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The last few months have seen extraordinary gyrations in grain prices. The quality wheat market has been especially affected as Canadian prices doubled between November and February before falling back in the first week of March.Looking forward, most expectations are for continuing volatility associated with uncertainties about the forthcoming harvest, ...
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Cost cuts stimulate Grainfarmers’ profits
Grainfarmers Group, which recently struck a deal with Sainsbury’s to supply its in-store bakeries with fully traceable milling wheat, has reached profitability after paring down staff and transport costs. See 21 March British Baker
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Warburtons plans to open Yorkshire depot
Warburtons plans to build a distribution site at Howden in east Yorkshire because it has outgrown its existing depot in the region at Gilberdyke. See 21 March British Baker
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Greggs reveals record profits
Greggs unveiled full-year pre-tax profits last week of £49m – up 12% on 2006. This is despite substantial rises in the cost of energy and key ingredients including flour and vegetable oils, which pushed up selling prices by 5% over the year. See 14 March British Baker
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Delay over decision on folic acid
A decision on the mandatory introduction of folic acid to breadmaking flour has been postponed until the results of two further studies are known.The Food Standards Agency, the government’s food watchdog, was due to deliver its verdict on folic acid, which can reduce birth defects, this year, but will now ...
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Irwin’s becomes an ambassador for Irish tourism
Northern Ireland’s Irwin’s Bakery has been appointed one of the lead ’ambassadors for Ireland’ by Tourism Ireland, partnering with the tourist board in a series of initiatives in Britain, including large-scale sampling events in London and Glasgow over St Patrick’s Day on 17 March.This tie-up with the Irish ...
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Basco follows up case of missing baskets
Tens of thousands of bread baskets being illegally used by bakeries and caterers have been recovered in the past six months by Bakers Basco, an organisation set up by the industry to crack down on companies who hold on to baskets following deliveries.Basco’s national team of 12 recovery officers, working ...
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Breads fly high
Bread brands dominate the top 10 grocery brands in the UK, according to new research from AC Nielsen.Warburtons ranked number two, Hovis number four and Kingsmill number nine in the list, which measured sales values in 2007. Coca-Cola continued to top the charts as Britain’s best-selling grocery brand, up 2.3% ...
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n Combining a business exhibition with seminars, demonstrations and training, the Caffè Culture show, from 21-22 May, 2008, presents an opportunity for the café community to generate business, share information and gain an insight into the future of this fast- moving sector.The event, supported by major industry players, is ...
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BSB golf event
The world-famous Brabazon Golf Course at The Belfry, near Birmingham, is once again hosting this year’s golf day for the British Society of Baking. The event takes place on Tuesday, 29 April, starting at 8.30am, and will give members of the BSB and their guests the opportunity to ...
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FPB urges rethink on tax plans as next Budget looms
The 2008 Budget, out next week, is likely to heap an unfair tax burden on many smaller firms, such as craft bakers and bakery retailers, according to the Forum of Private Business (FPB).In his Pre-Budget Report and the Comprehensive Spending Review of 9 October, 2007, Chancellor Alistair Darling revealed that ...
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Consumer watch
Shoppers are increasingly confident about the food they eat, according to a Food Standards Agency (FSA) survey, which found people are less concerned about issues such as additives, food poisoning and GM foods.The eighth annual Consumer Attitudes to Food Survey found that, since 2006, the percentage of people concerned about ...
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Premier faces up to difficult trading, as cost rises hit home
Premier Foods has admitted that the timing of bread price rises last year and consumer concerns about its Hovis white bread played a significant part in losses of £73.5m for 2007, announced this week.Rocketing wheat prices were identified by the company as the main reason for a 48.4% fall ...
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Ethical trends
Retail sales of Fairtrade products in 2007 were worth £493m, up a staggering 81% on 2006 sales of £273m, according to the Fairtrade Foundation.Sales have been increasing by over 40% year-on-year since 2002. Tea and coffee sales, in particular, have shown dramatic rises. Fairtrade coffee sales rose 24% to over ...
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Tesco repeats Scottish festival
The Scottish baking industry will be represented at Tesco’s Enjoy the Taste of Scotland food festival in Glasgow, from 25-27 April.Now in its third year, the free event will see over 100 Tesco suppliers from all over Scotland exhibiting in the city’s George’s Square. "The event has been a great ...
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Ibonhart sells a slicer to Siberia
Bakery equipment supplier Ibonhart of Norwich is reaping the rewards of a 15-year trading relationship with Russia.Last year, through its Russian agent, it sold 10 bread slicing and bagging machines to four bakeries in the Moscow region, an order worth almost £1 million.Other orders are in the pipeline and, ...
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To Russia with love
Leeds Thomas Danby college is taking its bakery skills overseas, after securing funding to collaborate with schools in Russia.The Further Education college, which holds CoVE status for its Catering, Hospitality, Bakery and Food Manufacture provisions, has received Prime Minister’s Initiative funding to collaborate with a school in Russia, sharing ...
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Medal winners
Sugarcraft students from Brooklands College competed in a bi-annual catering exhibition at ExCeL in London’s Docklands and achieved great success.Hyang Soon Yoon, who lives in Walton, won three gold medals and first-in-class for her wedding cake, decorated with sugarpaste and pastillage miniature. Her fellow students, Maki Kato and Yukiko Mori ...
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Mike Holling, president, National Association of Master BakersRecently I had the privilege of attending the National Association of Master Bakers’ (NA) Northern Region annual dinner in Newcastle. It was a grand event and an opportunity to listen to members’ views on several issues.Apart from the serious concerns over the ...