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Win BIA 2010 tickets in our Cupcake window dressing contest
Make sure you enter British Baker’s window dressing competition, as part of National Cupcake Week, for the chance to win the fantastic prize of two tickets to the Baking Industry Awards 2010.This prize will be given to the bakery retailer that creates the best cupcake-themed window display to promote the week, which runs from 14-19 September.
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Greggs sees profit boost, despite wet weather
Greggs has announced a “robust performance” for the first half of the year, with pre-tax profit up 7.3% to £16.5m. The bakery retail chain saw sales increase by 4.4% to £312m, with like-for-like growth up 1.5%. Operating profit stood at £16.3m – an increase of 8.9%, for the 26 weeks to 27 June, 2009.
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Gail’s announces fifth shop opening
London-based artisan bakery Gail’s has announced plans to open a new shop in Queen’s Park, hot on the heels of its latest store opening in Clapham last month. The new outlet, Gail’s fifth, is due to open in November and will have its own unique interior, as with all other Gail’s shops.
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Book your place at BIA now!
Tickets for the Baking Industry Awards 2009 have almost gone, so make sure you book your place now to avoid disappointment.
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Premier announces Hovis bread sales up
Premier Foods’ half-year results show that sales of Hovis were up 17% and market share has increased to 26.3% – its highest level in two years, said the firm.
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Investec predicts “a decent H1” for Premier Foods
In advance of Premier Foods’ half-year (H1) results, to be announced 5 August, international specialist banking group Investec has said it is expecting “a decent H1” and has made a “modest upgrade to FY forecasts”.
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M&S supplier Uniq reports increased losses
European chilled convenience food group Uniq has announced increased losses for the six months to 30 June 2009, despite comments from the firm that it is progressing well.
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Are you one of our BIA09 finalists? Find out below
British Baker is delighted to announce the finalists for this year’s Baking Industry Awards. The 1930s-themed event, on Tuesday 8 September at the Park Lane Hilton in London, will be hosted by much-loved comedian Ronnie Corbett.On judging the Baker of the Year award, sponsored by Vande-moortele, Stephen Bickmore, UK commercial ...
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60-second sales pitch
== So what’s the product? ==Torrax XD2 - from the Muntons range of ultra-dark malt extracts, made from roasted malt extracted into a water-soluble viscous liquid, which retains the characteristics of the roasted malt. The result is an intensive, ultra-dark brown extract, made just from barley.== Why should bakers use ...
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JJ Beano’s acquires savoury supplier
Coffee and snacks vending machine company JJ Beano’s has acquired savoury pastry firm, Devon Savouries, and has three new contracts in the pipeline.Beano’s provides vending machines at service stations across the UK and Bath-based Devon Savouries is one of its key suppliers. The firm supplies ’hot bakes’, including pies, pastries ...
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Boys act on impulse
The Fabulous Bakin’ Boys has revamped its impulse range, working on more eye-catching packaging design and recipe reformulation, with artificial additives taken out and more inclusions put in. The range features: Fabulous Flapjacks - made with jumbo oats; Marvelous Muffins, in Sticky Toffee, Double Choc, Cherry and Blueberry varieties; Caramel ...
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Belting answer for Hovis
Conveyor belt manufacturer Ammeraal Beltech, has been working with Hovis on techno-logical developments for the bread baking industry, which have led to the development of Ultrasync - a new conveyor belt.Hovis had been working with Ammeraal Beltech to provide improved belt performance on a major project to upgrade the dough ...
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Asda seeks out regional suppliers
Asda is looking to work with "iconic" regional bakery firms to roll out branded bakery concessions in stores across the UK.Cornish bakery Rowe’s opened the first of these concessions in the Asda store in St Austell, Cornwall, earlier this month, selling a range of hot and ambient savouries.Roy Clark, Asda’s ...
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Community bakery finds permanent new home
The Handmade Bakery, a not-for-profit community-supported bakery in Marsden, West York-shire, has acquired permanent premises after four months of using the pizza ovens at a local Italian restaurant, Mozzarella’s.The new bakery, on Carr Lane in Slaithwaite, will open on 15 August, and will be the first time the bakery, established ...
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Polish bakery supplies Dublin Tesco
The Traditional Polish Bakery in Dublin is now supplying 25 Tesco stores in and around the city. Established in 2006, the wholesale bakery, which employs 23 staff, has also gained orders to supply seven other supermarket and convenience store chains, including Spar and Super Valu.The Polish bakery has had to ...
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Belgian eco-baker sets his sights on UK market
A new eco-friendly bakery has been set up in Belgium by the previous owner of Le Pain Quotidien, and plans to supply the UK by March 2010.L’Écopain d’Ignace is the new venture by Ignace Vandekerkhove, who has also owned VDK Ganshoren, Pastridor and Pastri-lux. The bakery, based in Saintes, makes ...
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Unifine’s binding commitment
Unifine Food & Bake ingredients has launched a Liquid Binding Agent (LBA), which uses new technology for the enhancement of biscuits and extruded lines.The emulsified sugar product has a natural flavour and can be used to bind inclusions such as seeds, fruit and nuts into a mix, which ...
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Brannigans’ nostalgic move
United Biscuits (UBUK) has redesigned its Brannigans’ crisps packaging and reverted to its traditional brown paper-bag style, due to a growing trend for nostalgic brands. The range will continue to feature Mr Brannigan on-pack and will also highlight its 65% reduction in saturated fats.The crisps are available in Roast Beef ...
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DrieM brings in new dough sheeting line
DrieM, a new company that has become part of the Kaak Group, represented by Benier UK, has pioneered an automated sheeted dough line, designed from scratch, for the production of artisanal breads and pizza crusts. It will be launched at IBA.Dough is rolled through three progressively tighter sets of cantilevered ...
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Vortex brings in green spin
SAVortex, a company founded by Syed Ahmed, a participant in BBC’s The Apprentice, claims to have launched the greenest hand-dryer - The Vortex. It features unique patent-protected spinning air technology, using no heating elements and recovering energy as it works.The Vortex can dry hands in 10-15 seconds and its ...