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NewsScottish Association of Master Bakers Conference at Peebles
The creation of a new training centre for Scottish bakers was announced at the Scottish Association of Master Bakers (SAMB) conference, held from May 27-29 in Peebles. Scotland’s first ever Scottish Bakery Training Centre at Larbert, Stirlingshire, which is almost complete, was described by President John Murray as “highly significant ...
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Northern Foods set to slash its bakery division
Northern Foods insisted it will not be “holding a fire sale” after revealing it is to divest many of its bakery businesses over the next 12 months.The supplier said this week it wants to dispose of businesses which currently account for 40% of its sales, including Park Cakes, Fletchers Bakery, ...
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Strategic review prompts closure of Surrey bakery
British BAKERIES has announced plans to close its Byfleet bakery in Surrey, with the loss of 61 jobs.Following a strategic review of manufacturing capacity and supply chains, the company plans to consolidate operations into its sites at Forest Gate (London) and Erith (Kent). Production of Hovis, Granary and farmhouse loaves ...
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Greggs looks to Scottish growth with new bakery
Bakery retailer Greggs is to relocate its main Scottish bakery to a new purpose-built site, as part of a strategy to grow its Scottish business. It has planning permission to move out of its Rutherglen bakery in Glasgow to a new multi-million pound bakery 2.5 miles away on the Clydesmill ...
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Benevolent ball
THE Bakers’ Benevolent Society is holding its first Mid-Summer Ball at the Mandarin Oriental, Hyde Park, London on June 22. The event starts with a champagne reception, followed by a five-course banquet and then dancing to a live band. Tickets cost £100 per person or £900 per table of 10.Contact ...
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EU sugar regime delay hampers Napier Brown
The Real Good Food Com-pany blamed delays in implementation of the new EU sugar regime for a “very disappointing” performance of its Napier Brown Foods sugar division in a trading update last week. It warned at its AGM that pressure on margins at Napier Brown will lead to “a ...
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Mowbray fight may be over
Northern Foods’ proposed sale of its chilled pastry business could end its long running legal battle with the Melton Mowbray Pork Pie Association.Its chilled division, which is now up for sale, includes its two Melton Mowbray pork pie plants in Shropshire and Trowbridge, Wiltshire.Northern Foods has been fighting the Association’s ...
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Obituary
Baker Tonia Stimpson lost her battle against breast cancer on 18 May, aged 36. Terry Miller of La Fornaia writes that Tonia was La Fornaia’s development baker and had been with the supplier for over four years. She worked in the industry for over 20 years starting at Abingdon’s Cottage ...
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Wholemeal sales on the up
The average person in the UK spent £3.76 a week on bread, cereals and cereal products in 2004-5 to eat at home, according to the latest annual report from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.The Family Food Expenditure 2004-5 Report says that of this 93p a week was ...
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Quiche firm invests £1.5m
Quiche manufacturer Thomas Food Group is launching a major investment programme to take a bigger slice of the premium quiche market.The company is building a 2,500sq ft extension at its factory in Sheffield and putting in new production lines and machinery at its Meadowbrook Bakery in Milton Keynes.The £1.5m development ...
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Delays hit debate on folic acid and bread weights
The Federation of Bakers expects delays in resolving two legislative issues facing the sector – folic acid fortification and bread weights regulation. Director Gordon Polson told British Baker he anticipates a two-month delay before a public consultation into the possible fortification of flour with folic acid starts in the UK. ...
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NewsAnnual British Sandwich Industry Awards
Marks & SPENCER’s efforts to develop a ‘caring’ image helped it triumph at this year’s Sammies – the annual British Sandwich Industry Awards. The retailer took four of the 14 awards and won both the Sandwich Retail Multiple and New Sandwich of the Year categories for the second year. M&S ...
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Associated British Foods
Associated British Foods (ABF) has agreed to buy the largest cane sugar producer in Africa in a bid to take advantage of changes to the EU sugar regime.It made a recommended £317m offer for 51% of the fully diluted ordinary share capital of Illovo Sugar last week, subject to regulatory ...
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California Raisins Innovation Award
For the third year running California Raisins is running its Innovation Award, to find the most creative use of California Raisins in the UK.The most innovative product containing California Raisins will win an all expenses paid study trip for up to four people to California, and free advertising and PR ...
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NewsBako London gets set to boost buying power
Bakery supplier Bako London has revealed it is overhauling its business, to make it more competitive on price, service, availability and range. The £20m turnover regional wholesaler, which serves 2,000 customers in the south east, plans to boost its buying power, focusing on markets which do not compete with ...
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BB’s rolls out Irish franchises
Ireland’s largest shopping centre café operator, BB’s Coffee & Muffins, is to offer franchises of its brand in Ireland. The company said the move reflected the enormous potential in the Irish market, with the number of cafés forecast to grow by 20-25% in the next two years (source: Allegra, Project ...
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In Brief
WELSH plant baker Brace’s is offering free basic skills training to employees in subjects such as reading, writing, arithmetic and computer training.A FUND-RAISING poster for National Doughnut Week has been put up on the wall of Eastenders’ Ian Beale’s cafe. Warburtons’ Ross Warburton has been appointed deputy chairman of ...
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MBO at Brittons of Devon
Cornish Pasty supplier Brittons of Devon has been bought from owner Quanon by its existing senior management, Steve Hathaway, Paul Whitaker and John Savege, for an undisclosed sum.MD Steve Hathaway said a program of restructuring and reorganisation has already begun following the management buyout. “In shareholder terms, the buy out ...
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NA business day
The difference between costing and pricing is the topic of a business day, which aims to encourage bakers to ask themselves some tough questions.The event is organised by the National Association of Master Bakers and will be held at the Best Western Hilton Hotel in Derby on 6 June. Tony ...