookie Company’s Dotty Cookie has undergone a New Year makeover. The new-look single-wrap packaging is designed to appeal to those most likely to eat the Dotty Cookies kids. It also highlights that the cookies are free from artificial colours, flavours and preservatives in order to appeal to ...
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Food in the news
Kraft Foods has laid all its cards on the table with a final bid for Cadbury. The US manufacturer announced details of a recommended final offer on 19 January 2010 the deadline for acceptance is Tuesday 2 February.Research commissioned by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has revealed there is ...
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Noble Foods reveals its taste for Gü
Noble Foods, the largest supplier of eggs and egg products in the UK, has acquired premium chocolate desserts company Gü Chocolate Puds, in a deal reported to be worth £35m.The Hertfordshire-based egg supplier has bought a majority stake in London-based Gü, which turned over an estimated £22m last year, from ...
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Foodservice promotions opportunity
Foodservice sales in Europe are unlikely to pick up to 2007/08 levels until 2013, according to a new report by Rabobank. However, as consumers continue to trade down on products, the report suggests the active promotion of meal deals or discounts can help reach out to consumers, who are keeping ...
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A friendly offer means money in the till
So 2010 is here, holiday time is over and no one has any money or do they? For most of us, this is a busy time of year, getting back into the swing of work, which invariably means spending less time with the ones we love. And therein lies ...
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Hayden’s helps RGFC rake in profits
Significant sales growth at The Real Good Food Company’s morning goods and patisserie subsidiary Hayden’s has helped the firm achieve estimated pro-fits of around 25% above current market expectations.Hayden’s Bakeries achieved double-digit growth with all its major customers, for the year ended 31 December, including Marks & Spencer, Waitrose ...
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Plant mince pie sales up as ISBs have tough Xmas
Ambient plant mince pies performed well as sales of in-store bakery (ISB) mince pies slumped dramatically in the run-up to Christmas, in a tough December all-round for the ISB sector.According to data from Kantar (formerly TNS) Worldpanel, value sales of plant mince pies were up 5.5% in the four weeks ...
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Reporting in Know your limitations
I recently read Richard Branson’s book, Business Stripped Bare, and found it very refreshing and inspiring.While there were a few principles that I thought reflected my attitude to business, there were a lot more that I thought made so much sense that I made a New Year’s resolution to adopt ...
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Starbucks into New Look
Starbucks has announced plans to open 30 new stores in the UK by September 2010, following an "exceptionally busy Christ-mas period".The new stores, which will be a mixture of company-owned and franchised outlets, are planned to open by the end of Starbucks’ fiscal year in September. The chain has also ...
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Low-GI opportunity
CSM UK has launched a new bread concentrate, for bakers looking to make low-glycaemic index (GI) bread or rolls.The new Arkady Multiseed Bread Concentrate is a dry mix that is added to flour, yeast and water. The concentrate is made with sunflower seeds, linseed, pumpkin seeds and oat kernels, with ...
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Premier targets lunchboxes
Premier Foods is to launch Mr Kipling Oatibakes, designed to cater for the lunchbox market. The new oat-based cakes will be available in caramel, strawberry and blackcurrant variants, and will form part of the fastest-growing part of the lunchbox sector, which is ’non-chocolate’, claimed Premier."We have identified an opportunity for ...
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UB makes more of mint
United Biscuits has relaunched its Penguin Mint biscuit in a new nine-pack format. Following the launch of its Penguin Orange variety in the same format, the stand-alone nine packs have been launched in an attempt to drive further growth in the chocolate biscuit bar sector. Both Penguin Mint and Orange ...
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Rumoured pay talks at Peters
Staff at Durham-based Peters Bakery have reportedly been asked to take a 10% pay cut. The firm has been in discussions with the Bakers Food and Allied Workers Union (BFAWU) regarding the proposal, but a source at the BFAWU said it was too early to say what the final outcome ...
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Edible oil prices rose steeply in the last quarter of 2009, driven largely by China buying huge quantities of soya beans from the US, according to Gordon Kirkwood of consultancy Eccelso.Increases in the price of mineral oil, due to optimism about a recovery in the global economy, also kept prices ...