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Conference speakers revealed
The Federation of Bakers is preparing for its seventh annual conference, which will take place on 16 May in London.Speakers include: Dame Deidre Hutton, chair of the Food Standards Agency; Guy Farrant, director of food at Marks & Spencer; Jeya Henry, professor of human nutrition at Oxford Brookes University; and ...
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Northern Foods trading update
Northern Foods has said that revenue from its bakery division declined by 2.6% in the fourth quarter and 4.6% in the year to date.The trading update, for the 13 weeks ending 31 March 2007, revealed that its market share of the biscuits business continues to be ’relatively stable’.Northern Foods’ bakery ...
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Your Letters
I feel moved to enter the fray about the training of bakers (’NA makes tough decision to close training section’, 26 January, pg 6).I can’t recall an episode of political points scoring like the recent letters sent about this issue. While Elaine Ead may not have been in possession of ...
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MARCH - May Highlights in the coming months include a bakery tour of the Rhone Valley in France with Panary and the Richemont Club of Great Britain’s AGM at Slatterys in Manchester
MARCH18 - 21 International Food & Drink Exhibition (IFE)Location: ExCel, LondonContact, tel: 020 7886 3054 (Kieron Haycock)18 - 21 Pro2Pac ShowLocation: ExCeL, LondonContact, tel: 020 7886 3054 (Kieron Haycock)website: [http://www.pro2pac.co.uk]19 - 20 British Society of Baking Spring ConferenceLocation: CCFRA, Chipping CampdenContact, tel: 01869 277164email: bsb@freeuk.com20 - 21 Essential Skills For ...
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’Active health’ in shape for Asda
Asda has revealed that "active health" lines, such as prebiotic breads, are driving growth of its speciality bread range and outstripping market growth rates.Figures provided to British Baker by Asda show a 389% growth in sales of its active health products across the year, to £1.4m. Asda’s figures compare to ...
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Fusion café gets second airing
Mexi-Cali, a Mexican/Californian fast-casual dining concept, is set to open its second site in London in mid-April.The company opened its first outlet, Beach Burrito Café, in Soho in July 2006. The new 16,000sq ft restaurant, which will be located on the Fulham Road, Chelsea, will have 80 covers. The concept ...
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Andy Pollard, chairman of The British Society of Baking
My election came towards the end of 2006 which, like so many years of late, was challenging. Several pressures conspired to give the industry a hard time and we have begun 2007 with a number of well-known names missing from the market.Challenges last year included the increase in raw material ...
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Bakery central as Morrisons undertakes image revamp
Bakers will take centre-stage at Morrisons stores, as the chain embarks on a strategy to reinvent itself as a cut-price Waitrose.Bakery counters will be more visible as part of its Market Street concept - fresh food counters intended to mimic an old-fahioned shopping experience. New packaging will flag up the ...
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First winners at Firkins bakery
Staff of Firkins bakery’s Cannock branch are to go an all-expenses-paid shopping trip, as part of an incentive competition devised by the Midlands-based firm.Each of the six staff at the Market Hall Street branch were also given a £100 profit-related bonus for providing good customer service. Manager Lesley Rimmer said: ...
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New design for M&S bakery
Marks & Spencer revealed it was building on its takeaway and bakery offer, at the HGCA’s Processor Conference in London.Trading executive Ian Bentley, who heads the retailer’s ambient food area, told delegates that M&S was modernising its food halls to move them away from a traditional supermarket feel, with ...
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Briefs
n Singer Gordon Grahame is hoping the £14 million Kingsmill ad campaign will boost his career. Gordon, 39, who performs as Lucky Jim, was stunned when parent Allied Bakeries asked to use his song, You’re Lovely To Me.The Edinburgh-born musician said: "I have been playing tiny gigs, but this will ...
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’Stop worrying’ says HGCA crop director
High grain prices are forcing up costs, but with more money on the table, the world’s farmers can produce a lot more grain, delegates heard at the Home Grown Cereals’ Authority’s (HGCA) fourth annual conference on 14 March."Everybody in the food chain lately has been facing the squeeze," Jon Woolven, ...
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Whitley defends his position
Author Andrew Whitley fielded questions from nearly 100 delegates at the British Society of Baking’s Spring Conference this week.Whitley, who last year published his controversial book Bread Matters, the State of Modern Bread, told the conference that changing bread-making practices, from wheat growing through to milling and industrial bread-making itself, ...
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Premium wins favour
Bread consumption continues to fall, but more consumers are choo-sing branded products, premium loaves and speciality breads, says a new Mintel Bread report.The report shows the decline in bread sales has accelerated (-14% since 2001) to 1.8 million tonnes, while the market grew 14% in value, or 9% in real ...
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Ingredients watch
The British palate is becoming more adventurous, as influences from all over the world are hitting the UK, according to research carried out by the Proper Cornish Food Company.The pastry snack market is showing a growing interest in international flavours, particularly Mediterranean and Mexican. Vegetarian and fish options ...
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Inter Link shares reach new low
Shares in cake company Inter Link Foods fell after it issued a second profits warning in five weeks this week. Share prices fell from 179p to 80p after Inter Link said it would make an operating loss before inte-rest for the 12 months to April."The own-label business is still suffering ...
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McCambridge results rise
Irish bakery group McCambridge saw turnover rise by more than 50% to £15.9 million last year, despite tough trading conditions.Profits at the Dublin-based firm rose slightly to £1.38m, up from £1.2m the previous year, as a result of rising flour and energy costs.The company has a number of operations ...
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viewpoint
Organic accreditation - a route many bakers have shied away from due to prohibitive costs for what some say is still a niche business - could be about to open up to smaller businesses. Speaking at IFE this week, the Soil Association’s commercial director Jim Twine announced that the organic ...
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BSB announces latest golf day
The British Society of Baking will hold its annual golf day at the De Vere Belfry in the West Midlands on 3 May.Members will be playing over the Brabazon Course, which has hosted the Ryder Cup four times.There will be a shotgun start - teams of four all starting and ...