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Scottish training centre opened
A national bakery training centre has been opened in Larbert, Scotland, in an attempt to preserve the craft and meet with increasing consumer demands.The centre has been developed by The Scottish Association of Master Bakers (SAMB), with a grant from the Bakery Training Council, and offers specialised bakery courses to ...
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UK flour set for sea change?
Speaking at an event last week to mark flour and ingredients supplier Bowman’s 150th anniversary, David Lang, analyst and consultant for Investec, suggested that we may be at the beginning of a sea change that could transform the UK flour industry beyond recognition.Eventually, milling could become an almost entirely free-market ...
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Charity karting
Rank Hovis will be sponsoring this year’s Kart Grand Prix, an annual charity event that raises money for the Bakers’ Benevolent Fund, which raised over £2,250 last year.People in the industry can either register drivers or sponsor a prize. Both experienced karters and complete novices can attend. This year’s event ...
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Co-op cleans up sandwich contents
The Co-operative Group re-launched its range of sandwiches this week after cleaning up its ingredients’ list.The new-look 24-strong sandwich range is priced between £1.20 and £2.50, with options including chicken & bacon caesar wrap and salmon and cucumber twin-pack sandwich. The new range contains mayonnaise, made using free-range eggs, and ...
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Consumer watch
I have a very sweet tooth, so enjoy eating lots of cakes and chocolate. My brother’s girlfriend works in a bakery in Sevenoaks, Kent, so we often get free cakes from her, such as vanilla slices, iced buns, cream cakes, ginger breadmen and biscuits.I definitely prefer bakery cakes over supermarket ...
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One industry voice needed
I have just read Sylvia Macdonald’s Viewpoint (British Baker, 29 June) and the last two paragraphs were a breath of fresh air.It is about time that this industry spoke up with one voice. For too long we have had various sectors just putting forward their own parochial points of view, ...
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McCambridge tables its revised offer for Inter Link
Moves by Irish firm McCambridge to buy debt-ridden cake company Inter Link are on a knife edge.Inter Link chairman Jeremy Hamer said he was reluctant to comment while talks were ongoing but there were other firms interested in purchasing Inter Link if the prospect of a deal with McCambridge ...
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Sandwich salt levels surveyed
Consensus Action on Salt and Health (CASH) has just published research on the salt levels in shop-bought sandwiches, following a survey of 140 sandwiches from popular retailers, and found that 41% of the sample contained 2g or more of salt per serving - a third of the adult daily limit.The ...
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Strategy for RHM revealed
Oxo-to-Branston owner Premier Foods this week revealed its plans for RHM’s bakeries, following its acquisition of the food-to-milling group last December.In the cakes division, Manor Bakeries will be integrated into Premier’s operations in St Albans. And RHM’s Avana Cakes will be integrated into the RHM’s RF Brookes business, due to ...
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viewpoint
The steep rationalisation at Premier (pg 4) was expected - but it’s not over yet! Much of the preliminary action is centred on cake production, with Manor Bakeries moving to Premier’s St Albans site, Avana Cakes integrating with RF Brookes and closure of the cakes division head office at ...
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AAK targets release agents market with Croda takeover
Croda International has sold its £17m-turnover Croda Food Services business to AAK UK, the UK division of global speciality oils company AAK AB.The business, based in Oldham, supplies release agents, divider oils and delivery systems to the baking industry.President of AAK UK, Ian McIntosh, said: "We are delighted to ...
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Most bakers oppose folic acid
More than half of bakers believe the Food Standards Agency is wrong to recommend the fortification of bakery products with folic acid.A British Baker poll on [http://www.bakeryinfo.co.uk] found that 52% believe fortification is the wrong course of action to recommend, whether it is at the milling or baking ...
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Lightbody performance is ’ahead of expectations’
Finsbury Food Group, which acquired Lightbody in February, will pay the vendors the maximum deferred consideration payment of £8.7m, as a result of an "excellent performance".Lightbody is "ahead of expectations", with the Thorntons’ branded cake range "particularly positive", according to a trading update released last week.Chief executive, Dave ...
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Mike Holling, president, National Association of Master Bakers
Gordon Brown has the keys to Number 10, so I wonder what the baking industry can expect from the new Prime Minister. It’s probable that high on his agenda will be health, education and welfare.The National Association (NA) is the voice of the craft industry; it is there to deal ...
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Fazer buys Russian bakery
Finland-based Fazer Group has taken a majority stake in Russian bakery OAO Volzhky Pekar.The company hopes to double Volzhky Pekar’s €32m turnover in five years, profiting from the booming bakery and snacks markets in Eastern Europe. Fazer Russia plans to increase production by 50% to 75,000 tonnes per year, focusing ...
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Search is on for best British producers
UK bakers are being encouraged to enter a competition to celebrate the best of British food and drink.Taste of Britain will judge products on production standards and sustainability, as well as the positive impact they make on the local community, in five categories: Best UK Food, Best UK Drink/Beverage, Best ...
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Bhs Coffee Lounge format rolls out
Bhs has announced plans to introduce bake-off at its growing chain of upmarket in-store coffee lounges.Retail director Tony Brown told British Baker that the department store chain currently has 13 Coffee Lounges in shops nationwide, after starting trials of the concept last summer.It plans to open a further 40 concessions ...
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BIE gathers pace
Latest companies to sign up for the Baking Industry Exhibition include Orbital Food Machinery, Abacus Aquameter, Pillopak and Oliver Douglas.Falcon Products, CSS Packaging Machines and Saturn Spraying have also come on board.BIE, organised by William Reed Events, will be co-located with the Convenience Retailing Show, Food & Drink Expo and ...
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Briefs
n Premier Foods plans to close six of its 11 UK sites following a review of its manufacturing facilities after the acquisition of RHM in March. The review covered Premier’s ambient factories, the RHM Culinary Brands’ factories and the RHM Customer Partnership’s Ledbury preserves factory. The six sites are set ...
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Coffee Republic signs Irish deals
Coffee Republic has signed a franchise deal that will see it launch in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.The company has reached an agreement with CR Coffee Houses to develop its coffee and deli bar concept in the two countries.The group said a first site was set to open ...