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Exhibitors proclaim Scottish Bakers’ Fair a regional success
Some 200 visitors attended the first Scottish Bakers’ Fair, held in Edinburgh on 24 September.Twenty-seven ingredients and equipment suppliers and trade bodies took stands at the regional event, organised by William Reed Events and the Scottish Association of Master Bakers (SAMB).Many reported that the fair gave them an opportunity to ...
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Reporting in Gordon Polson, director, Federation of Bakers
Among all food groups, the bread category has been one of the biggest innovators in recent times. Health and convenience have been the main factors behind this drive, which has led to manufacturers introducing a variety of new lines. For example, we’ve seen Granary loaves in white formats, prebiotic breads, ...
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Briefs
n Lyndale Foods has put its Peter Hunt’s bakery up for sale to focus on its bakery retail business - Sayers, Hampsons, and Maison Blanc. Bolton-based Peter Hunt’s employs 300 staff and has a turnover of £25m. The company supplies pastry products to retail and foodservice customers and Lyndale’s ...
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Commodities tracker
The RM Curtis Edible Nuts & Dried Fruit Market Report: July-August 2006, revealed that early crop shipments of almonds were predicted to struggle and pricing would be forced even higher in the short term, says Mark Setterfield, trading director at RM Curtis.The bulk of supply is expected ...
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EC moves to deregulate the size of pre-packaged goods
The issue of bread weights labelling was in the spotlight again this week, following a European Council ruling that national restrictions on the size of pre-packaged goods should be abolished.The news is the latest development in the long-running European debate over the EU Nominal Quantities Directive (British Baker, January ...
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Support the Work Ethic
Well they are at it again! This time it’s the Conservative leader, David Cameron, suggesting that the old Protestant work ethic is out of date. Try telling that to our Asian competitors, particularly the Chinese, and see what they think of such rubbish!Now we all know MPs will do anything ...
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IAWS invests in excellence
Food group IAWS is to build a E180 million Centre of Excellence for in its Cuisine de France business in Clondalkin, County Dublin.The purpose-built Centre of Excellence, at the Grange Castle Business Park, will generate 130 new jobs, and incorporate a research and development centre for concept and product ...
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Patisserie Valerie set for new growth
Central London chain Patisserie Valerie is set for expansion, after being sold to venture capitalists Risk Capital Partners on 15 September.Its owners, the Scalzo brothers, sold their controlling stake in the company for £6 million. Twins Victor and Robert Scalzo, 46, will stay on as directors with a 10% stake ...
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Inter Link in talks
Shares in cake and pastry maker Inter Link Foods leapt by 25% on Monday 25 September, after the company revealed it was in talks that may lead to a £70m management buyout.Inter Link confirmed in a statement that it had received an approach from a private equity house, which would ...
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RHM looks to second-half profit
Bakery and food giant RHM has said it expects profit to be skewed towards the second half of the year.In an AGM statement this week, the company said the impact of higher wheat prices, increased marketing spend and the timing of price increases would weigh profit to the second half ...
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Morrisons sees shares surge
Wm Morrisons’ shares reached the highest level since its takeover of Safeway two years ago, after it posted better than expected results last week.Shares went up by 18p, or 7.7%, to 251½p, as it revealed profits of £134.2 million in the six months to 23 July, ahead of expectations.New chief ...
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Packaging watch
Our packaging helps in-store bakeries look as if the products have come from the back of house. We did a lot of research and a strong view was that, if the product is in a bakery, consumers expect to see them in plastic trays. So we package the doughnuts in ...
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Masked raid leaves baker fighting for life
A Dublin baker has been left in a critical condition in hospital after being attacked during a raid on the bakery where he worked, writes Hugh Oram. Jimmy Louth works for Clarke’s Bakery on the New Cabra Road in Dublin. At 4am on 3 July, he arrived for work to ...
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NewsEnd of the road for Corrie bakery
Coronation Street’s sleazy baker Diggory Compton has shut up his shop in the fictitious town of Weatherfield, due to poor sales. He is planning to open on the more lucrative south side of Manchester. He told local café owner Roy Cropper on the soap this week that no-one had been ...
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Bako Western moves for greater frozen capacity
Wholesaler Bako Western has relocated to a new depot on an industrial estate a mile away from its original site in Cullompton, Devon. The new 40,000sq ft building on the Kingsmill industrial estate has a 1,000 pallet capacity freezer, office space and a test bakery. It is set in a ...
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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 ...