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60-second sales pitch Julie Croker, managing director, Katermart
What’s new?A range of two, compact electric convection ovens - the KF620 and KF412 from Katermart - suitable for bakers, coffee shops and sandwich bars.What’s so special about it?Both ovens can be plugged into a 13A socket, so none of that three-phase special power requirement rubbish. Just plug & play! ...
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Crackdown on abuse of workers
Food manufacturers should welcome the crackdown launched by the Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA) to stamp out exploitation of foreign workers, which will involve up to 30 raids across the UK, inter- national law firm Eversheds said last week.Eversheds partner Owen Warnock said the GLA’s Operation Ajax was probably the ...
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Sayers buy-out as Lyndale goes into administration
A total of 450 jobs have been axed after the Lyndale Group was put into administration, which led to the closure of the Sayers’ bakery in Norris Green, Liverpool, 41 stores across the north west and the Sayers headquarters in the city.The job losses were implemented after a management buy- ...
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Best Bakeries aims for management buy-out
South Wales-based company Best Bakeries, which went into administration on Wednesday (4 June), may be saved by a management buy-out (MBO).The bakery, which supplies Ferrari’s Fresh Bakeries’ shops, has appointed Alistair Wardell and Nigel Morrison of Grant Thorn-ton Recovery and Reorganisation in Cardiff as administrators.Around 100 staff were employed ...
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Bluebird flies in for AM
Kettering-based labelling, bar-coding and software solution specialist AM Labels, has added the world’s first 3.5" screen all-in-one PDA, the Bluebird, to its portfolio. The Bluebird offers powerful functionality, integrated GPS receiver with worldwide navigation capability and is teamed with a large 3.5" screen, suitable for sales and mobile staff where ...
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Buyer found for Tindale & Stanton
Tindale and Stanton has been rescued from administration securing almost 160 jobs in the process. Joint administrators Ian Stokoe and Ian Green of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, announced the completion of the sale of the business and assets of Tindale & Stanton Limited to Hobson Foods Limited, on 11 June 2008. Hobson ...
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Apuro plugs the gap
Distributor Apuro has introduced the low-cost Samsung semi-commercial microwave oven to "fill the gap between light-duty domestic models and more expensive, larger commercial microwaves". The Samsung Superlite CM1039K has a power output of 1,000w and has a black metal outer cabinet and stainless steel inner cavity. Apuro says it ...
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Website bakery resource goes live
The Bakery School, a web-based online resource tool, went live on 31 May.The site, set up by fomer bakery tutor Jean Grieves and retired baker Albert Waterfield, contains 40 modules, divided into three main categories - ingredients, processes and methods and problem solving. Each module gives detailed information, complete ...
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Scottish community seeks to save bakery
Residents of Dunbar in East Lothian are so concerned about the possible closure of the William Smith’s bakery, that they are putting together a plan for the local community to buy it.Sustaining Dunbar, a not-for-profit association affiliated to the Dunbar Community Develop-ment Company, was officially launched on 30 April this ...
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IAWS/Hiestand merger creates global baking firm
IAWS and Hiestand’s merger, announced earlier this week, will give the company "great scope across four continents", Hugo Kane, chief operating officer, told British Baker.The merger has created the world’s biggest maker of frozen baked goods. In future, the company will be known as Aryzta, which is derived from the ...
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Irwin’s pushes into Irish Republic with bread deal
Northern Ireland bakery Irwin’s has broken new commercial ground by securing contracts to supply its Nutty Krust batch bread to retailers in the Irish Republic.The bread went on sale in Tesco Ireland at the beginning of June and will be on the shelves of the Musgrave Group and Dunnes Stores ...
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Snow business at Eurotek
Eurotek has launched a snow removal system for frozen food manufacturers. Designed to keep evaporator fins clear of snow, it allows freezing lines to run for twice as long between defrosts.The SRS is "proving a popular option on lines dedicated to handling high volumes of high moisture products such as ...
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Steve’s Cakes gains keys to Pallas
Steve’s Cakes in Antrim, which produces homemade cakes and traybakes, is to supply one of Ireland’s leading foodservice organisations, Pallas Foods.The deal came about through an initiative called Invest NI, part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund, which holds ’Meet the Buyer’ events. These events allow smaller companies the ...
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Consumers shielded from price rises, claims report
Food retailers are shielding customers from the full impact of soaring commodity prices, according to figures produced by the British Retail Consor- tium (BRC).The Shop Price Index, developed by the Consortium and administered by marketing information company AC Nielsen, showed that fresh food prices increased by 6.4% in May ...
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Costa Coffee raises funds for communities
Every penny of profit generated at Costa coffee stores on 14 June is to be donated to coffee-growing regions to help with the provision of school buildings, clean water and other facilities.The funds will be channelled through the Costa Foundation, which was set up in 2006 so the company could ...
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Comment
California RaisinsThe raisin market has changed dramatically over the past 12 months and, in line with most other food commodities, prices have increased. Raisin and sultana supplies from Eastern Mediterranean suppliers were affected by the 2007 drought, which in turn reduced European supplies significantly. This led to dried vine fruit ...
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Commodities Prices
PriceMeasurementChange (%)Commodity prices - to tradeUK bread wheat - delivered, Liverpool192.50£/tonne0milling wheat (May contract)Canadian No1 CWRS (Fob St Lawrence)248.00£/tonne-0.17Sugar (refined, granulated)821.60£/tonne0Commodity prices - international futuresWheat (LIFFE, May contract)148.50£/tonne-1.00Coffee, Arabica (NYBOT, May contract)132.90£/tonne+13.64Coffee, Robusta (LIFFE, May contract)2,211£/tonne+21.89Footnote: Prices in £ sterling, except where stated.Sources: Cereals; HGCA. Statistics correct as of 2/6/2008; ...
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Consumer Tracking Fairtrade
Fairtrade beverage producers must continue to innovate to cater for both older and more affluent consumers as well as younger professionals, according to new research conducted on behalf of Aimia Foods.The company, which produces Fairtrade hot beverage brand Percol, said the research had revealed the potential of the out-of-home market. ...
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EPP expands deck offer
European Process Plant launched a deck oven from MIWE at the Baking Industry Exhibition earlier this year. The MIWE condo has all the features of a professional rack oven, but takes up less space and "handles everything from delicate pastry to hearty bread".Each of its electric-heated decks can be controlled ...
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Vandemoortele expands with French takeover
Belgian firm Vandemoortele Food Group is poised to take over Panavi, France’s leading manufacturer of frozen bakery products, for an undisclosed sum.The deal, endorsed by the Panavi group’s shareholders and subject to approval by the French regulatory authorities, will mean a substantial expansion of Vandemoortele’s frozen bakery products operations, which ...