All Latest News articles – Page 557
-
News
Warburtons to build £45m bakery in Bristol
Warburtons is to invest £45m in a new ’super-bakery’ in Bristol. The new plant is to be built on a 12 acre site at the Western Approach Distribution Park at Severn Beach, and forms part of the company’s national expansion programme.The new bakery, currently in the early stages of building, ...
-
News
Belcolade celebrates 20th birthday in style
Belcolade’s marketing executive Lydia Baines (pictured) holds aloft a chocolate dessert, made especially to celebrate the company’s 20th birthday.The birthday party took place at Whittlebury Hall at the end of a golf and spa day out for many of its largest buyers. The event was hosted by Dan Oakley, managing ...
-
News
Cooks the Bakery ties up leaseholds after 2006 purchase of Three Cooks
Solihull’s Cooks the Bakery has completed the acquisition of 120 leasehold stores from the administrators of Three Cooks.The leasehold agreements mark the final stage in the transfer of the Three Cooks business to Cooks the Bakery, after it bought the business and trade of the firm from administra- ...
-
News
Abim forum examines sustainability
The Association of Bakery Ingredient Manufacturers (abim) 2008 forum, ’Growing A Sustainable Bakery Industry’, is to take place on 6 June.The event, which will be staged at the Devonshire Arms Country House Hotel, Bolton Abbey, Skipton, will start with a buffet lunch and networking opportunity, followed by a programme ...
-
News
Best Bakeries applies for administration: fire breaks out
Firemen were called in to tackle a blaze that broke out among vans at South Wales’ Ferraris Bakery last night. Three lorries were damaged in the fire outside the plant at Hirwaun in the Cynon Valley, but the bakery itself was unaffected, according to a source. The fire broke out on the same day that Best Bakeries, which owns the plant, applied for administration and laid off around 50 staff. Forty-two employees remain at the plant and business will continue as usual. Ferraris’ shops will continue to be supplied with products, a spokesperson told the BBC. It is not the first time the plant has run into trouble - it went into administration in 2006 under previous owners Cleary Foods. Current owners Best Bakeries bought the business from administrators Begbies Traynor in February 2007, saving 600 jobs. The bakery was severely damaged by a blaze in April 2007.
-
News
Organics organisation woos bakers
Bakers, millers and sandwich makers are being urged to join a new commercial trade body, which has been set a remit to represent organic food processors’ commercial interests.The Organic Trade Board (OTB) has been launched to co-ordinate promotions, consumer and scientific research and "to beat the organic drum", said Lizzie ...
-
News
Richemont returns to Bakers’ Fair
The Richemont Club will again hold its annual competition at this year’s Bakers’ Fair on 19 October.The free event, organised by British Baker’s publisher William Reed, will be held at Sheffield’s Don Valley stadium from 9.30am until 4pm.The show will be packed with exhibitors drawn from key bakery supply ...
-
News
Northern sees bakery rise
Northern Foods has reported a strong performance in bakery sales for the year to 29 March.The Goodfellas pizza and Fox’s biscuits manufacturer saw total pre-tax profits rise 25% year-on-year to £50.1m. In its bakery division, revenue rose to £205m in 2008, from £197.3m in 2007, with profits up to £14.9m ...
-
News
Bakery School goes live
Web-based training resource The Bakery School will go live tomorrow (31 May). The website - at www.thebakeryschool.com - has 40 modules, divided into three main categories - ingredients, processes and methods and problem solving. Each module will include a multiple-choice exam and a printable certificate. The Bakery School has been set up by Jean Grieves and Albert Waterfield MBE as a low-cost solution to the skills crisis faced by the baking industry. "It’s training at minimal cost to the employer," said Grieves. An annual licence for the site – which includes one password and username – costs £250. Multiple rates are negotiable. Profits will be reinvested in the business, and further modules developed. The Bakery School’s homepage includes a couple of demonstration modules so interested companies can see how it works.
-
News
Bakkavör to shut down UK factory
Icelandic company Bakkavör Group has said it will close its UK pasta plant in Scunthorpe by the end of the month. The closure may lead to the loss of 107 jobs, according to local press reports.The firm reportedly blamed the decision on the increased cost of raw materials and ...
-
News
Coffee event challenges the baristas
The Speciality Coffee Association of Europe (SCAE) will hold its Wonderful Coffee event in Copenhagen from 19 to 22 June this year. The event will feature an exhibition, conference and series of practical workshops. Talented coffee professionals from more than 50 countries will battle it out in competitions, including the ...
-
News
Beyond the Bean brings in Sweetbird
Beyond the Bean launched the latest addition to its range - a ready-to-drink fruit smoothie - at the show.The Sweetbird range is avai-lable in three flavours - orange & mango, pineapple & passion fruit and blackberry & blueberry.The smoothies come in 100% recyclable PET bottles, with no artificial colours, ...
-
News
Wine and beer on sale at Coffee Republic
Coffee Republic is dipping its toe into continental-style drinking culture as some cafés have started to sell alcohol. Speaking to British Baker at Caffè Culture, UK franchise director Kevin Frostick said Coffee Republic hadn’t really pushed the concept of licensed cafes, but where franchisees wanted to sell alcohol, the company ...
-
News
Being ethical means going beyond Fairtrade, says seminar speaker
Café businesses need to "get beyond Fairtrade" if they want to be truly ethical, according to Caffè Culture seminar speaker Paul Allen.Allen, editor of the BBC’s Green website and author of Your Ethical Business, said companies must wake up to consumer demand for ethical products and practices. "Consumers expect businesses ...
-
News
Bertolli takes healthy Bites
Burton Foods has added a healthier snack option to its Bertolli range. Made using Bertolli oil and inspired by Italian flavours, Bertolli Baked Bites will be available in Sea Salt & Black Pepper, Sweet Chilli and Red Pepper, and Italian Cheese and Red Onion varieties. "In a short space of ...
-
News
Big flavours for smoothie
A new flavour has been added to Extreme Beverages’ Bigberry drinks range. Bigberry Raspberry and Mango Smoothie is made from 28 pressed raspberries, six chunks of mango, five slices of banana, one pressed apple and two freshly squeezed oranges. The smoothies are made from 100% fruit and contain no additives, ...
-
News
SAMB delivers power to board
The Scottish Association of Master Bakers (SAMB) took the momentous decision to change the whole set-up of its board at its conference last weekend.Delegates to the event, held at the Peebles Hydro Hotel from 24 to 27 May, first listened to a presentation by Lewis Maclean, MD of Maclean’s of ...
-
News
Report predicts boom in branded coffee chains
By Andrew WilliamsThe branded coffee chain sector is predicted to grow by a whopping £1 billion over the next decade, with the market showing few signs of reaching saturation point, according to industry analyst Allegra Strategies.Growth over the past year has exceeded expert forecasts, while London, previously considered a saturated ...
-
News
Buyer sought for Medway plant
Administrators for Medway Foods are still looking for a buyer for the collapsed firm’s Isle of Sheppey plant. Medway, which supplied foodservice, retail, bakery and manufacturers, went into administration in February. The company had three plants, in Bridgend, Wales, and Whitstable and Isle of Sheppey in Kent.A team of former ...
-
News
Expansion plans for Glasgow café chain
The founder of Glaswegian internet café brand iCafé plans to expand within Scotland. Umer Ashraf said he plans to roll out the café brand "one step at a time" in Glasgow, then in other parts of the country.Ashraf opened the first iCafé in Glasgow in January 2005 and a second ...