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Rombouts develops its coffee lines for cafés
Rombouts Coffee’s Pure Origins coffee range is now available for coffee shops and cafés. The range, which was exclusively available to retail consumers through Selfridges stores, is available in two formats - ground coffee in black caddies for cafetières, and coffee pods for the Rombouts’ 1,2,3 Spresso system.Coffee varieties ...
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Higher prices drive Callebaut growth
Barry Callebaut has reported a 5.3% increase in full-year opera-ting profit to 31 August 2008 and said it had continued to see good growth in the first two months of the current fiscal year. Profit rose to SFr341.1m (£184.7m), as sales increased by 17.3% to SFr4.8bn (£2.6bn).According to the company, ...
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Summit: last chance
There are less than two weeks left to register for the Baking Industry Summit 2008, on 27 November, so make sure you reserve your delegate place now. The Summit, which will focus on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), is taking place at One Great George Street, London, and will host a ...
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Data logger enables real-time control
A real time facility - DataTrace RF Temperature Logger - is now being offered by monitoring solutions company Wessex Power. The MPRF temperature loggers provide accurate data across a wide temperature range, -80?C to + 400?C, and come with either a rigid or bendable probe length."Real-time data enables adjustment to ...
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Toblerone Cookie launched
BakeMark UK is launching a Toblerone Cookie under its licensing agreement with Kraft Foods.The new cookie includes pieces of Toblerone chocolate, with honey and almond nougat and has a soft American-style cookie texture. It is supplied in frozen blocks which can be cut into 96 individual 60g cookies for ...
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Co-operatives link to form grain supply set-up
A new market-focused organisation that aims to deliver greater value across the grain supply chain could benefit the baking industry. Ten farmer-owned central storage co-operatives from across the UK have joined forces to create NetworkGrain UK.Neil Adams, a regional mana-ger at the English Farming & Food Partnership, who has been ...
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Costa says no plans to slow store development
The coming recession is unlikely to affect Costa Coffee’s store expansion plans though pricing on food could come under pressure, Costa’s MD John Derkach told British Baker.Despite reports that people are cutting back on coffee shop visits he said the chain had not yet felt the need to adapt its ...
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CSM feels volume pinch, as pre-tax profits fall
Bakery product supplier, CSM, has reported a 23% fall in pre-tax profit to E27m (£22.1m) in the third quarter as the recession starts to bite. Although sales increased by 2% to E639.5m (£523.1m), CSM said it had seen evidence of "downscaling and downtrading" by customers.Chief executive Gerard Hoetmer said the ...
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Merchandiser maximises display space for goods
The latest version of E&R Moffat’s BK Merchandiser has been designed to offer the maximum space available for the display of chilled snacks and drinks. The self-service display unit features a cascade of cold air to keep food at the desired temperature. It has a refrigerated well, to store products ...
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Starbucks sees dramatic fall in profits
Restructuring and "significant transition" for Starbucks Cor-poration has seen its profits crash 96.6% to $5.4m, compared with $158.5m in its fourth quarter last year. The coffee chain’s fourth-quarter results, ended 28 September, and full fiscal 2008 results also reveal a fall in opera-ting profit for the year from $1.1bn in ...
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EDi washers go green
Industrial Washing Machines’ latest EDi range of utensil washers has been added to the government’s Water Technology List, which recognises products that protect the environment by saving water.Its inclusion on the list means that the range qualifies for the Enhanced Capital Allowances (ECA) scheme operated by Defra (the Department for ...
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Pepsi talks entertaining on the phone
Britvic and PepsiCo have announced that Pepsi will be incorporating quick-response (QR) codes across its brand in a bid to provide entertainment on-the-go. Using mobile phone technology, the codes, which will appear on more than 400 million packs, will enable consumers to gain access to content provided by Pepsi via ...
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Firefly finds a way to Recharge
Firefly Tonics has launched its new drink ’Recharge’. Available in Pomegranate & Echinacea and Rosehip & Ginseng flavours, it contains fruit juices (white grape, pomegranate, plum, blood orange, rosehip), with botanical extracts, including kola nut, elderflower and chilli. The drink contains no added sugar or artificial ingredients and has been ...
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Fine for ’light’ loaves
Northern Irish bakery Irwin’s, has been fined £1,500 for selling underweight bread, after launching a 600g loaf ahead of next year’s EU directive that lifts historical UK bread weights.The underweight loaves were found during a routine weight check by a Trading Standards officer in a supermarket in April. Thirty-eight ...
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Lincat makes rapid toast
Lincat has launched a new conveyor toaster.The CT1 has adjustable temperature and conveyor speed and can produce up to 340 slices of toast per hour.Both upper and lower elements are adjustable in order to control browning and it features a one-sided toasting function which can be used for products ...
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== Gordon Polson ==Director, The Federation of BakersThis year has certainly been eventful so far for plant bakers. We still do not know the full picture following the harvest. Although the UK wheat crop produced a healthy amount, the bulk of the wheat seems to be low-grade. Without adequate amounts ...
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== Premier’s debt talks ==Hovis owner Premier Foods has confirmed reports in the national press that it has hired advisors to help push through a speedy reduction in its debt burden. The company’s principal bankers - Lloyds TSB and Royal Bank of Scotland - have appointed accountancy firm Deloitte to ...
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== Charity at BIA ==British Baker can announce that the total amount raised at the Baking Industry Awards for the Bakers Benevolent Society is £5,577.50.== BBS tea ==The annual Bakers’ Benevolent Society Afternoon Tea for the residents of Bakers’ Villas in Epping, will take place on Sunday 23 November, in ...
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== Bakery rise forecast ==A new report from Datamonitor has predicted that the UK bakery and cereals market will grow by 1.7% by 2010, to reach £8.15bn. Bread & rolls was the biggest category in 2007, it reported, at 37.4% of the market, followed by: cookies/sweet biscuits, 19.1%; breakfast cereals, ...
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== Finsbury increase ==Finsbury Food Group has released its Annual Report 2008. It states the first 10 weeks of the year to June 2008, have seen its upward sales trend continuing. Like-for-like sales have grown 13% and adjusted profit before tax increased by 68% to £7.7m, compared to £4.6m in ...