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Big Bakery Debate consultation document now online
The Big Bakery Debate has now taken place and the consultation document, which has been sent to the Food Standards Agency (FSA), is now available to download as a free white paper on the bakeryinfo.co.uk.
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Northern Foods’ major plant investment leads to job losses
Northern Foods has announced it is to plough £26.5m into its Fox’s Biscuits brand in an investment that could see new automated technology replace hundreds of jobs.
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Wheat quality up, but questions raised over supplies
The improved quality of harvested wheat crops this year could have implications for UK supply and demand balance, with potentially less availability for millers, according to the HGCA’s latest cereals report.
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Ainsleys is forced to call in administrators
Ainsleys of Leeds has been forced to call in the administrators after attempts to find a buyer for the struggling business failed. The 29-shop family bakery firm employs 263 full and part-time staff, and approximately 30 temporary agency workers, across its shops, the bakery in Sheepscar, Leeds, and its van sales operation.
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Irwin’s boosts turnover by £1m
Northern Irish bakery Irwin’s has added £1m to its turnover in the past year, after launching smaller loaf sizes of its key brands.The company launched 400g and 600g versions of its Nutty Krust brand for the first time last year, followed by 400g Sandwich and Hi-Fibre loaves in April ...
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Impless acquires Irish arm of O’Briens chain
The Irish arm of the sandwich chain O’Briens has been bought out of liquidation by Impless, a newly formed subsidiary of Irish fast food group Abrakebabra Investments (AIL).The chain, which was put into examinership the equivalent to administration in the UK in July this year, was put into ...
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New categories added to Scotch Pie competition
The World Scotch Pie Cham-pionships have been revamped and several new categories added, in an effort to give bakers and butchers wider exposure.The 2010 awards, to be announced later this month, will see the reintroduction of the Sausage Roll Category, as well as the addition of five new Speciality Savoury ...
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BB’s retail estate shrinks following administration
The number of BB’s Coffee & Muffins stores in the UK is expected to nearly halve after going into administration last month, prompted by two years of trading losses.
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FSA plans out its second wave of attack on sat fats
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) will launch a second wave of saturated fat posters early in 2010, as part of a renewed campaign to reduce saturated fat intake, following a drive to target pastry earlier this summer."We intend to come back to saturated fat as a campaign probably in ...
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Snack attack!
We all talk about meal occasions, dashboard dining and grazing, but there is a huge opportunity to increase our daily sales by a third. Did you know that 30% of our customers visiting cafés, bakeries or convenience stores are looking to enjoy a snack in between meals? Our colleagues at ...
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L’Aquila tops off bakery
L’Aquila, an importer and distributor of Mediterranean vegetable ingredients, has launched a new range designed to fill or top lunchtime bakery snacks, including pizza, focaccia and sandwiches.These include: borlotti baked beans in a rich Italian-style tomato sauce; semi-dried spinach; chargrilled Italian aubergines and courgettes; Sicilian caponata; and Sicilian cherry tomato ...
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Holland’s brings out ’Best Ever’ range
Holland’s Pies has launched a ’Best Ever Authentic Recipe’ pies and puddings range, which is now available to retailers throughout the region. The range includes meat pies, potato and meat pies and steak & kidney pudding. The ’Best Ever’ range of frozen products now has deeper fillings and more chunks ...
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Brits’ love for coffee shops continues
The UK’s love affair with coffee shops shows no sign of abating with the number of stores in the UK up 7% in 2009 more than double the rate of increase compared to last year. According to the Local Data Company, the number of coffee shops in the UK ...
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Cooplands reveals its bullish plans for growth
Cooplands (Doncaster) is aiming to double in size over the next five years under new chairman Chris Peck.
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Reporting in FSA salt campaign is unhelpful
Since the Food Standards Agency’s (FSA) salt reduction campaign began in 2004, the Federation of Bakers (FoB) has worked closely with the FSA to ensure all of its targets have been met across all bread. Since then, salt in bread has been reduced by more than 30%, with 180 tonnes ...
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Innovation centre opened
A food and drink innovation centre has launched in London, with bakers high up on the priority list for business support.The Park Royal Food Inno-vation Centre, at Dephna House in north-west London, offers free technical, business and marketing support to food and drink production SMEs in London. However, places are ...
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Fox’s plans for Christmas
Biscut brand Fox’s has said it will add value to the seasonal biscuit category with the launch of two Christmas selection boxes Fox’s Wonders and Fox’s Fabulously Special.Rachel Moffatt, Fox’s brand sector director, said: "Fox’s is the number one seasonal biscuit manufacturer in the UK, with a 32% market ...
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Irish sandwich company hit by soaring costs
Doolittles, the third largest pre-packed sandwich company in Ireland, has gone into liquidation, blaming excessive costs and unsustainable pressure on margins from imported sandwiches.The Donegal-based company, set up in 2001, grew to supply over 200 outlets including Aldi, petrol forecourts and universities. It closed down last month with the loss ...
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SIAB to stage world-class competition
Italy’s biggest bakery exhibition, SIAB, is to launch a new Breads of the World competition, which will see nine international teams going head to head.Held at the Verona show, from 22-26 May 2010, the new contest will see bakers from around the world test their bread-making skills against each other, ...
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EAT opts for less contact
Sandwich chain EAT is the latest firm to roll out contactless payment across its stores. Following a successful trial in 24 London based stores over the past 18 months, EAT will roll it out across its entire network of 100 stores from mid-November. The system allows customers to pay for ...