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Wheat prices are very volatile at the moment and the impact on this industry should not be underestimated (pg 4). A few months ago bread prices going over the £1 mark made headlines in many of the national newspapers. Last week I wrote about a range of Sainsbury’s in-store speciality ...
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Andrew Pollard, chairman, British Society of Baking
Half way though the year and Federation of Bakers production figures show decreases of up to 6% year-on-year. This is despite Allied Bakeries’ major re-launch and TV advertising activity from Warburtons and British Bakeries.Consumers appear to have reduced their purchases of bread at Christmas as normal, but sales have not ...
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On the hunt for Xmas card artists
California Raisins has teamed up with the Bakers’ Benevolent Society to search for a budding artist in the baking industry to create the society’s charity Christmas card.It is looking for two of the best designs, which stand to win a first prize of £1,000 and second prize of £500. The ...
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Bakers in price war crossfire
Plant bakers have been hit as supermarkets Asda, Tesco and Morrisons lock into a new price war.Asda announced last week that it was lowering 10,000 prices worth £250m in a staggered programme. And Tesco followed by saying it was to slash £270m off prices this week. Then Morrisons this week ...
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Walkers looks to boost R&D with bakery closure
Walkers Shortbread is closing its fresh goods bakery in a bid to develop more creative new products.The bakery in Aberlour, Scotland, will be turned into a test and development unit instead of trying to compete with supermarkets’ bread and fresh bakery produce. Walkers will now concentrate on shortbread and oatcakes.MD ...
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Superhero Bob flies in to lead battle for ’half and half’ sales
British Bakeries this week said it wanted to build its Hovis brand’s leadership of the ’half and half’ bread sector, as a new £2m marketing and advertising campaign gets under way.A superhero called Bob, representing Hovis’ Best of Both brand, is visiting supermarkets around the country as part of a ...
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French breads boost Taste the difference
Sainsbury’s unveiled a range of six ’artisan’ breads this week under its Taste the difference label.Nick Townend, bakery category manager, told British Baker the launch coincided with customer demand for increasingly luxurious bakery items.The breads, which are made by Le Pain Croustillant, are initially going into 102 Sainsbury’s in-store bakeries.The ...
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n Paul Wilkinson, former executive chairman of RHM Foods, has been appointed a non-executive director of Fengrain, a grain co-operative in the Eastern Counties.n Irwin’s Nutty Krust batch bread has been nominated Northern Ireland’s best-loved product, beating local brands such as Tayto to rank number one in a vote by ...
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Northern Foods reveals Christmas pudding plans
Northern Foods said in its annual report for the year to 31 March that it would test market the "definitive Christmas Pudding" this year.The pudding will draw on nearly 120 years of experience and original Victorian recipes. A successful test will result in a full launch in 2008.Northern Foods owns ...
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Commodities tracker
There is no clear picture as yet on the volume of sultanas and the size of the developing crop.What is certain is there are national elections in Turkey in July and agriculture makes up a huge proportion of Turkish industry. Therefore, the government will further pledge its support to the ...
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Costa: strong start to year
Whitbread saw like-for-like sales at its Costa coffee shop chain increase by 4.7% in the 13 weeks to 31 May, compared to the same period last year. Total sales grew by 18.4%.Alan Parker, Whitbread’s chief executive, said: "Costa has benefiting from its rapid expansion programme and continued like-for-like sales growth. ...
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FSA fills in details of folate decision
Dame Deirdre Hutton, chair of the Food Standards Agency (FSA), urged fellow board members to agree that folic acid fortification would be better suited to all white and brown wheat flour at its board meeting last week.The FSA proposes that folic acid be added to flour to help prevent ...
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Doughnut Week funds roll in
Birds of Derby has helped raise £2,800 for the Children’s Trust charity by selling hundreds of doughnuts throughout National Doughnut Week, 5-12 May.So far £16,471 has been counted by organisers, but money is still coming in from craft bakers around the UK. The grand total is expected to exceed £35,000.This ...
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Legislation watch
New regulation on nutrition and health claims will apply from 1 July 2007.Regulation No 1924/2006 of the European Parliament will control the nutrition and health claims made on food and provide consumer protection. Legislation will be unified across the EU.The regulation will provide a list of permitted claims that can ...
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Older shoppers pick wholemeal
Wholemeal bread consumption increases with age, according to a new survey by the Medical Research Council, which found that non-smokers, non-manual workers and Southerners also eat more healthy loaves.Wales has the highest average white bread consumption per week (75g), while the lowest consumption is in London and the South ...
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International activity
The IFT Annual Meeting & Food Expo will take place on 28 July to 1 August, 2007 at McCormick Place South, Chicago.It aims to bring together experts from the baking and food industry, including technologists, scientists, buyers and sellers from all over the world. Visitors will see a variety ...
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European Bakeries forced to call in administrators
Wholesale supplier European Bakeries called in administrators last Friday, blaming the col- lapse of the 47-shop sandwich chain Benjys.Administrator Lee Manning from Deloitte told British Baker that the company was still trading as a going concern, and potential buyers were being shown around. There were two or three strong contenders ...
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M&S tests out new-look bakery
Marks & Spencer is trialling a new bakery format in the shadow of the new Whole Foods Market superstore, in Kensington, London.The new-look ’Bakery & Patisserie’ department is among a number of innovations at its Kensington foodhall. It has a visible bake-off area behind a long chiller cabinet. A range ...
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Panary organises French bakery tour
Bakers can pick up techniques from across the Channel on a week-long French breadmaking tour.Panary is organising the trip, from 1-8 October, offering the chance to observe four different artisan bakers at work in their bakeries, watch their dough handling techniques and their management of sourdoughs, their table skills, and ...