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NewsNorthern Foods counts cost of Fletchers blaze
Northern FOODS said it was “taking it day by day” after a massive blaze ripped through Fletchers Bakeries in Sheffield last Sunday. Around 150 workers of the Northern Foods-owned bakery’s 650 staff were on site when the fire started at 10.30am on 16 July. All were evacuated safely. The heat ...
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NewsCarmen collected
US celebrity Carmen Electra was an unlikely presence at bakery college Brooklands last week, which was hosting a California Raisins-supported workshop for students. The surreal spot came about as the ex-Baywatch star was on location shooting a film called ‘I Want Candy’, also starring Mackenzie Crook (Gareth from The Office), ...
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NewsThorntons reports sales decline
Confectionery company Thorntons said sales for the 52 weeks to 24 June 2006 were down 5.9% to £176.6m compared with £187.7m last year, in a trading update this week.Retail sales were down by 5.3% to £127m after the closure of two stores and like-for-like sales for the full year were ...
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NewsReal Good Food focuses on profits, not takeovers
Real Good Food Company is to focus on boosting profitability for the next 18 months, as its Napier Brown sugar division recovers from a drop in volumes at the start of the year.Speaking after the company posted a trading statement last week, chief executive John Gibson said Napier Brown was ...
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Minimum wage increases must be investigated, says FPB
The Forum of Private Business (FPB) has called for a government investigation into the impact of minimum wage increases on smaller businesses. The national minimum wage is set to rise 30p to £5.35 an hour from 1 October for employees aged 22 and above. The rates for 18- to 21-year-olds ...
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Gangmasters law to hit labour supply
AN employment agency has warned that a labour shortage in bakery factories is looming with new gangmasters legislation coming into effect on 1 October. From that date it will become an imprisonable offence to supply labour to the food industry unless the labour provider holds a licence from the Gangmasters ...
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NewsGreenhalgh’s hits the road
Bolton’S Greenhalgh’s Craft Bakery has launched the first of a planned fleet of breakfast and lunchtime mobile shops. The vehicle sells sandwiches, pies, cakes and drinks to offices and work premises in several of Bolton’s major business parks.The van was unveiled by Kathleen Smart, MD of Greenhalgh’s. She said: “We ...
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Hovis unveils relaunch plan
BRITISH BAKERIES is investing £20m in a relaunch of its Hovis range with new recipes, a new logo, thicker packaging and an advertising campaign to emphasise the brands health credentials.The roll-out of the new look across the entire Hovis range, including its Invisible Crust loaves and Hovis rolls, will be ...
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NewsShoppers in Spain say ‘si’ to pasties
Cornish pasty company Crantock Bakery has opened its seventh shop in Spain, on the Costa Blanca shores of Puerto de Mazarrón.Crantock has teamed up with two Spain-based retailers – The Pasty Shack and Tasty Pastry – which are opening shops across the country. Since last autumn, The Pasty Shack, which ...
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NewsPeople
Decorations, toppings and inclusions specialist Nimbus has appointed PAUL COBBET as business development manager, with a brief to open up new markets for the company, particularly within the foodservice sector. Cobbett joins the company after a five-year period at Oury Clark Consulting. Coding and marking solution supplier Markem has appointed ...
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EU reform prompts ABF to tighten up British Sugar
Associated British Foods (ABF) is proposing to close British Sugar’s York and Allscott beet sugar factories after the end of the 2006/7 campaign, leaving it with four UK factories.George Weston, chief executive of ABF, said the move will boost efficiency: “We intend ultimately to produce more sugar from four ...
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Asda names Murdoch Allan best local supplier
Scottish wholesale and retail baker Murdoch Allan has been chosen from around 400 suppliers as Asda’s Local Supplier of the Year 2006. It was awarded the title in recognition of its high-quality products, excellent customer focus and level of service at a recent Asda local sourcing conference in Leeds. Murdoch ...
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NewsNA welcomes Sunday Trading announcement
The National Association of Master Bakers (NA) has welcomed a government decision that Sunday trading legislation is to remain unchanged.Last week’s announcement from Trade and Industry Secretary Alistair Darling followed a review of the legislation, which has been in place for the past 10 years. This restricts stores over 3,000sq ...
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Irish baker sells to food processing firm
Leading Irish artisan bakery My Own bakery in Carrick-on-Suir, Co Tipperary, has been sold by Siobhan Walsh, the woman who started the business five years ago, writes Hugh Oram.Walsh sold the business for an undisclosed sum to a Dublin-based food processing company, CWK Food Processing of Baldoyle, Dublin. The owner ...
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Irish baker sells to food processing firm
Leading Irish artisan bakery My Own bakery in Carrick-on-Suir, Co Tipperary, has been sold by Siobhan Walsh, the woman who started the business five years ago, writes Hugh Oram.Walsh sold the business for an undisclosed sum to a Dublin-based food processing company, CWK Food Processing of Baldoyle, Dublin. The owner ...
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NewsBakers make the most of World Cup novelties
English craft bakers have reported themed lines proved popular during the recent England World Cup tournament, although trade was down during England matches. Gary Reeve, MD of Reeve the Baker, based in Salisbury, said his nine shops offered World Cup novelties, including biscuits with an iced football strip, George Cross ...
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NewsIn Brief
PRIVATE equity firm Doughty Hanson is selling its remaining 26.6% stake in RHM, following its flotation of the food group last July. Lantmannen Unibake, one of Europe’s largest bakery groups, based in Scandinavia, is acquiring Belpan, a bakery producer, based in Belgium. Bakehouse will continue to represent both businesses in ...
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Coombs buckles under the weight of legislation
Leicester-based Coombs Quality Bakery has blamed a high street downturn and the burden of legislation after calling in the administrators on July 3. The third-generation company closed five of its 17 shops immediately after calling in the administrators, but hopes to sell the remaining outlets and the central bakery as ...
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NewsInter Link streamlines to create efficient business
Cake giant Inter Link says it plans to create four major production hubs in the UK and one in Poland, as it modernises its business. In a few years, Inter Link, which currently has 10 UK bakery businesses and one in Poland, hopes to have consolidated activities to five large ...
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Cereal Growth
The total area sown to cereals in Great Britain over the last season shows a slight increase says the 2006 HGCA Planting Survey, the first full estimate of plantings for the 2006 harvest.The results indicate that wheat and oats plantings are slightly up on last year, although barley and oilseed ...