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NewsA cake fit for a queen
A CAR, carrying a 60lb cake, left Somerset on Tuesday, April 18, heading for Buckingham Palace and the 80th birthday celebrations of the Queen.The cake, the 17th Taunton-based baker Graham Chubb has baked for a royal celebration, was made using the secret family fruit cake recipe, which his grandfather first ...
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NA struggles as membership falls
PROBLEMS caused by the NA’s declining membership were highlighted at the conference. Chairman Noel Grout told delegates the NA currently has 804 members, down 51 on the same time last year. The NA is weighing up the future of its bakery training operation due to falling demand, he said. It ...
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NewsOldfields takeover gives Greencore room to grow
Greencore Sandwiches said it was set for further growth, following its acquisition of the Oldfields sandwich business last year (British Baker, October 14, 2005, pg 3). The acquisition of Oldfields had given Greencore Sandwiches access to new skills and space, said marketing director Richard Esau. It had also enabled it ...
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NA targets new members
The NEW President of the National Association of Master Bakers (NA) told delegates the organisation must diversify, as she started her year in office at its annual conference in Stratford last weekend.Shirley Ryder, 39, the NA’s first lady president, is bakery manager at Peters Homemade Bakery in Manchester.She said that ...
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NewsNA targets new members
The NEW President of the National Association of Master Bakers (NA) told delegates the organisation must diversify, as she started her year in office at its annual conference in Stratford last weekend.Shirley Ryder, 39, the NA’s first lady president, is bakery manager at Peters Homemade Bakery in Manchester.She said that ...
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140 expected at students’ event
Around 140 attendees are expected at the 76th National Federation of Bakery Students Societies and the Institute of Bread Bakers Alliance annual conference in Southport this Bank Holiday weekend. The event, which runs from April 28 to 30, will include a student competition for bread and confectionery, with 131 ...
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NewsNational Doughnut Week: It’s all GO!Read Sam’s story to see how your support can make a difference:
Read Sam’s story to see how your support can make a difference:When Sam was seven, he was tipped to be a motorcross champion but, in April 2004, he was involved in an horrific accident which shattered his dreams. He was airlifted to hospital, but was not expected to survive the ...
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APV Baker back to Baker Perkins as sale proceeds
Bakery equipment supplier APV Baker has been acquired by private investors John Cowx and Brian Taylor, from owners Invensys. The process technology company will now trade as Baker Perkins, a name it was known by between 1920 and 1987.John Cowx becomes managing director and Brian Taylor chairman of the company, ...
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Norwich baker faces armed assault
A baker was assaulted in an armed robbery at Norwich retail bakery Mr Bunn the Baker last Friday (April 21). The victim, Royston Owen, was inside the store at about 3am when two men entered. They are believed to have been carrying a shotgun and axe. The robbers stole takings ...
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NewsAsda pilots RSPB farm scheme on in-store bread
Asda is piloting a partnership scheme between its in-store bakeries, a group of North Yorkshire farmers and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB).Wholemeal 400g in-store baked loaves, sold in the supermarket’s English stores, now use wheat grown on farms endorsed by the RSPB. And the scheme is ...
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Build-up to British Sandwich Awards
This year’s British Sandwich Awards, organised by The British Sandwich Association, will be made on May 18. Broadcaster, Richard Johnson, the frontman of BBC2’s Full on Food, will present the awards and take part in the judging.He said: “As a journalist, I’ve covered some pretty weird issues, ranging from soap ...
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NewsTesco to revamp bakeries and introduce new ranges
Supermarket Tesco is to revamp its bakery departments across the whole of the UK in July, with new signage, range and layout. The changes will allow the supermarket to reorganise its offer, senior bakery buyer Andy Brocklehurst told British Baker.The bakery areas of all 1,000-plus Tesco stores, including the Tesco ...
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Northern Foods dismisses bakery division sale rumour
Northern Foods has dismissed press reports it is planning to sell its £300 million turnover bakery division as “pure speculation”. A report in the Sunday Times on April 23 said Northern Foods’ board would discuss a potential sale of the division at a meeting this week. The division includes premium ...
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NewsBells gains royal recognition
Bells of Lazonby has won a Queen’s Award for Enterprise – Innovation Award 2006 – for allergy-friendly bakery pro-ducts under its Ok Foods and Village Bakery brands.The Cumbrian family firm was the only bakery company among 145 award winners, announced as the Queen celebrated her 80th birthday last week. Its ...
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Bettys challenges Wensleydale over trademarking
Yorkshire start-up company Wensleydale Foods has had to rename a pies range due to a trademark dispute with Bettys of Harrogate.The company, founded by Elizabeth Guy last year, ran into trouble when it tried to trademark its “Betty Guy’s Little Pies” shepherds pie range, named after the founder’s daughter. Bettys, ...
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NewsBread exports lose value despite food market rise
The value of bread exports dropped 6% in 2005, compared to a rise in overall food and drink exports of 3% in 2005, latest figures suggest. The data shows that bread exports overseas were worth £56.19 million in 2005, compared with £59.54m in 2004. Bread exports to France, Finland, Norway ...
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RHM bullish on performance
RHM said its Bread Bakeries division had seen outstan-ding achievement by Hovis and an improved performance on cakes in the year to April 29, 2006. In a trading update, the firm noted that a “much improved” financial performance in its Manor Bakeries cakes business in the second half, was due ...
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Sunday campaign
Retail trade union Usdaw is to launch a Save Our Sundays campaign at its annual conference in Blackpool this weekend. It wants to stop any deregulation of Sunday trading legislation, which would allow large stores to open for longer than six hours on a Sunday. “With 95% of our members ...
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Technicality sinks Finedon Mill case
A PROSECUTION against two directors of Finedon Mill, rela-ting to breaches of the 1965 Cereals Marketing Act, has been dismissed due to legal technicalities.A judge ruled that the case against John Lister and Charles Garavan should not proceed at a hearing at Bristol Magistrates Court earlier this month. The two ...