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Consumers continue to see health and wellness as an important issue, according to new research by Tate & Lyle. The findings also revealed that consumers will pay more for foods that display health benefits on their labels. The research, conducted in July this year, forms part of Tate & Lyle’s ...
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Rise for AlliedA strong performance by Allied Bakeries in the year to 12 September 2009, helped increase sales at Associated British Foods’ grocery division by 13% to £3,188m. Profit declined by 2% to £191m, mainly due to first-half problems with its ACH subsidiary in the US and a highly competitive ...
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Palmers’ pie partyPalmers Bakery in Haughley is to celebrate its 140th birthday on 4 December by giving away free mince pies with each purchase. The Bakehouse, established around 1752, was taken over by William James Palmer as a bakehouse, pastry cook, booksellers and newsagents in 1869. The business, which produces ...
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Rowe’s successRowe’s branded savoury bakery concession, introduced in July at Asda, St Austell (Cornwall), has beaten pre-opening sales estimates, with weekly figures up to 40% higher than predicted.Maple Leaf resultsCanadian company Maple Leaf saw earnings in its Bakery Group increase to $32.7m in the third quarter compared to $30.6m the ...
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Park Royal Innovation Centre opened
A food and drink innovation centre has launched in London, with bakers high up on the priority list for business support.
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NewsSIAB 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.
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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).
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FSA plans 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.
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JJ Food Service strikes Cooks the Bakery deal
JJ Food Service has struck a multi-million pound deal which will see it supply Cooks the Bakery store across the UK.
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Barking students star in Morrisons video
Bakery students at Barking College have played a starring role in an educational video commissioned by Morrisons.
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Riverside Bakery for sale as administrators called in
Middlesbrough-based Riverside Bakery has gone into administration, leaving 35 jobs in the balance.
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Reid’s bakery wins products award
Reid’s bakery of Thurso, Caithness, Scotland has won first prize in the New Products category in the Highlands and Island Awards.
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Smaller loaf size boosts Irwin’s Bakery
Northern Irish bakery Irwin’s has added £1m to its turnover in the past year, after launching smaller loaf sizes of its key brands.
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Organic pie firm expands
Organic pasty and pie specialist Jones Organic has announced plans to expand its production facilities, with the addition of a new site, to cope with increased demand from specialist retailers in London and south-east England.
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NewsCosta reveals Christmas food range
Costa Coffee will tomorrow (Thursday, 29 October) launch its seasonal Christmas food specials in-store, with a range that includes 12 new sweet products.
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Blackfriars spends £1.2m
Leicester-based flapjack, muffin and cake producer Blackfriars Bakery has invested £1.2m in moving to a new 36,000 sq ft factory, which will enable it to improve efficiency and develop a raft of new products for major customer Holland & Barrett.The firm has spent the past two years operating from two ...
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Sainsbury’s gets nearer to 100% British flour
Multiple retailer Sainsbury’s has announced that it is "on course" to be the first retailer to use 100% British flour in its own-label sliced bread.This follows the announcement, in July this year, that its 400 in-store bakery-produced products are now made using 100% British flour, sourced with the help of ...
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FSA returns affirmative on folic acid fortification
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has reaffirmed its recommendation that bread or flour should be fortified with folic acid after considering updated information on folic acid and cancer from the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN).The recommendation to the chief medical officer (CMO) Sir Liam Donaldson means mandatory fortification is ...
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Hovis adds flour
Rank Hovis has launched a new flour variant Hovis Multiseed which has been developed to meet growing consumer demand for seed and grain products. A blend of seeds and wheatgerm, the new variant is suitable for the production of tinned or handcrafted breads and rolls.Its launch will also ...