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Crazy option for Christmas
Crazy Bags, distributor and stockist of promotional bags in the UK, is adding a laminate canvas shopping bag to its range in time for the Christmas season, and says bakers can use them as a great promotional platform.Andy Steavenson, director for Crazy Bags, says they are a way of generating ...
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Nestlé extends chunky offer
Nestlé Kit Kat Chunky Caramel is now available in the hospitality sector, following a retail launch earlier this summer.The new bar is being supported by a £7m media campaign, including TV and outdoor advertising, digital, sampling and PR, all designed to target 16- to 34-year-olds, drive awareness and trial and ...
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Pidy stays Neutral on cones
Belgian pastry company Pidy has launched a mini waffle cone for use with savoury fillings.The Mini Cone Neutral comes in boxes of 112 or 308 pieces and each pack can be ordered with a unique artist’s palette-shaped cone stand, containing up to 35 holes. The cones are 7.5cm in length ...
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Cranberry connection
Ocean Spray’s ingredient technology group is to launch a new sweetened dried cranberry (SDC) the Whole SDC at the Fi Europe show in Germany this November. It has been developed in response to a demand from snack and confectionery manufacturers for larger fruit piece sizes."One of the key ...
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Consumer watch
If you want to maximise the number of customers walking through your doors and get them to return time and time again, then you really need to understand why they are visiting you and what they want from their visit. him! has just spoken to over 1,300 coffee chain customers ...
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National Cupcake Week set to kick off
Fairy cakes are old news – the future is cupcakes! Craft bakeries, cafés and high street retailers across the country are joining forces to celebrate the UK’s first-ever National Cupcake Week, from September 14th-19th. National Cupcake Week is being served up by British Baker to celebrate the growing popularity of the cupcake and to help the industry to market its products.
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Double D shows synergy with owner
Double D Food Engineering has expanded its technical centre near Edinburgh to accommodate the Frigoscandia range of spiral freezers, chillers and provers.Industrial bakers will now be able to trial complete in-line baking and cooling/freezing systems with the integration of Double D’s continuous ovens and Frigoscandia’s high-throughput self-stacking freezing and chilling ...
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Delice goes for gluten-free
Delice de France has produced gluten-free muffins and bread that carry the Coeliac Society Crossed Grain Symbol.The products are made in a bakery that only produces gluten-free food and are individually wrapped to ensure freshness and prevent cross-contamination with gluten products.The large frozen muffins are packed in boxes of 24, ...
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Drive for Monster Munch
Walkers has launched a new promotion to highlight the success of its Monster Munch relaunch. It will be running a retro T-shirts promotion across its Mega Monster Munch range, enabling customers to get their hands on Monster Munch character T-shirts.Consumers need to collect three bags of the crisps and send ...
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Ted takes up leading role at Rich UK
The former head of Rich’s North Ame-rican Food-service Divi-sion, Ted Rich (right), has been named as the new MD of Rich UK, and will be relocating from the US to England with his family later this month.Rich UK’s former MD George Thomopoulos has moved across to take up a new ...
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Pepsi in Nokia promotion
Britvic and PepsiCo have launched a new initiative with Nokia in order to build on Pepsi and Nokia’s credentials in music, aiming to engage and reward their customers and consumers.The on-pack promotion will give consumers of Pepsi the chance to win a Nokia 5800 Comes With Music handset every 10 ...
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Reporting in
Julian HuntDirector of communications, Food and Drink FederationThe theatre next to our offices in London’s Covent Garden is currently home to the hit stage show Oliver. Music lovers among you will remember the iconic moment in this show, when the eponymous star stands up in front of Mr Bumble and ...
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Cupcake classesSquires Kitchen will be holding cupcake master classes for each day of the BBC Good Food Show in London, from 13-15 November. Mark Tilling, a renowned chocolatier, will be demonstrating how to decorate three different cupcakes: Chocolate Butterfly Cupcake; Fruit Fondant Iced Cupcake with Flower Decoration; and Christmas Cupcake ...
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Scrumptious DiscipleBaker Paul Bradford, of Truly Scrumptious Designer Cakes in West Lothian, Scotland, has been made a Disciple Escoffier after impressing chefs from across the world with a series of classes in Monte Carlo, reported the Sunday Mail. He was invited to Monte Carlo after creating a 12-tier cake for ...
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Hairy Bikers to judge Manx bake-offBBC’s Hairy Bikers will judge The Great Manx Bake-Off at the Isle of Man Food and Drink Festival on 26 September, where cake makers will use Manx ingredients to raise money for the Eve Appeal Gynaecology Cancer Research Fund.Sobo to SelfridgesChocolate and cookie company Sobo ...
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Lantmännen dealLantmännen Unibake UK, which operates a bakery with seven bakery lines, has signed a temperature-controlled warehousing contract with Norbert Dentressangle. The third-party logistics company will provide a daily collection service from its manufacturing site in Milton Keynes, as well as supplying 15,000 pallet spaces in its cold store in ...
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Warburtons’ winter warmer
Warburtons is reintroducing its limited-edition Winter Fruit Loaf for the festive season.First launched in 2003, the traditional recipe loaf includes orange and lemon fruit pieces, as well as cinnamon, sultanas, currants and spices.Sarah Miskell, category director at Warburtons, said: "Fruit loaves offer customers a healthier tea-time treat, showing strong value ...
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Health benefits from adding selenium to wheat?
It has been reported that adding trace mineral selenium to UK wheat may cut the risk of cancer and increase the overall health of the population. However, many are opposed to the idea on the grounds that it would be enforced ‘mass medication’.
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Ted takes up leading role at Rich UK
The former head of Rich’s North American Foodservice Division, Ted Rich, has been named as the new MD of Rich UK, and will be relocating from the US to England with his family later this month. Rich UK’s former MD George Thomopoulos has moved across to take up a new role as chairman of the UK company.
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WC Rowe boss takes the top accolade at BIA09
Tuesday night’s Baking Industry Awards saw WC Rowe’s MD Alan Pearce walk away with the prestigious title of Baker of the Year, in the Vandemoortele-sponsored category. The 1930s-themed event at the Park Lane Hilton, London was a great success. Darren and Lilia from the BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing dazzled the guests when they took to the dance floor to perform three different sets throughout the evening.