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NewsBonne Bouche set to create retail brands after shake-up
Hartlepool-based frozen desserts company Bonne Bouche has pledged to develop a range of retail brands after being restructured by the venture capitalists which back it.Financial director Richard Dean told British Baker the company’s strategy is to “continue as a leading frozen desserts manufacturer in the UK”.It will continue to offer ...
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Bakery move
Warburtons has closed its Westgate End bakery in Wakefield as it completes a move to its nearby Tuscany Park site. The last of the old bakery’s production – 400g loaves – shifted to the new £60 million site, five miles away on Monday January 23.The 12.9-acre Tuscany Park site on ...
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Bakery re-opens
Baker Paul Jones is to revive his 70-year-old family bakery business in North Wales after a two-year hiatus.Mr Jones will open a new 4,500sq ft Jones Bakery in Flintshire on February 6, sel-ling a range of 60 lines inclu-ding breads, scones and Bara Brith (a Welsh fruited loaf).Mr Jones told ...
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Scottish bakery defrauded
A MANAGERESS defrauded £14,000 from a Scottish bakery over a two-month period, a court heard.Margaret Anderson, 44, of Yoker, Glasgow, admitted embezzling from Bradford Bakers of Giffnock when she appeared before Paisley Sheriff’s Court.The court heard how Ms Anderson had initally impressed management and was promoted from shop assistant ...
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In Brief
ALAN Davis, who runs the Authentic Bread Company in Gloucester, says that he sold 47 tonnes of Christmas mincemeat to Prince Charles’ Duchy Originals food company in 2005. That figure is a hefty increase on the 14 tonnes sold in 2004. READERS are reminded that for legal reasons we cannot ...
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Asda’s new “hot cross hedgehog” loaf is the “best product it has ever put out”, according to bakery director Huw Edwards. The new 400g spicy bloomer loaf, priced at 92p, has a ripple effect from cuts on the top. Bakery equipment company Capway Systems has started marketing Rijkaart NV products ...
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NewsSubway grows with suppliers as its expansion continues
Sandwich chain Subway is predicting it will sell 150 million submarine rolls in the UK and Ireland and in continental Europe in 2006, as its rapid expansion continues.The chain sold 53.3m sticks in its 617 stores in the UK and Ireland in 2005 and 46.6m in its 500 continental European ...
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NewsPork pie news encourages Cornish pasty producers
Cornish pasty campaigners say they have new hope of restricting production of Cornish pasties to Cornwall, after the Melton Mowbray Pork Pie Association (MMPPA) won a Court of Appeal victory on January 24.The Melton Mowbray Association has been campaigning for seven years for the legal right to restrict production of ...
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IAWS declares satisfaction with trading performance
Irish food giant IAWS Group said it is satisfied with overall trading performance in the year to date, as it held its Annual General Meeting on January 30.But chairman Denis Lucey said the company, which operates brands including Delice de France, Cuisine de France and Pierre’s, is only five months ...
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Pastry firm in liquidation
The Pastry Manufacturing Company, based in Salford, which manufactured a range of baked products including pies, has been placed in liquidation.The company, which produced frozen unbaked pies, sausage rolls, pasties, potato-topped pies and fruit pies, ceased trading on January 23 and its 100 staff have been made redundant.The Salford site ...
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High street report still pending
The All Party Small Shops Group said it is yet to finalise its report into the future of the high street in 2012 in the face of mounting speculation as to its contents.A spokesman for the group said the report will not be out until mid-February and dismissed press reports ...
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MEPs set to vote on weights legislation
The issue of prescribed weight legislation – including bread weights – was due to be voted on in the European Parliament as British Baker went to press.Trade bodies, including the Federation of Bakers (FoB), are battling against the draft EU Nominal Quantities Directive, which suggests deregulating weight legislation, including the ...
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Warburtons’ MD BRETT WARBURTON is to become executive director from April, with current finance director Robert Higginson taking over as MD. Brett Warburton, who has been MD for six years, will now focus on quality and technical matters. Mr Higginson takes up the position following five years as finance director. ...
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NewsFinsbury invests £1m in Scottish acquisitions
Finsbury Food Group is investing £1m in its three new Scottish businesses, acquired in November 2005.The group plans to upgrade all three businesses, California Cake Company, Campbell’s Cake Company and United Central Bakeries (UCB), CEO Dave Brooks told British Baker. It wants to improve their infrastructure, grow capacity and improve ...
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Real Good Food to stick to knitting in 2006
The Real Good Food Group said it hopes for “a bit of stability” in 2006, after a busy 2005.Chief executive John Gibson told British Baker the company had set itself stretching targets for 2005 in its Bakeries division (Hayden’s Bakeries and Seriously Scrumptious Cakes). It was also challenged by integrating ...
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Offers accepted for two of Harvestime’s plants
HARVESTIME (2005) administrators are processing offers for the company’s Walsall and Leicester bakeries, as attempts to sell the business continue.Administrator John Kelly of Begbies Traynor said offers for the company’s bakery in Walsall and the main bakery of its two in Leicester have been accepted, subject to contract. He said ...
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NewsChatwins acquires prime city centre site in Chester
CRAFT bakery chain Arthur Chatwin is to open its 20th shop on February 8, in a prime site in Chester town centre.“This is a massive move for us,” said retail director Edward Chatwin. “We’re really excited at the prospect of opening in Chester city centre. We have 20 outlets ...
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Adams gets low-GI rating
Craft bakery chain Oliver Adams is to start marketing one of its best selling loaves as low Glycaemic Index (GI), following independent trials at Oxford Brookes University.The bread is made using white flour and an Arkady combicorn mix, supplied by BakeMark UK. This was certified as having a GI rating ...
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NewsWarburtons appoints new managing director
Warburtons managing director Brett Warburton is to become executive director from April, with current finance director Robert Higginson taking over as MD.Brett Warburton, who has been MD for six years, will now focus on quality and technical matters, and maintaining and developing the company’s culture. Chairman Jonathan Warburton said: “We ...