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== Food-to-go opportunity knocks ==== By Georgina Wild, marketing manager for him! which analyses consumer behaviour and develops action plans for over 100 retail clients Each year him! speaks to thousands of customers while they’re eating and drinking at food-to-go outlets such as Greggs, Pret A Manger and ...
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’E’ effect for water
Hoshizaki has launched a new chemical-free cleaning system, which takes ordinary tap water and transforms it into Alkaline ’E’ Water and Acidic ’E’ Water. The ROX machine can use these two water types for almost all cleaning and sanitising requirements, without the use of chemicals and detergents. It is available ...
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Espresso with the ’Special’ touch
A new espresso machine from La Spaziale is available through Café du Monde. The ’Special’, manufactured in Italy, is a fully automatic machine, operated by a push-button. It comes with two frothers as standard and is available in two sizes - the 2-group machine (10-litre capacity) and the 3-group machine ...
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Roy Flint
Roy Flint, craft baker, plant baker and former president and treasurer of the National Association of Master Bakers has died. He had been ill for some time with lung cancer.His wife Elisabeth, to whom he had been married for almost 40 years, told British Baker: "The baking industry was ...
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Versa-tile food weigher
Thermo Fisher Scientific has launched a new checkweigher for use in the food industry. The Thermo Scientific Versa GP is suitable for high-speed weighing of small to large packages in dry or wet environments. The machine is capable of weighing, control and reject functions at line speeds of up to ...
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Jungs goes on show in the high street
Continental bakery and patisserie Jungs is to open a glass-walled craft bakery, allowing high-street shoppers to watch the bakers at work almost 24 hours a day.The extension to the shop and café in Beaconsfield is due to open after Easter, at a cost of around £400,000. It will showcase the ...
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Nature’s Pride marks return for Interstate
Ailing US wholesale bread and cake distributor Interstate Bakeries is radically revamping its range to focus on ’natural’ products. The firm, alongside eight of its subsidiaries, recently saved 22,000 jobs after successful financial reorganisation, following over four years in bankruptcy. Based in Missouri, Interstate produces popular American brands such as ...
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Unifine’s pot shot at puds
Unifine Food & Bake Ingredients has launched a range of take-away puddings in pots for 2009. The collection of recipes is available in a free full-colour 28-page brochure, which comes with serving suggestions, as well as illustrations of each of the finished puddings.The ingredients and recipes are available for White ...
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Reporting in
Alex WaughDirector, nabimOver recent months we have all relaxed as, despite problems with the quality of the UK harvest, wheat prices have fallen from their peak levels of a year ago. Since early December, however, the wheat market has rebounded, moving up by 15-20%.What is going on?It boils down to ...
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Walker’s updates Sensations
Crisps and snacks manufacturer Walker’s has redesigned the packaging of its Sensations crisps brand as part of a multi-million-pound campaign to drive the brand’s growth. New flavours are also being introduced to its sharing range and the brand will feature in new TV advertising and will also have its own ...
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== ABI head retires ==Alan Hempton, managing director of Allied Bakeries Ireland (ABI), has retired after 45 years in the trade. He joined the business as a 16-year-old apprentice engineer in 1964 and went on to become managing director in 1987. In his time as MD, ABI began exporting to ...
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== FDF focuses on fat ==In response to the launch of the Food Standard’s Agency saturated fat awareness campaign, Julian Hunt, director of the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) said its members were actively looking at how they could help consumers lower their intake of saturated fat. For example, United ...
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== Dust guidance ==The Federation of Bakers has produced a revised health and safety booklet - Guidance on Dust Control and Health Surveillance in Bakeries. It has been updated in conjunction with The Health and Safety Executive, the National Association of Master Bakers and the Scottish Association of Master Bakers. ...
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Roy Flint passes away
Roy Flint, craft baker, plant baker and former president and treasurer of the National Association of Master Bakers has died. He had been ill for some time with lung cancer. His wife Elisabeth, to whom he had been married for almost 40 years, told British Baker: “The baking industry was his life. He knew so many people. He would be in raptures over a loaf of bread, its taste, crust, colour and texture.”
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Directors consider future of Patisserie UK
The future of Patisserie UK’s place within Lees Foods’ group of companies has been put into question by directors, following a “disappointing” performance in 2008. According to a trading update, Patisserie UK suffered, due to the loss of “a major customer” last year. Directors were said to be considering Patisserie UK’s future within the Lees Group and will make an announcement regarding its future in due course.
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Biscuit baker cuts sat fats
Paterson Arran has been named the first company to be part of the HGCA’s Supply Chain Partnership Innovation Showcase. The initative has been devised to help promote best practice in the cereals supply chain in innovation, cost and price, transport, materials testing and communication and collaboration. The Scottish biscuit manufacturer, based in Livingstone, was chosen for reducing the saturated fat content in its products by replacing the previously used palm oil with rapeseed oil.
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Wall’s launches new pastry products
Sausage brand Wall’s is to take on Ginsters with the launch of its new savoury pastries. Its Full of Filling range will compete directly with the West country brand and target male snackers shopping in convenience stores. Valerie Kubala, Wall’s pastry senior brand manager, said: “There is a huge opportunity for Wall’s to use its meat, quality and value credentials to reinvigorate the pastry sector with this new range.
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Costa tops coffee chain poll
Costa Coffee has been voted the best coffee chain by customers who rate its friendly staff and tidy stores more highly than its main rivals. Costa beat Caffè Nero into second place and Starbucks and Coffee Republic, in third and fourth respectively, to the title, as a result of consultancy firm him!’s Coffee Chain Customer Tracking Programme. This asks customers to rate their experience, after visiting a particular branch, on topics such as quality of drinks, choice of food, time spent queuing, atmosphere and overall value for money.
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Wine emporium Vinopolis’ bakery plans get green light
Wine business Vinopolis has been given the go-ahead to open a bakery, restaurant and shops by London’s celebrated food market, Borough Market. The development will house a combined 24-hour bakery and retail unit, which will supply products sold in the new retail units as well as to the St John group, which operates the Cantina, Brew Wharf and Wine Wharf outlets at Vinopolis, together with two restaurants in Clerkenwell. Southwark council’s planning committee has backed the plans, which involve the reuse of existing railway arches on Park Street.