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    Wheat harvest holds up despite patchy summer

    2009-09-25T00:00:00Z

    An improved harvest means bakers will be using more home-grown wheat this year. With most of the bread wheat now harvested, there is industry-wide relief that crops have survived well despite the patchy summer weather.

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    Starbucks to develop local stores

    2009-09-25T00:00:00Z

    Starbucks is to give its UK stores a facelift in a bid to make them more local and less global.The coffee shop chain is reviewing its approach to store design, and aims to put a bigger focus on "local relevance and environmental responsibility".Darcy Willson-Rymer, MD Starbucks UK and Ireland, said ...

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    Dream machine for dishes

    2009-09-25T00:00:00Z

    Winterhalter has launched a new series of warewashers, which have been designed around caterers and retailers’ dream features. The UC Series combines under-counter dish and glasswashers and claims to produce better results with lower running costs.Winterhalter commissioned research and built a website - my-dream-machine.biz - to compile feedback on what ...

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    Europastry on track for export growth

    2009-09-25T00:00:00Z

    Spanish firm Europastry is to open a commercial subsidiary in the Netherlands to widen its distribution links in Europe.The new site will serve markets in Germany, Belgium and Northern Europe, to which it already distributes. The firm, which produces part-baked bread and frozen pastries, also has subsidiaries in Portugal and ...

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    Warburtons grows Farmhouse Loaf range

    2009-09-25T00:00:00Z

    Warburtons has added an 800g Brown Farmhouse Loaf to its range. The new loaf builds on the success of the firm’s White Farmhouse Loaf its 800g variant is the fifth best-selling bread SKU in the UK with sales growth of 34% versus last year (AC Nielsen, w/e 11.7.09). "The ...

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    Fiendishly tempting treats

    2009-09-25T00:00:00Z

    Premier Foods has launched its Halloween range, which includes a number of new products. Mr Kipling Fiendish Fancies are an orange and black version of the popular French Fancy, which sold well last year. Also available will be new cake bars from Cadbury Cinder Toffee ...

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    Improve seeks views on qualification

    2009-09-25T00:00:00Z

    A call has been put out to employers to give their views on a new bakery qualification being developed by food and drink sector skills council Improve.

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    So you want to improve your offer?

    2009-09-25T00:00:00Z

    As a bakery shop how many times have you wanted to change, improve or review your offer and didn’t have a clue where to start?The best place to begin is with what you are currently doing and, most importantly, getting right: look at what is selling well, with good margins ...

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    Tubs showcase pastries

    2009-09-25T00:00:00Z

    Sharp Interpack has launched a new range of bakery ’tubs’ or ’chests’. These have been designed specifically for products such as pastries, cookies and cakes and are available in four different depths: shallow, medium, semi-deep and super-deep. They are made from 60% recycled APET and offer ...

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    Seed Pricing

    2009-09-25T00:00:00Z

    Pinenuts: The market continues to go from bad to worse. There has been some respite over the past month when there were offers of Pakistani pinenuts, however many manufacturers find these more oily with generally a shorter shelf life than the Chinese. There is increasing demand for a product that ...

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    Report:

    2009-09-25T00:00:00Z

    The results of a study recently published in the Nutrition Journal revealed that eating rye breakfasts can suppress the appetite during the period before lunch. The aim of the study, conducted by Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, was to investigate subjective appetite for the eight hours after a rye bread ...

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    In Short

    2009-09-25T00:00:00Z

    Cupcake contestFollowing last week’s successful first ever National Cupcake Week, don’t forget to send in your entries for British Baker’s cupcake window display competition. Winners of the best cupcake-themed display, to promote the week, will win the fantastic prize of two tickets to the prestigious Baking Industry Awards in 2010. ...

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    In Short

    2009-09-25T00:00:00Z

    Pret director tributesPret A Manger’s former commercial director Simon Hargraves has died from cancer. Tributes in Sandwich & Snack News spoke of his popularity in the office, his ability to make work a pleasurable experience and his high standards and intuition.Lion Eggs onlineBakers who want to source British Lion Egg ...

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    In Short

    2009-09-25T00:00:00Z

    Equipment from 1913The Beamish Museum is working on reconstructing a 1913 bakery and is trying to find old bakery equipment from 1900-1914 that might still be around. If you can help them out or have any equipment you could donate, please contact Kate Reeder on 0191 370 4009 or email ...

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    In Short

    2009-09-25T00:00:00Z

    M&S sandwich dealChilled and frozen food producer Uniq has awarded NFT a three-year contract to distribute sandwiches to Marks & Spencer. Uniq produces an average of 250,000 units a day, which NFT will deliver through its network. NFT is a provider of logistics solutions within the food retail and manufacturing ...

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    Wholegrain is good for your waistline?

    2009-09-24T00:00:00Z

    The intake of higher levels of wholegrain and cereal fibre in older adults has been linked to lower total body fat, in a study by the American Society for Nutrition.

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    Belfast bakery struggles under weight of debts

    2009-09-23T00:00:00Z

    Millers Traditional Bakery is fighting to stay in business and protect 60 jobs after running up big debts.

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    Professional versus amateur cupcake-off competition

    2009-09-21T00:00:00Z

    Professional bakers are going head-to-head with amateur chefs in the latest culinary craze: monthly cupcake-offs.

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    Warrens Bakery opens cupcake café

    2009-09-18T00:00:00Z

    Cornwall-based Warrens Bakery has opened Sprinkles, a cupcake café in Penzance, just in time for National Cupcake Week.

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    Duchy and Waitrose join forces

    2009-09-17T00:00:00Z

    Waitrose has joined forces in a new agreement with Duchy Originals which will give the supermarket the exclusive right to originate, manufacture, distribute and sell Duchy products. Waitrose aims to more than double the current range of 200 products to around 500, and will pay a royalty to Duchy Originals on all wholesale and retail sales.