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Consolidation is inevitable as costs rise, says Cooks chief
There will soon be significant consolidation in the bakery sector, the chairman of the UK’s third largest retail bakery chain has predicted.Cooks’ chairman Geoff Peppiatt said that bakers’ rising costs and falling profit margins meant that consolidation in the sector could not be avoided."It is something that needs to be ...
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Distribution watch
An example of how bakers can benefit from quality logistics services can be seen in the way that Christian Salvesen handles the UK distribution for Belgian bakery firm Vandemoortele.Christian Salvesen is one of Europe’s largest providers of logistics services, operating at over 200 sites in the UK, France, Benelux and ...
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Macphie profits up
Scottish food group Macphie of Glenbervie has reported a 14% rise in profits despite seeing significant price deflation.The company posted a pre-tax profit of £3.39m in the year to 31 March, up from £2.96m in the previous 12 months. Turnover climbed from £37.2m in 2005 to £38.7m.Describing the figures as ...
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viewpoint
The biennial conference of the Irish Association of Master Bakers, which despite its name covers both the plant and craft sectors, highlighted the warmth of Irish hospitality extended to English and Scottish guests, but also widespread concern about the image of bread.No-one at the conference could have predicted the latest ...
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Briefs
n Workers of Dorset Bakery of Hybris Business Park, Crossways, spent three days campaigning against a car-spraying workshop they claim is contaminating products and making them ill. Staff stopped working when they suspected fumes from the neighbouring Colortec workshop were seeping through and into the bakery’s products. The employees demonstrated ...
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Midlands still waiting for new Krispy Kreme retail outlets
Donut retailer Krispy Kreme has yet to deliver on a promise to open a raft of stores in the Midlands as it continues to expand in the UK.It had hoped to have a cluster of stores in the Midlands before venturing up to Manchester this year, and then onto Scotland ...
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International activity
Fuerst Day Lawson (FDL), supplier of seeds and natural ingredients to the baking industry, can now supply sesame seeds processed in India.This is the result of a partnership with Amira Tanna Industries. "This partnership will blend the operating and origination experience of our Indian partners and the extensive coverage of ...
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Scots gear up for pie awards
Entries received so far for the 2006 World Scotch Pie Championship suggest the event could be a record breaker, beating the 350 entries received last year.The awards ceremony will be held during Scotch Pie Week, which runs from 25 November to 2 December. Bakers throughout Scotland are being asked to ...
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Irish bakers win on European stage
On Sunday 8 October, Ireland won gold in the International Baker and Confectioners Competition at the IBA Exhibition, Munich, Germany.The Irish National Baking Team is made up of professional baking experts and is a partnership between the National Bakery School, DIT, Dublin and the Richemont Club Ireland."Full credit is due ...
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Double Duchy as bakery expands
Duchy Originals has doubled production at its bakery since opening the plant in June.The Cornish bakery has also increased its workforce, from 14 to 20 people, to keep up with production after signing a deal last month to supply more than 100 Sainsbury’s stores.It already sells to Waitrose and Budgens ...
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BAKO championship rewards best in West
Over 300 entries competed in the 2006 Western Bakery Championships, held earlier this month at BAKO Western’s new facility in Cullompton, Devon.The Open Bread Championship was won by Kathleen’s Kitchen of Colchester, which also won Best Loaf in Show. The Open Confectionery Championship was won by St Mary’s Bakery in ...
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Community Foods takeover boosts dairy co-operative
Dairy co-op Milk Marque has bought bakery supplier Community Foods, which supplies ingredients such as seeds and is one of the leading companies in the organic and health food sector.The deal will mean that 12,000 dairy farmers and former dairy farmers in the UK will become shareholders."Community Foods represents an ...
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IAWS buys Otis Spunkmeyer
International food company IAWS Group has signed an agreement to acquire Otis Spunkmeyer Holdings, a leading US speciality baked goods business, from its management team and the private equity firm Code Hennessy & Simmons.Otis Spunkmeyer supplies prepared products for fresh baking, operating 55,000 ovens throughout the US in foodservice and ...
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High-GI link to cancer?
Bread hit the headlines again this week when the Daily Mail published an article linking consumption of white bread with an increased risk of kidney cancer.Researchers led by Francesca Bravi of the Institute of Pharmacological Research in Milan, conducted a study of 2,301 Italians, 767 of whom had renal cell ...
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Compass settles
Catering giant Compass is to pay £40m to settle two lawsuits alleging it obtained United Nations foodservice contracts through rigged bids and fraud.Two competitors - Es-Ko International and Supreme Foodservice - brought US law suits over alleged wrongdoing, relating to Compass subsidiary Eurest Support Services’ contracts with the UN.ES-KO ...
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Contamination hunt continues
Allied Bakeries has almost ruled out sabotage on its production line after glass and needles were found in Kingsmill loaves.Three contaminated loaves have been reported in the last fortnight, although the objects were discovered inside the packaging rather than the bread itself.Allied has DNA-tested the 300 staff at its Orpington ...
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Macphie’s Gillespie retires on a high
Corporate affairs director John Gillespie is retiring from food ingredients manufacturer Macphie after 37 years.He started in the industry 50 years ago as an apprentice with flour miller J&R Snodgrass in Glasgow. He joined Macphie as a sales representative in 1969 and in 1986 was appointed to the board as ...
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Ant and Dec’s cake challenge
Staff at the Little Venice Cake Company last week shared their cake-decorating expertise with TV stars Ant and Dec to help them face a live studio challenge.The presenters spent a day at the company’s London studio learning how to do hand piping and making chocolate roses to prepare them ...
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Strong growth at Asda
Asda painted a "pretty rosy picture" of its bakery department reporting 6.5% year-on-year value growth and 3% volume growth at the British Society of Baking’s Autumn Conference this week.Director Huw Edwards told over 70 delegates that the value of all three sectors at Asda was in growth, according to TNS ...
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Age legislation to affect bakeries
The baking industry is preparing for new legislation, effective 1 October, which will ensure that employers treat staff equally, regardless of their age, with equal opportunities in recruitment, promotion and training.Employees aged over 65 will be able to challenge an employer’s decision to dismiss them and will be entitled ...