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NewsPremier Foods announces first TV sponsorship for Mr Kipling
Premier Foods has entered into a high profile TV sponsorship for the first time, with the announcement that cake brand Mr Kipling will be sponsoring the 2010 season of All Star Mr & Mrs on ITV.
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D&G looks to broaden customer base in 2010
D&G Food Group, the company set up to buy five McCambridge bakeries earlier this year, plans to expand the business’ customer base in 2010 after reviewing operations and improving efficiency.The company, which is headed up by former Roberts chairman Graham March and operations director David Fearnley-Brown, acquired Aldreds the Baker ...
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Boost your Omega 3
Limagrain Céréales Ingrédients has launched a new Omega 3-rich ingredient, LimaLin, made from wheat flour and linseed flour, which can be used in a range of bakery products.Marketing manager for nutrition Walter Lopez said: "With just 5g of LimaLin, bread, cookies or cereals become a source of Omega 3. For ...
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Muntons to spend £500k on NPD plant
Muntons has unveiled plans to open a £500,000 Centre for Excellence, at its headquarters in Stowmarket, in January 2010.The investment, which includes a purpose-built factory, will become the focal point for the firm’s innovation and new product development. The centre will feature an NPD kitchen, sensory testing room, bakery, micro-brewery ...
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ABIM set to help BBC for bakery show
Following an approach from the BBC, the Association of Bakery Ingredient Manufacturers (ABIM) has agreed to get involved in a new television series The Great British Bake-Off to be screened next year. The series will follow 10 passionate amateur baking fans who will compete in a ’bake-off’ contest ...
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Coffee kiosk firm Puccino’s enters administration
Coffee kiosk and cafe operator Puccino’s Ltd has gone into administration, following the sale of leases for 43 of its units to Puccino’s Worldwide. Its 29 remaining units ceased trading immediately.
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Rowe’s set to grow Asda concessions
Cornish craft bakery chain Rowe’s has announced it is set to open a further two concessions in Asda stores in the south west."On the back of the success of our Rowe’s branded concession within Asda, St Austell, we are set to open two new concessions at the Asda stores in ...
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Baguette Express gears up for rapid expansion
Sandwich chain Baguette Express is set to expand rapidly next year after awarding master franchises in Greater London and Greater Manchester, and signing 20 franchisees in locations including Cardiff, Birmingham and Blackpool.The firm currently operates 57 stores in Scotland and England, but hopes to double this number in the next ...
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Bakels drives multi-seed
Ingredients supplier Bakels is to launch a consumer campaign for multiseed bread in January. The theme is ’Multiseed bread tastes great and it’s great for helping to control your weight’, and the campaign will be supported by posters, shelf talkers and stickers. Consumers will also be directed to a ...
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BakeMark UK takes on new identity
BakeMark UK is to change its name to CSM (United Kingdom) from 1 January.Gerald Hoetmer, worldwide CEO of CSM, said: "The name change reflects our local and global corporate identity. It capita-lises on our position as worldwide leader in the industry, showing our ambition to use our combined strength as ...
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Wetherspoon expansion offers promise for bakers
Bakery suppliers to JD Wetherspoon are looking forward to a surge in orders after the pub chain announced it will open 250 pubs over the next five years, taking its total number of outlets in the UK to nearly 1,000.Wetherspoon plans to invest £250m and create 10,000 jobs in the ...
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Brooks joins Bakin’ Boys as they target multiples
The Fabulous Bakin’ Boys has ambitious plans to double sales in the next three to five years by ramping up sales with the major multiples.Dave Brooks, previously chief executive of number-two cake player Finsbury Food Group, told BB that he had been brought on board as a non-executive director to ...
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CASH criticises retailers on high festive salt levels
Consensus Action on Salt and Health (CASH) has slammed supermarkets, coffee shops and sandwich chains for selling Christmas bakery products that contain high levels of salt. The pressure group, which argues that salt is responsible for raising blood pressure and increasing the risk of strokes and heart disease, surveyed ...
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UK coffee shops set to grow despite recent casualties
The UK coffee shop sector has remained resilient in recession despite a number of key players having gone into administration, but slower growth is forecast for 2010, according to a new report.
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Warrens sees Christmas pud exports take off
Warrens has seen orders for its Christmas puddings rocket, as the value of the pound against the euro has dropped further still. The Cornish firm which only exported around 500-600 Christmas puddings in 2008 has seen this figure leap to an estimated 4,000-5,000 for 2009.Its seasonal export of puddings includes ...
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Cocoa pricing hits 25-year high The price of cocoa hit a 25-year high this month, with LIFFE March 2010 price, reaching £2,256/tonne. The International Cocoa Organisation (ICCO), said one of the main reasons for the price rise is three consecutive years of supply deficit. "For the current cocoa year (October-September) ...
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Cornish firm plays it cool
Independent English firm Daymer Bay has launched a new range of iced teas, available in peach, lemon and mango flavours. The company, which takes its name from a stretch of sandy beach in North Cornwall, focuses solely on producing iced teas. The tea is sourced from Sri Lanka, where a ...
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Lallemand pioneers new yeast with Vitamin D
Yeast-maker GB Ingredients’ owner Lallemand has pioneered a new yeast, which it says should help bread compete against breakfast cereals.The new yeast, available from January, is a natural source of Vitamin D. This vitamin has recently been hitting the media headlines, with health experts saying that many Britons do not ...
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FDF firms ’on track’ with emissions
UK food and drink manufactu-rers have reduced their carbon emissions by 19% equivalent to one million tonnes since 1990, announced the Food and Drink Federation (FDF).As it launched its progress report for the second year of its Five-Fold Environmental Ambition, the FDF said its members are "well on ...
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Enzyme targets quality
Novozymes has launched a new fresh-keeping enzyme that aims to improve bread quality and extend shelf-life. Novamyl Pro, which follows on from Novozymes’ existing product Novamyl, is a new maltogenic amylase preparation, which claims to offer improved crumb softness, elasticity and moistness."What is great about Novamyl Pro is that it ...