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Pret rolls out range for Christmas season
Sandwich chain Pret A Manger says it expects to sell around 70,000 Christmas Lunch special sandwiches a week over the eight-week festive season, after rolling out its Christmas range last week.The sandwich, featuring turkey breast, pork and herb stuffing, fresh leaf spinach, crispy onions and mayo on malted wholegrain bread, ...
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Consumer watch
I don’t often go into bakeries. I usually just shop in Sainsbury’s for cost and convenience.I don’t even shop at the Sainsbury’s in-store bakery, as I would think that these products would be more expensive.I’m quite predictable with the bread that I buy and usually just get Best of Both ...
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Premier hit by ’higher’ price rises
RHM owner Premier Foods claimed this week that its British Bakeries division had been the most efficient of the big plant bakers in putting up its bread prices to cover rising costs, but that its comparatively higher prices had hit sales volumes.In a trading update, the company said it had ...
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viewpoint
T he sandwich market is really buoyant and heading for a 9% rise this year, according to research from Mintel (pg 4). Certainly, the choice on offer from bakeries, coffee shops and supermarkets is phenomenal. The variety of breads, flavours of filling and healthy-eating options are all terrific. But there ...
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M&S additives aim
Marks & Spencer says it is on target to remove 99% of artificial colours, flavours and preservatives from its bakery products by January 2008, as the retailer steps up its commitment to its Plan A corporate social responsibility strategy.Bakery category manager Gail Richards also told British Baker that 400g loaves ...
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Unifine set to expand range after takeover
Royal Cosun, parent company of Unifine Food & Bake Ingredients, has bought the French food ingredients specialist Caullet and its exporting business Caulinter for an undisclosed sum. Negotiations had been underway since May.Simon Solway, managing director of Unifine Food and Bake Ingredients (UK), said the Caullet portfolio, including glazes, fondants ...
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Allied stabilises sales
Associated British Foods (ABF) said it had "stopped the rot" at its Allied Bakeries business as it posted preliminary results for the year to 15 September this week.The plant bakery business relaunched its flagship Kingsmill brand in February, which improved sales volumes and helped "stem decline in market share" raising ...
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Tate & Lyle profits plunge in ’challenging’ sugar market
Tate & Lyle’s adjusted profit before taxation was down 19% to £120m in the six months to 30 September, despite a modest 1% increase in sales, to £1.7bn.The effect of exceptional costs of £36m, however, dragged pre-tax profits down to £84m, 42% less than the £145m achieved in the same ...
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Asda extends Irwin’s contract
Northern Irish bakery Irwin’s has boosted its business in Great Britain with a contract to supply 200 Asda stores with five products from the Rankin Selection Irish breads range.The deal involves 750,000 additional product units annually and is valued at £400,000. Asda’s NI trading manager Michael McCallion said the contract ...
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Bakers lose out to Subway in sandwich sales battle
Bakers’ shops have seen their share of the sandwich market slip in the past year with sandwich and snack bars and supermarkets growing their sales, according to a new report from market research company Key Note.The report says bakers’ shops (a category that includes the Greggs chain) are still ...
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Dr Terry Sharp, head of baking and cereal processing, CCFRA
Heavy rain during the summer means there is probably not enough UK wheat to produce bread to our exacting quality standards in the coming year.It is now generally agreed that 2007 has been a poor harvest for both quality and quantity in a number of regions of the UK. This ...
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NA blasts report on supermarket power
The National Association of Master Bakers (NA) has slammed the Competition Commission’s report into supermarket power, accusing it of having "no concerns or interests about the viability of the high street or town centres".NA Parliamentary officer Chris Dabner said the report, which recommends planning changes that encourage more out-of-town supermarkets, ...
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Briefs
n The HGCA has collaborated with the Flour Advisory Bureau to produce a new multimedia educational resource called The Grain Chain (www.grainchain.com). This offers children aged five to 16 a fun way to learn about the ’field to fork’ cycle of how wheat is grown and used to produce breads ...
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Ingram Bros moves factory
Scottish bakery ingredients manufacturer Ingram Brothers is moving to a purpose-built factory in Paisley close to Glasgow Airport.The 43,000sq ft facility will be operational from 7 January 2008. It was designed to incorporate the latest technology in a highly efficient and food-safe environment, said the company.It will also enable ...
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BSA unveils hygiene code plans
The British Sandwich Association (BSA) is to beef up its code of practice, turning it into a health and safety guide for bakers, foodservice and retail sandwich bar operators.The first draft of the Food Standards Agency-backed scheme will be developed in January 2008 with a consultation period to follow.The ...
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Coca-Cola prizes
Coca-Cola has announced the winners of a prize draw competition it ran at the recent Bakers’ Fair North West on Sunday, 14 October.First prize was £1,000 worth of shopping vouchers, which were won by Karen Borg from Roch-dale, Lancashire.Angela Thompson from Radcliffe, Greater Manchester, and Stephen Rowland from Atherton, Lancashire, ...
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High street slowdown continues
Fears of a continuing high street slowdown were confirmed in the latest CBI monthly retail survey, which found that sales growth was at its slowest for almost a year.A drop in year-on-year sales in the first half of October was reported by 33% of retailers compared with 42% who said ...
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CSR watch
The government announced last week that an estimated 6.7 million tonnes of household food and bakery waste is produced each year in the UK, which equates to approximately a third of all food shopping.To help reduce the amount of food that is thrown away, a government organisation, Waste & Resources ...
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Health watch
Experts have warned the baking industry against adding folic acid to flour or bread, linking an excess of the vitamin with increased risk of cancer.A new paper published in the British Journal of Nutrition found that fortified folic acid is broken down by the liver, however when eaten in its ...
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SSP on track to open new sandwich outlets
Travel and leisure foodservice operator SSP is extending trials of two new sandwich formats, Camden Food Co and Panopolis.It will roll out five more Camden Food Co fresh sandwich outlets before Easter, adding to its five existing stores launched earlier this year, located in railway stations including Birmingham New Street, ...