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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 ...
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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 ...
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Lees Foods targets upmarket catering, following profits warning
Lees Foods, which produces confectionery and cake products, is planning to diversify into the high-end catering market, after warning that its 7% rise in pre-tax profits for 2007 is unlikely to be repeated next year.The company said the opening six months of 2007 had been "strong" but the second half ...
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New seed firm claims to shorten supply chain
A new company has been set up, which sources high-quality seeds for the baking industry.Unicorn Ingredients, run by Frank Horan and Nicola Divers, who each have approximately 20 years’ experience sourcing seeds and pulses, can source from around the world and arrange processing and shipping to suit individual customers’ needs.Targeting ...
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Clean option on glaze
Ulrick & Short has launched a clean-label alternative to ready-to-use egg- and milk-based glazes, in its Eziglaze range. ’Ready to use’ Eziglaze has been developed in response to market demands for more natural ingredient alternatives, as well as an increasing awareness of people with allergies. It was developed with the ...
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Cornish pasties travel to Cyprus
Pasty maker Crantock Bakery is now supplying pasties to the Cypriot market.The Cornish company has agreed a deal with Ayia-Napa-based The Pasty Mine, set up by Cornish couple Jon and Julie Carter.All the pasties sold at the Pasty Mine will be made at Crantock Bakery to a traditional ...
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Take Couva
S Black has launched a "breakthrough zero-trans coating fat" in the UK. Couva 850 NH, made by IOI-Loders Croklaan, is an alternative to conventional, hydrogenated and trans fatty acid-containing coating fats.S Black says the product provides chocolate confectionery and bakery manufacturers with a cost effective, technologically easy-to-incorporate coating fat ...
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Planglow displays its natural talent
Planglow has launched Natural Collection, a new range of 100% biodegradable packaging. The bio packaging has been designed in neutral earthy colours, so that it can accompany any existing brand logos or colours.Targeted at businesses that want to introduce eco-friendly packaging to their brand, the collection is made up of ...
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Love Smoothies embraces the seasons in latest line
Smoothie company Love Smoothies has added a gourmet menu of four smoothies - Black Fruity, Popeye’s Pick Me Up, Beat the Bluesli and Son of a Peach - to its range.The company now has 12 smoothie recipes split into three menus - summer, winter and gourmet.It supplies recipes, individually-frozen ...
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LU reveals plans for expansion of Eurobuns
Lantmännen Unibake (LU) plans to expand Eurobuns’ production into Danish pastry and croissants, following its purchase of the Milton Keynes frozen food specialist last week.LU’s chief executive Bent Pultz Larsen told British Baker that Eurobuns’ facilities would be used to make products for both the UK market and for ...
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Exhibitors praise quality of show
Exhibitors at London’s Caffè Culture show said the event had been a success overall with a good quality of visitors and strong leads.After the first three hours of the show - which was held at Olympia on 21 and 22 May - Adrian Apodaca, marketing director of organic and free-from ...
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Handmade expands its premises
The Handmade Cake Company in Maidenhead has moved to new premises in Gardner Road. The company specialises in round cakes and traybakes and is hoping to expand its enterprise at the new site."We have closed down the old unit, but we’re not all moved into the new unit yet," said ...
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Savoury extensions
Délice de France has added a number of new continental savouries to its existing range. A Spinach and Goats’ Cheese Tart, made from shortcrust pastry filled with goats’ cheese, mozzarella, crème fraîche and spinach is now on the menu, as are two new Pizza Demi Baguettes. Both baguettes have vegetarian ...
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SAMB skills head warns on funding
Funding for bakery training in Scotland is "in dire straits" according to Arthur Rayer, head of skills training for the Scottish Association of Master Bakers (SAMB). It is in danger of losing all European funding."The Scottish government has already ceased to fund anyone over 19 years old in all sectors ...
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Hell introduces gluten-free pizza to the UK
Hell Pizza, has launched gluten-free pizza bases in the UK, following their success in New Zealand. The launch of the bases coincided with Coeliac UK’s ’Food Without Fear’ week. In the UK, around one in 100 people suffer from coeliac disease, caused by gluten intolerance.The bases will also be accompanied ...
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Ryvita limbers up with the launch of Limbos
Ryvita has added a new snack to its range for the more health-conscious consumer. Ryvita Limbos are available from May and come in both single and multi-pack formats. The crispy baked snacks contain 90% less fat than regular crisps and around 70 calories per bag."We wanted to develop an alternative ...
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Napket opens third shop
London-based café, Napket, has opened its third site in Vigo Street, Mayfair. Founded by French-born Christophe Moro, Napket aims to be a "dramatic and daring reinvention of the urban café".The café’s decor was designed by Peter Van Hooreweghe, and features influences ranging from modern to baroque. It offers a range ...
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== Gordon Polson ==Director, The Federation of BakersWhen did you last think about training? At the Federation of Bakers (FoB) we believe that training is vital to ensure a healthy long-term future for the plant bakery industry.As part of our commitment to consistently high-quality standards across the industry, we have ...
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Go ahead! launch summer ad campaign
United Biscuits UK (UBUK) has given the green light to a new advertising campaign for the go ahead! brand. The £1.2m spend will see a new TV commercial hit our screens in a bid to raise sales over the summer months. The ad will run from 2 June to 22 ...
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ASA sides with Greggs in ad complaint
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled in favour of Greggs after receiving a complaint about one of its TV ads. A member of the public complained about Gregg’s Steak Bake ad, querying the statement that the product does not contain hydrogenated fat. In response, Greggs said that the Steak ...