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Asda sells 50p bloomer
Asda is to sell its large white bloomer for 50p as part of a cut-price promotion this weekend.The 800g bloomer – which usually retails for £1.09 – is one of 10 products being sold for 50p until Sunday. Other goods include fruit, salad ingredients, own-brand sausages, eggs and butter. Asda ...
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Ainsleys grows delivery fleet
Leeds-based bakery chain Ainsleys’ delivery service has grown from a single van a year ago to a fleet of 10 this month and has recorded turnover of £1.5 million, according to sales and marketing director James Ainsley.He told British Baker that the Ainsley Delivers vans had been “very successful” and ...
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Kate’s Cakes launches free-from products
Kate’s Cakes has added three new cereal bars to its You Can! range. A Dairy Free Muesli bar, Wheat Free Nut ‘N’ choc bar and Dairy & Gluten Free Fruit & Seed bar join the existing range of dairy, gluten, wheat-free and low-fat cakes. The bars come individually wrapped in ...
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Proper Cornish to supply Sainsbury’s
Proper Cornish Food Company, has won a major contract with Sainsbury’s, which will see them supply the supermarket with a Taste the difference, Traditional Cornish Pasty. The pasty, handmade in Cornwall, will be available in stores nationwide from summer, and has been produced using locally sourced ingredients where possible. Commenting ...
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Selenium project results ’encouraging’
Research on fortifying UK wheat with selenium through the use of fertilisers has been encouraging, according to project leader Dr Martin Broadley.The project, dubbed BAGELS, is a “farm to fork” project sponsored by DEFRA and aimed at establishing whether selenium-containing fertilisers can be used without damaging the environment.According to the ...
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Welsh food skills group launched
Ingredients supplier Beacon Foods has joined forces with a group of academics and food industry professionals with the aim of developing food industry skills within Wales.The new group, Food Industry Skills Strategy Group, will oversee and direct the Food Industry Skills Project. Other members in the group include leading food ...
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McDonald’s introduces regional pricing
McDonald’s is to vary the amount it charges for food depending on the location of each outlet. The changes are being implemented in response to increasing prices of products such as bread, milk and beef. A spokesperson for McDonald’s told British Baker: “McDonald’s food bill is increasing and like other ...
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Baking Industry Awards: early-bird offer ending
The last day for early bird booking for the 2008 Baking Industry Awards is Monday 30 June, so make sure you book your table now! The early bird offer means tables cost £1,600 plus VAT for a table of 10 (normally £1,750 + VAT) and £1,920 for a table of ...
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FSA action on irradiated yeast
The Food Standards Agency has taken action to stop the sale of a number of products which contain dried irradiated yeast from China, in breach of UK regulations. The products recalled include some batches of Snacks Unlimited’s Weight Watchers Smokey Bacon Corn Bites and Burton’s Snackrite Mini Cheese Thins, Mini ...
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National forum for bakery trainers
Major bakery trainers have pledge their support for a national Colleges and Trainers Forum.The meeting will take place at Sheffield College on 30 June. Acting chairman and organiser Chris North, a bakery lecturer at the college, told British Baker that bakery training has reached a crunch point, with confusion over ...
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Mr Kipling: Cake Bites launched
Mr Kipling has launched a range of Cake Bites. The Premier Foods brand is aiming to capitalise on the growing market for sharing and special treat eating occasions with its new offering. Mr Kipling Cake Bites come in three flavours - Caramel, Lemon and Strawberry & Vanilla, available from this ...
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Grahams’ charity link-up
Grahams Bakery in Dromore, Northern Ireland, has announced a partnership with charity Barnardo’s. As part of the bakery’s corporate and social responsiblity programme it has launched promotion packs to raise funds for the charity and has involved staff by encouraging them to fund raise at events. “We are constantly looking ...
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Sales up for Costa
Costa Coffee has reported a “positive start” to the financial year, with sales up 28.4% in the 13 weeks to 29 May.Owner Whitbread said the coffee chain had benefitted from a “rapid expansion programme which has seen the total number of units increase year-on-year by 289 to 1,051”. Like-for-likes were ...
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Starbucks/SSP deal: London plans
Starbucks Coffee Company and food travel experts SSP have agreed a deal which will see SSP open more than 150 Starbucks stores in Europe over the next three years. The outlets will be established in “prime travel locations”, and SSP hopes to open the first ones within London train stations ...
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Tesco: own-label revamp
Tesco has revamped its bakery packaging and displays. The new look, which is being rolled out to stores from this week, covers packaging and point of sale and in-store fixtures and fittings.The revamp will more clearly differentiate Tesco’s standard range from its more expensive products. It will not affect Tesco’s ...
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Costa Foundation day raises £150,000
Costa Coffee’s first national Foundation Day raised £150,000, which will be donated to coffee growing communities. Profits generated in its 700 stores on 14 June are being donated to The Costa Foundation today, and will go towards building five new schools in Costa Rica, Guatemala and Uganda.The charity was set ...
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Drury Tea & Coffee Company goes green
London-based Drury Tea & Coffee Company is giving its customers the option of buying its roasted coffee beans in 12kg biodegradable hessian sacks rather than 10 x 1kg foil bags in a cardboard outer. The company says the move will help the environment and reduce the cost of the product ...
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Welsh food skills group launched
Ingredients supplier, Beacon Foods, has joined forces with a group of academics and food industry professionals with the aim of developing food industry skills in the country.The new group, Food Industry Skills Strategy Group, will oversee and direct the Food Industry Skills Project. Other members in the group include leading ...
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Record entries for BIA 2008
A total of 105 new entrants - a record number - have entered the Baking Industry Awards 2008, to be held on Monday 15 September.The awards, which take place at the Grosvenor House hotel in Mayfair, London, have attracted a total of 229 entrants, 67 more than last year. The ...
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Construction starts on Warburtons’ £45m plant
Work is under way on Warburtons’ £45 million new ’super-bakery’ in Bristol, which is expected to employ 450 staff and produce 1.5 million products each week.The 220,000sq ft bakery, which is being built on a 12-acre site at the Western Approach Distribution Park at Severn Beach, is expected to ...