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Your chance to shine, as we launch BIA 2009
British Baker is delighted to announce the launch of the 2009 Baking Industry Awards, to be held on Tuesday 8 September at the Park Lane Hilton in London. The evening, which features many different awards categories, will be a celebration of the industry’s achievements over the last year, as well ...
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Samworth gains £4m M&S deal
Leicester-based Samworth Brothers has won a £4m order to make loaf cakes and cupcakes for Marks & Spencer. The order is a manufacturing breakthrough for Samworth, as it is the first time it will produce products stored at room temperature, instead of refri- gerated goods. Four flavours of loaf ...
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ADM springs into action for flour
ADM Milling is offering a spring promotion on its Harvester flour, as well as updating its logo and marketing material. Customers will be able to purchase 13 bags of Harvester flour for the price of 12. ADM also has a loyalty card available. Customers who purchase a bakers’s dozen can ...
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Patisserie UK folds after losing Costa contract
Lees Foods’ Patisserie UK subsidiary has been placed into administration after attempts to sell it as a going concern proved unsuccessful. Patisserie UK, a bespoke manufacturer of cakes, desserts and biscuits, suffered due to the loss of a major customer - Costa Coffee - last year. When Lees Foods acquired ...
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Lucozade stays Alert to stimulus
Sports and energy drink brand Lucozade has repackaged its latest offering, Lucozade Alert, into cans to bring it more in line with consumers’ perceptions of mental stimulation drinks. The move to a 250ml slim can is designed to show how it differs from the rest of the Lucozade range. Lucozade ...
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Aryzta blossoms with half-year health
Aryzta has announced a healthy performance in its half-year results. Adjusted profit rose by 14.6% within its food division with underlying revenue increasing 6% for the six months to 31 January 2009. The global specialist bakery company saw operating profit grow 11% to E64m in its Food Europe division, which ...
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Bakers asked to sign petition on late payments
Bakers are being urged to sign up to an online petition calling for an end to late payments. If enough people sign up, it is hoped the government will introduce industry standard contractual payment terms, ensuring that all companies pay suppliers within 28 days. Graham McQuade, new business development ...
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Garlic gets a snack attack
Black garlic is the latest health-giving product set to take the snacking and ingredients markets by storm. The garlic is aged and fermented in a process that turns its bitter white cloves into soft, sweet, black segments, which are completely odourless. The resulting sweet chewy pieces can be snacked on, ...
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Bagel Nash slows plans for growth
Bagel Nash has scaled back its expansion plans, as the credit crunch bites into the sandwich market. Last year, the Leeds-based bagel shop and café chain hoped to open an extra 43 stores by 2011, but now admits its plan to reach 50 outlets will take longer. It ...
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Bakehouse homes in on burger buys
Bakehouse’s new Gourmet Burger Bun - designed to hold a fresh 4-8oz burger - has been developed to capitalise on increased consumer demand for premium fresh burgers. The bun is made with extra virgin olive oil and a sourdough starter to give a distinctive rustic taste. It is also dusted ...
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Welsh move for French bakery firm
French bakery PV France is moving to Wales after out-growing its Merseyside factory in Kirby. The firm, whose customers include Ryanair, Café Rouge, and sandwich chain Philpotts Group UK, will spend £1.2m to lease and refit a 25,000sq ft factory at Llangefni on Anglesey, where it will increase capacity ...
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CBI fears new tax bill
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) is calling for amendments to the Business Rates Supplement Bill, which it fears could result in the burden of extra taxes for businesses.
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Brakes develops savoury tastes
Brakes has added two new products to its savouries and pastry portfolio. Brakes 8-inch Giant Sausage Roll is a ready-to-bake flakey pastry roll containing chopped and shaped pork. Featuring a laddered pattern, which ensures the pastry rises and cooks more evenly, the sausage rolls are available in packs of 40. ...
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Premier plans further push for Hovis brand
Premier Foods has said it will continue its Hovis marketing push in a bid to cement the brand’s turnaround. Alongside TV advertising, the firm plans a big media campaign behind Best of Both at the end of March, followed by the launch of a new range of rolls in April. ...
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The Bread Factory doubles capacity
Doubling its sales has prompted handmade speciality bread and cake producer The Bread Factory to build a new production facility. The wholesale baker, which has been baking breads and morning goods for more than 17 years, needed more space after sales rose in the last two years. The Bread ...
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FSA pushes major chains on health
Major sandwich shops and coffee chains have announced commitments to produce ’healthier’ products as part of a wider project by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) targeting food outlets. Caffè Nero, Greggs, Costa Coffee, Starbucks, Eat, Pret A Manger and BB’s Coffee & Muffins have published commitments, ranging from reducing the ...
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Tchibo plans new coffee offer
The German-owned Tchibo chain of coffee shops, which is pulling out of its 51 high street retailing sites and 100 shop concessions in Sainsbury’s and Somerfield, told British Baker at Café+ that, in three to four months’ time, it would launch a new coffee service to bakery retailers. Tchibo, based ...
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Reporting in Long live local competitions
Where have all the bread and confectionery competitions gone? Down in Kent we still run a county competition each year to find the Champion Kent Baker. The Western Region has been running bread and confectionery competitions for many years. Both competitions are well-supported by bakers from all over their areas. ...
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Consumer tracking
Wheat-free bakery products are more commonplace in Australia than the UK, according to the latest Austrends 2009 Trade report, and there are good growth opportunities available. The report, published by the Australian Trade Commission, provides insight into how Aussie food and beverage producers are delivering innovation within key trends in ...
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Consumer watch How do we get customers to spend more?
Seventy-seven per cent of coffee chain customers are drinking their purchase in the outlet. Those who spend 15 minutes in a coffee chain spend £4.78 per trip on average. However those who spend more than four times longer - at least an hour - only spend 10% more or ...