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NAMB conference sums up a successful year
At the National Association of Master Bakers (NAMB) conference in Bournemouth last week, both the Irish president Patrick Smyth and Scottish president George Stevenson congratulated the NAMB on its most successful event in many years.The conference, at the Marriott hotel in Bournemouth, saw a record attendance of 190 people. Highlighting ...
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US firm snaps up Double D
UK oven manufacturer Double D Food Engineering has been acquired by US food processing equipment supplier JBT Food- Tech, for an undisclosed sum.JBT FoodTech’s European head office is based in Helsing-borg, Sweden, but all Double D products will continue to be designed and manufactured at the company’s factory in Broxburn, ...
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A square deal
The Handmade Cake Company has launched a new range of tray-baked Cake Squares. The premium, handmade sponges are also decorated by hand. They measure 365mm x 210mm x 40mm, and come in four varieties: Passion Cake, Chocolate Cake, Ginger & Lemon Cake and Rustic Apple Cake. Cake Squares are targeted ...
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Forfars finds time-saver
Sussex bakery chain Forfars has reduced costs and man-hours after introducing the Toshiba B-SV4D compact desktop printers and Solo software from KTEC to print labels. With label formats stored on the printers, the time-consuming manual labelling process was replaced by printing on demand. The KTEC solution is USB-based, so any ...
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Minimum wage to rise from October
The National Minimum Wage will rise to £5.80 per hour from October this year, for workers aged 22 and over, the government announced last week. This is a 7p increase per hour on the current rate of £5.73 - a rise of 1.2%.For 18- to 22-year-olds the rate will increase ...
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Seed pricing
Pine nuts: The problem of shorter supply out of China has been exacerbated by the ending of any volumes being allowed to be imported from neighbouring former Soviet Union states, leaving China stranded, with insufficient stocks to meet its existing and new forward demand. We would advise manufacturers to reverse ...
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Report
Consumers are in favour of a single front-of-pack (FOP) labelling scheme, according to the results of a research project by the Project Management Panel, commissioned by the Food Standards Agency.The aim of the study, led by an independent group of experts, was to evaluate the impact of different FOP nutritional ...
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In Short
== Employee cleared ==In our 22 August 2008 issue we published a story on bakery employee Paul Bentley, charged with attempting to contaminate food with peanuts at Pork Farms in Nottingham. Bentley was found not guilty of possessing material for contamination on all charges by Judge John Stokes on 24 ...
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== Tesco’s Genius move ==Recently launched gluten-free bread brand Genius is to launch on the shelves of Tesco from mid-May. Available in brown and white varieties, it is made with natural ingredients, and was invented by trained chef and co-author of Leith’s Techniques Bible Lucinda Bruce-Gardyne, who wanted to create ...
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Spring into the summer
Summer is just around the corner, which means it’s time to review your beverage and snacking offer. As you know, when the sun shines, our sales are often affected and not always to our benefit. So let’s explore a ’weather friendly’ menu. With temperatures rising, hot drinks will fall, so ...
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Welbourne’s Bakery strikes plum deal with John Lewis
Lincolnshire bakery Welbourne’s has won a contract to supply John Lewis’ Food Hall in Oxford Street with its Special Plum Bread. The deal came about after representatives from the bakery visited the Restaurant Show in October 2008.
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More café and sandwich chains make FSA healthy food pledge
Four more café chains have agreed to work with the Food Standards Agency (FSA) to promote healthier eating through their shops.
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Minimum wage to rise from October
The National Minimum Wage (NMW) will rise to £5.80 per hour from October, for workers aged 22 and over, the government has announced this week. It is a 7p increase per hour on the current rate of £5.73 – a rise of 1.2%.
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BIA entry deadline countdown
You only have until Friday 15 May to get your entries in for the Baking Industry Awards, so send them in now! Make sure you don’t miss out on the opportunity to shine at the industry’s most prestigious annual event. This year’s awards will be held at the Park Lane Hilton in London on 8 September and will be hosted by comedy legend Ronnie Corbett.
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Greggs’ sales are up following successful Easter trading
Greggs has continued to defy the downturn after its latest figures showed total group sales were up 5.2% for the 19 weeks to 9 May.
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Builder’s Breakfast to become permanent Walkers crisps flavour
Walkers has announced that Builder’s Breakfast is the winner of its ‘Do us a flavour’ competition and will now become a permanent flavour in the Walkers range.
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Hovis continues to grow market share
Hovis has continued to build its market share according to Premier Foods’ interim results for the 16 weeks to 25 April 2009. In its Hovis division, sales in its baking business were up 6% on the comparable period in 2008, due to strong branded sales growth offsetting lower volumes of own-label bread.
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Lantmännen Unibake gains majority stake in Bakehouse
European frozen bakery supplier Lantmännen Unibake has increased its share in Bakehouse, and now has a majority stake in the bake-off supplier.