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Vandemoortele management structure
Vandemoortele, the Belgian food group, has confirmed the management structure of its Lipids and Dough Division in the UK.Heading up its UK commercial activities is Adrian Roberts, commercial director UK (right). Those reporting to him include: Gordon Kirkwood, commercial director fats & oils; and Els Vancoille, commercial director for professional ...
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Brambles Foods sold for £22m by private equity firm
Sandwich manufacturer Brambles Foods has been sold for £22 million by NBGI Private Equity.The new owner is Adelie Food Holdings, which is backed by Duke Street Capital. Brambles will run alongside Adelie’s existing sandwich businesses, Food Partners and Buckingham Foods.Richard Morley, NBGI director, said: "Brambles has been a real success ...
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Unifine adopts natural stance
Unifine Food & Bake Ingredients held its annual Ingredients in Action day on 28 March, with demonstrations by Unifine’s chef patissier Graham Dunton.The objective of the one-day workshop, held at Unifine’s development kitchen suite in Milton Keynes, was to equip visitors with a knowledge of bakery ingredients.During the session, in ...
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Manx tensions rise on ’dumped’ breads
The Isle of Man’s Office of Fair Trading is investigating whether the £6m indigenous baking industry could be under threat from cheap imported bread.An allegation that cut-price bread was being "dumped" on the Isle of Man was discussed last week at the House of Keys, the lower house in the ...
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Briefs
n The London & South Eastern Region of the National Association of Master Bakers (LASER) held its AGM last month, with 24 members in attendance. Anthony Kindred stepped up as the new president for 2007 and Ian Hedges as the president elect. Chris Beaney was the outgoing president.n The Federation ...
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Skeltons buyer sought
Administrators say the AC Skelton & Sons bakery business will continue to operate as normal as a search for a buyer gets under way.Hull-based Skeltons, which has 43 shops, called in administrators on March 27, blaming supermarket competition and a recent significant increase in energy costs.Adminstrators Mark Loftus and Edward ...
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Strike at Park Cakes over redundancies
Around 1,000 people, 95% of staff, took part in a one-day strike at Park Cake Bakeries in Oldham on Monday - the first strike since 1976 at the bakery.The Bakers’, Food and Allied Workers’ Union organised the 24-hour strike over redundancy plans.Some 400 staff are currently on a 90-day redundancy ...
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Julian Hunt, communications director, Food and Drink Federation (FDF)
Food manufacturers have grown used to engaging in the debate about the health of the nation in recent years. They fully understand why they have been challenged to play a positive role in finding solutions to the complex issues at the heart of society’s concerns about rising obesity levels. Now, ...
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Distribution watch
Smith Electric Vehicles is to supply Marks & Spencer with zero-emission 7.5-tonne delivery vehicles.The Smith Newton is the first-ever vehicle in its class that can compete with the diesel equivalent, says the company, but it comes without the polluting effects of nitrogen oxide, particulate matter and CO2 emissions. ...
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Vauxhall takes on food drive
A survey from car company Vauxhall suggests that British drivers are disappointed with food-to-go on offer in service stations, with 80% saying it was unhealthy and 70% believing it was poor quality.The company has signed up British food writer, Thomasina Miers, winner of BBC TV’s 2005 MasterChef, to devise ’Food ...
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Local support is vocal, finds Hyder
Most UK shoppers believe it is important to support the local high street but just 32% admit to regularly using the stores, according to the latest survey by Hyder Consulting, a planning and environmental consultancy.It claims that in light of the Sustainable Communities Bill (see pg 16), 80% of UK ...
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Better start to 2007 for RGFC’s bakery division
The Real Good Food Company announced this week that after disappointing results in 2006, its bakery division had made a satisfactory start to this year.Its preliminary results for the year ending 31 December 2006 revealed that profitability of chilled patisserie and dessert bakery Haydens deteriorated in spite of sales being ...
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International activity
Enterprise Ireland, the Irish government organisation for developing industry, has launched the first ever management development programme for the bakery and desserts sector.Over the past two to three years, Enterprise Ireland has been working closely with firms in these sectors to identify industry challenges. These include the needs of multiple ...
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Ainsleys hails VAT win
Bakery chain Ainsleys of Leeds has won its long-running legal battle over VAT payments on its ciabatta melts and other fresh baked products, after an High Court appeal was dropped by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).The 31-shop Yorkshire bakery chain has finished legal proceedings, which started in 2004, over ...
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Baking Industry Awards to honour talented sector
British Baker will be holding its 20th annual Baking Industry Awards on September 17, celebrating outstanding talent in the baking industry.The 11 award categories include three new categories in 2007 (see pg 16). These are the Food-to-go Innovation Award, sponsored by Christian Salveson, Patissier of the Year 2007, sponsored by ...
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Bakery raider was ’high on crack’
A man has admitted holding up Mr Bunn the Baker in Long Stratton, Norfolk, using a sawn-off shot gun, while high on crack cocaine.Michael Roode appeared at Norwich Crown Court on 21 March and said he and Nigel Bestford, who was allegedly armed with an axe, held up the bakery.After ...
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Bakery shops top high street poll
Bakery shops are the most popular of the specialist food retailers on the high street, according to new shopper research data from Harris International Marketing (HIM).The data, gathered in September 2006, suggests that eight million UK adults (or 17% of the UK adult population) visited a bakery in the past ...
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Bakkavor’s UK plans
Icelandic supplier Bakkavor, which now owns UK bakery businesses including New Primebake, said last week that it planned to continue to "lead UK consolidation".The company, which posted its annual results for 2006 last week, said its UK businesses were now worth 92% of the Group’s £1.2bn sales, on a pro ...
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Briefs
n Hull-based bakery chain AC Skelton & Sons went into administration on March 27, blaming competition from supermarkets and energy costs. Skelton’s has 43 retail outlets and supplies supermarkets, airlines and food service customers. PricewaterhouseCoopers has been appointed administrator. No-one was available for comment as British Baker went to press.n ...
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Happy returns for POS company
Point-of-sale touchscreen technology manufacturer J2 Retail Systems is celebrating its fifth anniversary this month with plans to sign more contracts with companies in the baking industry.J2 has more than 50,000 touchscreen tills in operation and clients include national chain Greggs as well as 12 regional bakery groups.It plans to expand ...