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Return to the 1980s
The year so far has been hailed as "the worst period for bakeries since the 1980s", with a spate of companies announcing redundancies or calling in administrators.This week, British Baker has learned that British Bakeries has started a consultation on plans to close its Plymouth bakery, with over 150 redundancies. ...
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General Mills acquires Saxby
General Mills UK has bought family-owned pastry supplier Saxby Bros, to run alongside its Jus-Rol business.General Mills claimed it could supply both the capability and the resource to develop Saxby’s business. It said that by combining the expertise of the two companies and focusing on the needs of the ...
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International activity
Food & Hotel Asia 2008 (FHA2008), an international food event, is set to take place from 22-25 April 2008 at Singapore Expo. This year a Bakery & Pastry 2008 show has been incorporated for the first time to reflect demand from Asia’s growing baking industry.Bakery & Pastry 2008 is set ...
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Frozen desserts firm goes into administration
Administrators were called into frozen desserts factory Bonne Bouche Frozen UK in Hartlepool last week, for the third time in four years.Joint administrators Mark Firmin and Richard Fleming, of KPMG Restructuring, have announced that all but 10 of the 242-strong workforce have been made redundant. The administrators said a ...
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NA sets date for annual conference
The National Association of Master Bakers (NA) has announced that its annual conference will be held on the first Bank Holiday in May in Harrogate.The event will take place 4-7 May at the Majestic Hotel, with entertainment including a Disney-themed evening, comedians, soul and jazz singers, casino tables and a ...
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RHM buy approved
Premier’s £1.2bn proposed takeover of RHM was approved by The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) on 5 February.The OFT announced that the acquisition, which would make Premier the UK’s biggest food producer with combined sales with RHM of around £2.6 billion per year, would not be referred to ...
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BakeMark boost for Doughnut Week
National Doughnut Week 2007 will run from 5-12 May and will raise money for The Children’s Trust, a national charity that provides specialist care and rehabilitation for children with multiple disabilities.Last year, the week raised over £35,000 for the charity and more than 600 bakeries took part all around ...
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North East Bakery snaps up Milligans bakery outlets
Newcastle-based North East Bakery has bought 15 Milligans high street bakery shops for an undisclosed sum.Milligans, which was ranked number 42 in British Baker’s recent top 50 bakery retailers’ list, had 22 shops in the Newcastle area.North East Bakery, which was started three years ago as a wholesale and sandwich ...
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Barden takes helm at Northern
Northern Foods’ chief executive Pat O’Driscoll has been replaced by Stefan Barden, the director formerly responsible for its chilled and remaining bakery divisions.Northern Foods said O’Driscoll will work closely with him over the next three months to ensure a smooth handover. Pat O’Driscoll joined Northern Foods in March 2004 and ...
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Sainsbury’s joins show board
Sainsbury’s this week joined the board of patrons for the Baking Industry Exhibition (BIE), which is set to take place on 6-9 April 2008 at Birmingham’s NEC.Bakery category manager Nick Townend will sit on the board, alongside baking industry figures, including Tesco’s Neil Franklin, and Trevor Mooney, joint MD of ...
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Sudden retirement for Inter Link boss
Inter Link said last week that illness had forced its executive chairman, Alwin Thompson, to retire with immediate effect.Thompson, who founded Inter Link in 1994, had seen a steady decline in his health over the last year, said former deputy chairman Jeremy Hamer, who has become non-executive chairman following his ...
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Briefs
n A £4.4m Skills Academy will open in April, said food and drink sector skills council Improve. It has been working with employers, including Warburtons and RHM, on the academy, which is expected to serve over 28,000 people in its first four years. The academy will co-ordinate existing training programmes ...
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Warburtons extends lines with Healthy Harvest loaf
Warburtons is launching a new Healthy Harvest loaf, available from 19 February.The 800g white loaf is said to have added health benefits, such as 50% more fibre than a standard white loaf, as well as being low in fat and sugar and containing added wholegrain.A spokesman for Warburtons said the ...
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Your Letters
I was sad to receive a letter from the National Association of Master Bakers (NA) informing me that it was to close its training arm (see BB, 26 January, pg 6) and felt I could not let this pass without comment.I have been in touch with bakers who use this ...
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Reporting in
I nearly choked on my toast the other day, while reading my newspaper at the breakfast table. For there, in print, was Professor Graham MacGregor, of pressure group Consensus Action on Salt and Health, praising our industry. "The UK is leading the world on salt reduction. Many of our food ...
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viewpoint
This week, I would particularly like to draw your attention to the Friday Essay by Rob Devlin (pg 13) entitled: Make Bakery Attractive! You cannot move an inch in this industry without someone saying: "What are we going to do about the lack of next generation bakers?"Everyone, craft bakers, wholesale ...
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Doughnut Week 2007 launches
National Doughnut Week 2007 will run from 5-12 May and will raise money for The Children’s Trust, a charity for children with multiple disabilities. See Feb 9 British Baker for full details
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Scotch Pie Week raises nearly £11k
The Scotch Pie Club, which runs the annual World Scotch Pie Championships, has raised just under £11,000 in its inaugural National Scotch Pie Week, held last November in aid of The Scottish Society for Autism.Scotch Pie Club members who took part in the fundraising week included past World Champions ...
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Oakdale up for sale as it calls in administrators
Leeds-based malt loaf specialist Oakdale Bakeries called in administrators KPMG Restructuring on January 26.The company, which turned over £30m last year, blamed trading losses and a competitive environment for the decision.Richard Fleming, joint administrator and restructuring partner at KPMG’s Leeds office, said: "The business has encountered difficulties as it has ...
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Oakdale up for sale as it calls in administrators
Leeds-based malt loaf specialist Oakdale Bakeries called in administrators KPMG Restructuring on January 26.The company, which turned over £30m last year, blamed trading losses and a competitive environment for the decision.Richard Fleming, joint administrator and restructuring partner at KPMG’s Leeds office, said: "The business has encountered difficulties as it has ...