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Poll reveals deregulation favour
Some 57% of our readers are in favour of bread weights being deregulated, according to the latest poll on British Baker’s website [http://www.bakeryinfo.co.uk], with the remaining 43% against the proposals.Currently, UK law states that wrapped loaves weighing over 300g must weigh 400g or a multiple of 400g, such as 1,200g. ...
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Greggs enters new phase of promotion
Comedian Paddy McGuinness has resumed his love affair with the products of high street bakery chain Greggs.Greggs launched a second phase of a multi-million marketing campaign on Monday (3 September).The £1.5 million ad blitz, to run through the autumn, features 10- to 40-second slots on TV and radio as well ...
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Lion set to snare Nordic firm
Weetabix owner Lion Capital is on the brink of clinching a multi-million-pound deal to buy one of Scandinavia and the Baltic region’s leading breadmakers, Vaasan & Vaasan.It comes 18 months after Lion Capital, in partnership with Blackstone, purchased Cadbury Schweppes’ European Beverages division - now called Orangina - for £1.26 ...
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Ingredients Watch
US-based bakery brand Dunkin’ Donuts said that it has developed a new oil in order to create donuts free from trans fats.The donuts have been served in approximately 400 restaurants throughout the US, as part of a nationwide blind test over a period of four months, said Dunkin’ Donuts in ...
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viewpoint
T here is one overriding story this summer: wheat and commodity price increases. They have affected the interim results of Premier (pg 4) and they have affected every strand of bakery. I have taken more phone calls and comments about this subject recently than anything else. It has made ...
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Grocery sales slow to 3%
Growth in consumer spending in the grocery market is slowing, according to figures compiled by TNS Worldpanel.Market growth dipped to 3% in the 12 weeks ending 12 August, down from the three-year peak of 6% for the period ending 20 May. The downturn, says TNS, reflects renewed concentration on price ...
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Chinese beet deal for ABF
International food, ingredients and retail group Associated British Foods (ABF) has announced a deal with the China-based Hebei Tian Lu Sugar Group in a move to boost sugar beet yields.The formation of the joint venture, to be called Bo Tian, is awaiting the approval of the Chinese government expected at ...
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Vandemoortele acquires Polish frozen bread firm
Belgian food group Vandemoortele has strengthened its presence in central Europe with the takeover of the Polish frozen bakery firm Gourmand Poland, part of Group Dossche, for an undisclosed sum.Gourmand Poland’s most important product is frozen bread, but it also produces frozen puff pastries, Viennese pastries and snacks. It has ...
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Salt levels in bread vary across country
Results from an interim report into salt levels in foods suggests there may be wide regional variations in salt levels in breads.The report from local government body Local Authorities Coordinators of Regulatory Services (LACORS) suggests breads and rolls from a specific region of the UK are exceptionally high in salt.LACORS ...
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Sainsbury’s signs up Battle Bake House
A family-owned bakery in East Sussex has won a contract with Sainsbury’s as part of the retailer’s Supply Something New initiative.Battle Bake House in Bexhill won a listing to supply three of its own-brand cakes to 60 Sainsbury’s stores in the south east under the scheme, launched last year, which ...
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Founder of Pat The Baker dies
Pat Higgins, founder and owner of Pat the Baker in Ireland, has died aged 84. He and his wife Rita, who died in 1991, set up the bakery in Granard, Co Longford, her home town, in 1953.Pat was from Kilkelly, Co Mayo. He used his local nickname of Pat the ...
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British Bakeries in consultation over site closures
British Bakeries said last week it was consulting on closing its Bradford bakery and scaling down activities at its Telford depot. It also refused to rule out possible future closures at other sites.British Bakeries, owned by Premier Foods, said increased self-sufficiency of operations in the south of England was a ...
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Independent bakeries perform
Privately owned bakeries are increasing in value faster than their corporate competitors, making them potential takeover targets.This is the finding of a new report, Portfolio Analysis of the Bakery Industry, from Plimsoll Publishing, that highlights exclusivity, niche products and unique services as other potentially attractive features of independent bakeries.Another more ...
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Gordon Polson, director, Federation of Bakers
For many years, plant bakers have undertaken a process of salt reduction. We have long recognised the importance of responding to consumer needs.While the media are keen to portray the food industry as villains, risking the nation’s health by filling their products with salt, the plant baking sector is a ...
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Briefs
Inspection and certification provider SAI Global/EFSIS is now able to carry out assessments against the ISO 14001 Environmental Management Standard. The standard looks at every aspect of how a company’s operations affect the environment, from waste management to its carbon footprint. Inspections can be carried out in conjunction with recognised ...
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Commodities tracker
Some prices in the dairy industry have effectively doubled since Jan/Feb 2007. As the bakery sector approaches its busiest time of year, dairy supplies have become even more scarce, exacerbated by the seasonal decrease in milk supply.Butter from Eastern Europe, New Zealand, Australia and even the US has been imported ...
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Consumer view
I think that bread is under-sold. In a restaurant, for example, it is often used as a distraction before the starter or main course.My wife and I go to a lovely fish restaurant in Ockley, Surrey, called Bryce’s. The bread there is something else. I always try to catch the ...
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Costa sales up driven by new store openings
Whitbread said its Costa business saw substantial sales increase driven by new store openings and a strong like-for-like performance, in a trading update this week.The company, which also owns the budget Premier Inn hotel chain, said it had opened 76 UK Costa stores (or a net of 63 if ...
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Further flour price increases predicted as costs rocket
Millers and bakers are going through "hair tearing" times as wheat and commodity prices soar, says the National Association of British and Irish Millers (Nabim).Now millers are warning that further flour price increases may be required, despite a rise this month. Breadmaking wheat prices are at record levels, doubling over ...
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International activity
Sara Lee Corporation announced last week that its international bakery sales were up 7.8% and its North American retail bakery sales were up 6.8% for the 12-month period ending 30 June, 2007.The company revealed in a statement that North American retail bakery performed well, due to increased prices, procurement and ...