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California Raisins and Waterfields team up
The California Raisin Administrative Committee has teamed up with Waterfields bakers on a meal deal promotion. As part of the promotion, which will run throughout June, Waterfield’s new product development team have produced a California Raisin Fruity Nut bar, which will be offered with a fruited Californian Raisin roll ...
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Finsbury Food Group reshuffle
A new commercial team has been unveiled at Finsbury Food Group following a staff reshuffle. Four members of staff have been repositioned in an effort to strengthen the company’s sales and marketing teams. The UK premium cake manufacturer has made Mark Bruce the new brand director. He was most recently ...
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Wigan pie firm invests £12m in production site
Dave Whelan, owner and MD of Pooles of Wigan pie business, is spending a massive £12m expanding his pie factory.He told British Baker: "We have already invested £6m in new equipment from Rademaker and further equipment is now on order. We are in talks with all the major supermarkets to ...
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Administrators take the reins at Tindale & Stanton
The future of County Durham bakers Tindale & Stanton (T&S) hangs in the balance, as admini-strator PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) seeks a buyer for the business.T&S has continued to run as normal since it was taken into administration last week. It supplies savoury products to the supermarkets plus savouries, breads and confectionery ...
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Sign up now for British Baker’s free weekly news alert service by e-mail. The service, which is now up and running, includes a weekly news update plus top stories as they break, allowing you to stay ahead of the game. Senior members of the baking industry have already signed up ...
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Rise in use of ancient grains
Using ancient grains is the latest trend in food manufacture, according to a recent report.Packaged food and beverage markets are seeing "a growing influx of new products featuring grains that were favoured by civilisations thousands of years ago" according to research firm Datamonitor. Its Productscan Online database of ...
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BSA Award Winners Announced
The winners of the British Sandwich Industry Awards, the Sammies, were announced at a ceremony at London’s Royal Lancaster Hotel on 15 May. Among the winners was Fred de Luca, the American founder of the Subway chain, who was honoured with The British Sandwich Industry Award for the success of ...
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Australian Footy comes to UK market
A new pie company has launched in the UK. The Great Australian Pie company is manufacturing a range of eight pies, created by a leading Australian chef, Ben O’Donohue.The pies are being made under licence by Wrights Pies, based in Crewe. Targeted at the retail sector, they contain only British ...
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Baking Industry Awards: final deadline extension
Don’t miss your chance to be part of the Baking Industry Awards 2008, get those forms in before it’s too late!The deadline has been extended until 23 May, so luckily you’ve got another week to enter. The awards recognise the hard work and passion of everyone involved in the British ...
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Birds feels the heat, as nearby fire closes bakery
Derby-based Birds the Confectioners was forced to temporarily suspend baking when a nearby factory caught fire.Police cordoned off a 250-metre exclusion zone due to fears a gas cylinder on Hewden Plant Hire’s site could explode. The fire service ordered Birds’ employees to evacuate the premises at 4pm on April 22 ...
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Waterfield brothers are a hit on the golf course
Richard and John Waterfield proved themselves every bit as handy on the golf course as they are in the bakery at the British Society of Baking’s Golf Day.On the day, staged at the world-famous Brabazon golf course at The Belfry, Richard beat off competition from more than 120 other golfers ...
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Three Cooks store closed following fatal stabbing
A bakery retailer in south-east London has been closed temporarily after a fatal stabbing.Teenager Jimmy Mizen was killed in an unprovoked attack last Saturday (10 May) at the Three Cooks shop on Burnt Ash Hill in Lee.Mizen was stabbed with a shard of glass after he refused to take up ...
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Pret adds green aspect for customers
Pret A Manger is launching recycling facilities for customers at its branches this July.The ’co-mingled’ recycling will mean that all of the company’s product packaging can be placed in a single bin, ready for sorting later at the recycling plant.In a statement, Pret said: "This keeps it simple and ...
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Metro adds winter warmth
Specialist soft drinks company Metro Drinks has added a lemon and ginger variant to its Qu4ttro Stagioni soft drinks range.The addition represents winter in the Four Seasons range, and can be sampled at Caffè Culture on 21 and 22 May.The range has also been repackaged with bright new labelling, which ...
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Crips adds healthy options
Crips has unveiled five new flavours in its range of snacks. The oven-baked wheat and potato snacks have been designed for the health-conscious consumer. They contain almost four times less fat than traditional fried potato crisps.The new flavours - available in redesigned packaging - are: Natural Sea Salt, Sea Salt ...
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Greggs reveals ambitious store opening plans
Greggs aims to open 40 more shops during 2008. Chairman Derek Netherton revealed the plans to the bakery retailer’s shareholders on 13 May.Like-for-like sales in the 19 weeks to 10 May were up by 4.7%. Netherton said growth had slowed since the beginning of the year, due to poor weather, ...
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Australian Footy enters UK
The Great Australian Pie company is to launch a range of eight pies in the UK, which have been created by a leading Australian chef, Ben O’Donohue.Targeted at the retail sector, after two years of trials at sports grounds and music festivals, the pies are being made under licence by ...
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US bakery body urges government to use more land for food not fuel
The American Bakers Asso- ciation (ABA) has called on the US government to take action to halt above-average food price inflation.Speaking at a Joint Economic Committee on high food prices on May 1, ABA president and chief executive Robb MacKie said: "Food inflation in the first quarter of ...
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Hatco boasts fresh toaster line
Hatco has launched a pull-up slot toaster, which is available in two-slot, four-slot and six-slot variants.The toaster comes finished in stainless steel and has a removable crumb tray.It features easy-to-use control knobs and is simple to dismantle, says the company, adding that even untrained staff can change ...
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Ireks brings in Vital line
At the Baking Industry Exhibition, Ireks launched Avena Vital mix. With more than 60% of oats in the mix, it is designed to offer a healthy-looking and tasting loaf.Avena Vital is said to contain a high percentage of wholemeal oat flour, thick rolled oat flakes and coarse oats. Additionally, it ...