All Latest News articles – Page 497
-
News
Real Bread Campaign announces membership scheme
Shoppers, bakers, millers and farmers are being urged to join the crusade for wholesome loaves by becoming members of the Real Bread Campaign. Its new national membership scheme costs £20 for individuals and £50 for businesses and offers discounts and benefits.
-
News
Real Bread Campaign announces membership scheme
Shoppers, bakers, millers and farmers are being urged to join the crusade for wholesome loaves by becoming members of the Real Bread Campaign. Its new national membership scheme costs £20 for individuals and £50 for businesses and offers discounts and benefits.
-
News
Organic bakery Honeyrose expands
Honeyrose Bakery has bought all the unencumbered assets and equipment of fellow London baker Greenwich Cakes after its voluntary liquidation.
-
News
Scots waste millions by binning bread, says study
Sliced bread is the second most common product binned by Scottish households, according to a new study by government organisation WRAP Scotland (Waste & Resources Action Programme).
-
News
Rowe’s secures national distribution with Tesco
Cornish craft bakery Rowe’s has sealed a deal to supply Tesco stores nationwide with scones under the Tesco Finest brand.
-
NewsOnline Bakery School launches new training categories
The online learning site for bakers, confectionery makers, cake decorators and pastry makers worldwide, ’The Bakery School’, is to launch new categories and a new value, three-tier subscription rate on 21 September.
-
News
Wheat crop improves on 2008 quality
Early indications are that this year’s wheat crop has improved in quality on last year.According to Nabim director-general Alex Waugh, three- quarters of the UK crop has been harvested so far. "There is quite a lot further to go in assessing the wheat’s quality, but early indications are that it ...
-
News
Hovis puts marketing impetus behind 400g loaves
Hovis hopes that a new marketing campaign will attract an extra one million households to its 400g range.The company’s on-pack promotion offers consumers 20p off their next purchase, while money-off coupons will run in 15 publications, including The Radio Times, and vouchers will be door-dropped to 2.2m households.Hovis reports that ...
-
News
Dawn spends £75k on Evesham site
Dawn Foods has given its Evesham site a £750,000 revamp.Finance, administration, customer service and reception areas have been refurbished as part of the project, as well as customer meeting and presentation facilities. The factory supplies the UK and Europe with ingre-dients, along with frozen muffins, brownies, cookies and cakes.Glenn Anderson, ...
-
News
AAK sees profits fall, but is positive over potential
Speciality vegetable oil manufacturer AAK has announced a fall in profits for the second quarter. But the company said the trend for less expensive vegetable oil solutions fits well with its strategy for growth.The Swedish firm, which has its UK base in Hull, revealed falling operating profit of ...
-
News
Folic acid fortification still provokes hot debate
Adding folic acid to bread may be unnecessary and could expose people to potential risks, according to a study published in the BMC Public Health journal.
-
News
Add flavour
Cream Supplies (CS) is promoting its range of coffee and beverage flavouring syrups to add to coffee, frappes and shakes. The firm supplies over 20 different items, which can also be used in sauces, coulis, desserts or for flavouring cream. Popular varieties include vanilla, hazelnut and caramel, but unusual flavours ...
-
News
Australian coffee shop firm plans UK expansion
Muffin Break, an Australian coffee shop franchise, has announced plans to expand in the UK. Situated in shopping centre locations, the business currently has 29 outlets and plans to open at least three more by the end of the year. It has been operating in the UK for the last six years and has just celebrated in 20th anniversary in Australia.
-
News
Baking Industry Awards seats are a sell-out!
Tickets for the Baking Industry Awards have now sold out.Those of you who have secured your seats for the industry’s premier event, hosted by top comedian Ronnie Corbett, are sure to have a fantastic night, and we are delighted to announce that Darren Bennett and Lilia Kopylova from the BBC’s ...
-
News
Back to school
Cast your mind back to when you were at school. Remember how you were taught the basics and encouraged to discover the rest. This is the perfect time of year for you to get back to basics by reviewing your bakery retail or coffee shop offer.Review each category in terms ...
-
News
Fair offers hot tips for bakers
Visitors to the Bakers’ Fair in Manchester will learn survival tips and ways to reduce salt in products.Presentations at the fair include NAMB chairman Mike Holling talking about how craft bakers can survive on the high street during the credit crunch, while NAMB director Anthony Kindred will discuss salt ...
-
News
Dunbar-based bakery makes bid to survive
Local residents are buying shares in a community-run bakery in a bid to reopen their high street shop.William Smith Bakers in Dunbar, East Lothian, closed last year, after 155 years in business. But when the family couldn’t sell it as a going concern, Sustaining Dunbar, a not-for-profit association ...
-
News
North East Bakery seeks retail growth for Nichols
North East Bakery is on the look-out for more stores to grow its Nichols brand.The company has 13 shops in the north-east and will add two more before Christmas. "There are huge opportunities to get into primary retail locations in the region, which means we don’t incur greater distribution costs," ...
-
News
Tulip blossoms for Dawn
Bakery manufacturer Dawn Foods has launched a Tulip Muffin range, consisting of five new muffins individually wrapped in tulip-style brown paper cups.They are available in toffee chocolate, Belgian chocolate and cappuccino, blueberry, lemon and triple chocolate varieties, and have been developed to meet the demands of the coffee shop and ...
-
News
Boosting sales in a Jiffy
Jiffy Trucks is promoting its mobile business vehicles as a way for bakery retailers to expand, without being tied to potentially high rent agreements.Jiffy said its trucks offer a much lower operating cost as an alternative to fixed premises. A Jiffy Truck mobile ’sandwich round’, it said, can turn over ...