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Worker void appears as immigrants return home
Craft bakeries fear a massive skills shortage, as the flow of bakers from Eastern Europe dries up and those already here return home.With the fall in the value of the pound and the economic slowdown, the UK is less attractive to migrant workers such as bakers. In contrast, the Polish ...
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Asda opens up the doors to Great Britain for Irwin’s Irish Batch range
Northern Irish bakery Irwin’s has achieved a 300-store distribution deal with Asda for its Irish Batch range.The deal, worth £250,000 annually, will see Irwin’s Irish Batch available in Great Britain for the first time, from this winter. The recipe was created over 40 years ago and is marketed in Northern ...
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Scottish firm moves into custom-built bakery
Scottish bakery Stephens plans to expand its chain of shops and fleet of snack vans after moving into a custom-built £4.5m bakery.Located on the outskirts of Dunfermline, the new 38,000sq ft site replaces Stephens’ previous 7,000sq ft premises in the town centre. Managing director André Sarafilovic told ...
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Bakery goods in fine spirit
A number of festive bakery products have been developed using branded alcohol from culinary alcohol supplier Thomas Lowndes - part of Beam Global Spirits & Wine Inc. Tesco is now using Courvoisier VS Cognac in its Finest Mince Pie range, while Asda uses the same product in its Extra Special ...
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California Raisins drives concentrate for bakery
California Raisins is promoting its juice concentrate for use in the production of baked goods, confectionery and snacks.The concentrate is prepared in stages by leaching raisins with water to produce the juice. This is then "evaporated in a vacuum pan until the concentration contains a minimum of 70% natural fruit ...
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Cookies to beat crunch
Rich Products has added filled cookies to its product portfolio. They come in two varieties - Chocolate Cookie with a cream filling and Vanilla Cookie with a milk chocolate filling."Cookies are extremely popular with consumers," said Rich’s marketing manager Gail Lindsay. "But there is a definite gap in the market ...
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Finsbury sees slowdown in cake growth
Finsbury Foods’ sales for the 20 weeks to mid-November were up 11% on the same 2007/08 period, with sales in its cake division up 3% year-on-year."Cake growth has slowed, both within the whole market and within Finsbury," said a company spokesperson. "There has been a reduction in demand for high-value ...
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Greencore initiatives drive cakes
Food producer Greencore has revealed that its cakes and desserts business has performed well for the full year ended 26 September 2008.Sales have increased by 8.3% in its Convenience Foods division (excluding water) and average category volume growth in its UK convenience business, which includes cakes and sandwiches, stood at ...
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New mixer causes a stir
Pantheon has developed its new heavy-duty PM20 Planetary Mixer. The body of the machine is made from solid metal and die-cast aluminium, while the 20-litre mixing bowl and beater, whisk and dough hook are all made from stainless steel. It is powered by a 1.1kW motor and features three speed ...
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NSA group moves to clarify future training
The steering group tasked with drawing up a new industry-stan-dard foundation skills course for bakery moved to clarify issues surrounding the future of bakery qualifications, following sector skills council Improve’s announcement (BB, pg 6, 14 November) that it would be reforming the structure of qualifications.A baking industry representative steering group ...
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Consumer Tracking
Latte is the new lager, according to new research commissioned by Costa Coffee. The survey, conducted by market research agency Opinion Matters, revealed that coffee shops have overtaken pubs as the UK’s favourite social hang-out.Of the people surveyed, 72% were said to prefer coffee shops to pubs for catching ...
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König system keeps it cool
European bakery equipment manufacturer König has launched an updated version of its vacuum cooling system the Ceovac. It allows bread, rolls and pastry products to be part-baked without being kept in freezers or on board refrigerated vehicles.The machines are supplied by European Process Plant, based in Surrey. Company ...
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Hovis sales on the rise, as Premier reviews debt
Premier Foods’ interim management statement has revealed sales of Hovis are up 11% for the four months to October.According to the company, consumer response to the relaunch of its Hovis brand has been positive, and market share in October has improved. Part of the success has been put down to ...
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UK wheat quality down as final results emerge
UK wheat quality is down compared to last season according to the HGCA’s final 2008 Cereals Quality Survey.The results show that average Hagberg, protein content and specific weight are lower, while moisture content is much higher. The quality in 2008 is down compared to all three previous seasons’ averages.Alex Waugh, ...
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Patisserie Valerie drives on with expansion plans
Premium café chain Patisserie Valerie is forging ahead with expansion plans, despite the economic downturn, opening four more outlets in the next fortnight and a further nine by the spring of next year."We’re obviously aware of the economic situation, but, looking at the performance of our new stores, there is ...
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Subway takes the lead on healthy eating pledge
Coffee shop chains are to follow Subway’s lead by announcing Food Standards Agency (FSA)-agreed healthy eating commit- ments next year,Subway unveiled a raft of healthy eating pledges on 20 November, which were developed with, and will be monitored by, the FSA. These included reducing salt in sandwiches by 15% by ...
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Friul juicers unveiled
Apuro has unveiled its new Friul juice extractors and is marketing them as a way for bakery retailers, cafés and coffee shops to encourage healthy eating by offering pure fruit or vegetable juice. The machines can also be used to juice vegetables as a base for cold soup.Two models are ...
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FSA revises origin guide for labels
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has published revised guidance for country-of-origin labelling, designed to benefit consumers and to further the FSA’s commitment to improve food labelling and consistency.The guidance will apply to manufacturers, producers, retailers and caterers and will be split into three sections, which explain the legal requirements that ...
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Health range set to grow
Nine new Weight Watchers breads are to be launched in January, joining the three already available.The range now includes Chilled Garlic Petit Pain, Chilled Garlic Ciabatta, Pitta, Wraps, Chilled Garlic and Coriander Naan and Bagels, all available at retailers from January.Andrew Chesters, managing director of Rivermill, manufacturing the breads under ...
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Subway stores outpace McDonald’s
Sandwich chain Subway plans to open another 650 stores in the UK and Ireland by 2010. It has now overtaken McDonald’s for the greatest number of stores in both countries, with a total of 1,350 outlets. The company, which has grown from 25 stores in the UK and Ireland in ...