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Demand for sweet products goes upmarket, says Rich
Retail sales of sweet bakery products, such as doughnuts and muffins, rose by 4.8% in 2005 to £1.3bn, in part thanks to coffee shops giving consumers a taste for premium products, according to research by TNS for Rich Products.Rich’s UK sales and marke-ting director Simon Richardson said the higher demand ...
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Ronde des Pains moves into Europe
French milling company Moul-bie has started rolling out its “Ronde des Pains” artisan bakery concept in Europe, following success in the UK.Commercial director of Moul-bie Europe Michel Nguyen said the first shops have been launched in Ger-many, Italy and Sweden over the last few weeks.More than 1,000 French craft bakers ...
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NewsGreggs upscales its retail system
Bakery retailer Greggs has selected touchscreen computer specialist firm J2 Retail Systems to supply EPOS hardware into its Greggs and Bakers Oven stores. The contract – the result of a period of negotiation between J2 and Greggs to produce an embedded system – will initially see the installation of J2 ...
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Primebake jobs
Chilled speciality breadmaker New Primebake is on a recruitment drive following its acquisition by Icelandic food giant Bakkavör Group.The undisclosed deal is awaiting Office of Fair Trading approval in the the next few weeks, which would create the largest supplier of chilled bread products in the UK. Meanwhile, the firm ...
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Medway talks up quality offering
Medway Foods is pushing its quality credentials after its management buyout of three Canterbury Foods pastry and ingredients’ plants in January.Chief executive Paul Ains-worth said Canterbury, which went into administration in January, had a reputation as a cheap manufacturer but that this was not the case and Medway was proving ...
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Top-20 companies stretch lead at top
The leading 20 companies in the UK baking industry are strenghtening their grip on the market, according to a new survey from Plimsoll Publishing. In the last four years they have increased sales by 50%, improved profits by a massive 150% and raised staff levels by 28%, it says.The leading ...
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NewsNew Allied chief reveals plans to ring in changes
Allied Bakeries has started a major operational review of its business, and is to relaunch its three major brands over the next year. Speaking exclusively to British Baker, new baking and milling group CEO Brian Robinson said Allied Bakeries was “a business that needs a lot of attention” and that ...
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British Baker and Bake & Take work together
William Reed Publishing has announced that Bake & Take magazine has moved to the company as a sister title to British Baker. The consolidation will see monthly title Bake & Take continue to be published alongside the sector’s flagship brand British Baker. The International Milling Directory, The Food Ingredients Directory, ...
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London’s finest battle it out for pastry award
Pastry chefs from three top London hotels will be battling it out as finalists in the Craft Guild of Chefs’ Pastry Chef Award. Ian Burch, head pastry chef at the Bentley Hotel, Graham Hornigold, chef pattisier of the Lanesborough Hotel, and Nick Patterson, pastry chef at Claridges Hotel, are all ...
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Park Cakes put up for sale as jobs are axed
Northern FOODS has confirmed the loss of more than 400 of the 1,900 jobs at its Park Cakes factory in Oldham as part of an efficiency drive. The business has also been put up for sale along with 16 other Northern operations, including several bakery businesses, as part of a ...
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Bread is back
Fresh bread sales in the US are on the rise, indicating that the Atkins diet is further loosening its grip on dieters.Grocery stores reported sales up 3% to $6.1bn in the last two years, after seeing a 2% dip in 2003/4. US sandwich and bakery stores also reported sales up ...
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Baker scores half century in trade
A BOLTON baker has retired after 50 years in the trade. Peter Holmes, 65, was given a special send off by staff and managers at Hampsons Bakery.He joined the company in 1956 and has worked there ever since. Describing the changes in the trade from 50 years ago he said: ...
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Duchy reveals plans for first bakery
Organic food company Duchy Originals is to open its first bakery on 14 June producing new ranges including organic Cornish pasties and sweet and savoury tarts and flans (British Baker, 28 Oct. pg 6).The Cornish bakery, which was originally scheduled to open in April, will sell mainly to Waitrose ...
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Bar Cake expands into bakery next door
Small “wholesome” cakes business Bar Cake has bought space for future expansion at its Kingswood, Bristol, bakery and is looking for more distributors for its frozen products.Co-founder Georgina Doyle said that, although Bar Cake still has excess capacity, it has acquired the building next to its present bakery and is ...
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Proper Cornish workers receive training boost
Staff at handmade Cornish pasty manufacturer Proper Cornish are to get tailor-made training in a bid to improve productivity.The company has teamed up with business consultancy Lemon Frog for a year-long project which will identify key areas for development and address them through a staff training programme. Practical on-the-job ...
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NewsJust Puds looks to Ireland as distribution expands
Premium desserts business Just Puds is to be listed by an Irish distributor following a recent listing with London-based chilled foods wholesaler Bespoke Foods, which supplies 600 independent retail outlets.The firm, which revamped its image earlier this year, is also developing ambient products to add to its existing range and ...
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FWP Matthews invests in warehouse
Independent flour miller FWP Matthews is to build a £1m warehouse at its Cotswold base in Shipton under Wychwood. Work will start on the 675sq m building in late summer and will be finished by the end of the year. It will house a new automated palletiser to speed up ...
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Baker gets £5k in bullying case
AN employment tribunal in Scotland has awarded a bakery worker £5,000 in compensation after he alleged he was forced to quit his job because of bullying.Thomas Dempsey, a bakery assistant at A&A Bakers of Linwood for six years, claimed that the bakery owner was abusive and intimidating.He said he quit ...
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Manor suppliers ‘asked for refund’
RHM has declined to comment on allegations that suppliers to its Manor Bakeries division have been asked to make a 5% refund on invoices paid over the last 12 months.An anonymous letter, sent to British Baker, suggests machinery manufacturers were invited to a meeting with Manor Bakeries’ procurement team earlier ...