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Birds backs landmark match
Birds of Derby’s Bolton shop became the set for a series of BBC outside broadcasts before the Burton Albion vs Manchester United replay on January 18.Conference side Burton had earned a lucrative FA Cup replay after holding Manchester United to a draw earlier in the month. Retail operations manager Mike ...
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Do bakers want the DTI to keep Sunday special?
Bakers have called the possibility of liberalising Sunday trading hours “bad for business” and “bad for society”. The present law restricts stores over 3,000sq ft to opening for six hours on a Sunday. But the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) launched a consultation on the issue on January ...
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BB’s expands on health lines
Shopping centre coffee operator BB’s Coffee & Muffins is preparing to extend its healthy range including new healthy sandwiches over the course of the year.The first new product, launched this month is a low-fat, low-sodium Cranberry and Orange muffin for customers on a low-fat diet, made from a mix supplied ...
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Rise in energy costs set to push up bread prices
Bread prices look set to rise as bakers are hit by an increase in the price of gas, widely used to power ovens.This month, gas costs 92p a therm on the forward market for the first quarter of 2007, compared to 65p in November 2005. The MD of one industrial ...
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In Brief
- Trade and Industry Secretary Alan Johnson has announced the appointment of Paul Myners, chairman of the Guardian Media Group, as the new chair of the Low Pay Commission, which advises government on the National Minumum Wage.- Warburtons has reintroduced its 400g Hot Cross Bun Loaf for Easter, with a ...
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Cooks rolls out new look as it seeks sites
Bakery chain Cooks, previ-ously Three Cooks, says it is “actively looking” for new stores, as it rolls out its new “Cooks” store format.Chairman Geoff Peppiatt said the Cooks concept has now been finalised after trials in five of its 190 shops over the last year. The concept will be rolled ...
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Early sale hope for M Firkin
Administrators hope to complete the sale of craft bakery chain M Firkin as a going concern by the start of February.Administrators BDO Stoy Hayward said they are talking to a number of interested parties.The 136-year-old firm, which is the UK’s sixth-lar-gest bakery chain, with 53 shops, called in administrators on ...
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Ambitious Rich Products makes £1m investment
Rich Products says it has invested £1m at its bakeries, including the former David Powell bakery in Fareham, as part of a plan to become the UK’s leading supplier of premium baked goods.Rich has relocated the bread bakery and refurbished all the ovens at the Fareham bakery, acquired from David ...
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Administrators move in at M Firkin bakery chain
Administrators hope to make a quick sale of Mid-lands independent bakery chain M Firkin, after being called in to the family company last week.The 136-year-old firm, which is the UK’s sixth-largest bakery chain with 53 shops, called in administrator BDO Stoy Hayward on January 10, saying sales had been hit ...
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UK bread ranks among cheapest
SUPERMARKET bread in London was again among the cheapest in the world, latest half-yearly figures from the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) suggest.The data, supplied exclusively to British Baker, shows a standard kilo of bread costs 58p in a supermarket in Lon-don. That makes London the 15th cheapest city for supermarket ...
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NewsBread back in focus as Bakemark restructures
BakeMark UK emphasised its commitment to bread ingredients this week as it announced a restructure, following a six-month strategic review.The ingredients company will now focus on five core product areas – bread ingredients, cookies, cake mixes, value-added doughnuts and soft icings, MD Marco Bertacca told British Baker. Other divisions of ...
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Gulf opportunity beckons to UK bakers and confectioners
A RECENT report published by Food from Britain (FFB), the market development consultancy for British food and drink companies, suggests there are significant opportunities for UK bakery and confectionery producers in the Gulf States.These countries not only contain large numbers of ex-patriates and tourists, but their high concentration in ...
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NewsBakery designs pretzel for Pope
A GERMAN bakery has patented a Pope Benedict pretzel, in honour of the new head of the Catholic Church, the Bavarian Pope Benedict XVI. The special pretzel was invented by the Regensburg-based master baker, Georg Schindler and manufactured by German bakery company Backaldrin International.
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Cuisine de France in brand push
Bake-off supplier Cuisine de France is to air a new regional TV commercial to raise awareness of its in-store bakery offer.The campaign will run in Scotland and the south-west from mid-February to mid-March. It uses a 30-second advertisement and a 10-second advertisement, where a girl is pictured going into a ...
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HGCA conference
The Home Grown Cereals Authority (HGCA) will look at opportunities for suppliers in the foodservice and retail sectors at a conference in London on February 9. Entitled ‘Where to Harvest – Foodservice or Retail?’, it will be held at The British Library Conference Centre. Presentations will cover how foodservice is ...
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Harvestime saga continues
HARVESTIME (2005) administrators are still in negotiations over the future of its bakeries, particularly the site in Walsall, which is still trading.Joint administrator John Kelly of Begbies Traynor told British Baker he was still exploring the options, with interested parties. These are understood to include a deal with management, which ...
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Greggs ‘controlling costs’
RetaiL baker Greggs complained of rising energy costs as it reported flat like-for-like sales performance over the Christmas trading period, in a statement last week.Group MD Sir Michael Darrington said the group’s like-for-like sales in the second half, the 28 weeks to December 31, 2005, increased by 3%. Under-lying like-for-like ...
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NewsGenesis gives an Irish welcome
Northern Irish craft bakery Genesis ran a “Welcome Home” promotion over the festive period, greeting holidaymakers arriving back in Belfast City Airport with slices of its Crafty Wheaten range.Genesis marketing manager Liesa Donaldson said the company, assisted by Miss Northern Ireland Lucy Evangelista, distributed almost 24,000 slices of bread to ...
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PEOPLE
Food from Britain (FFB) has promoted JANE WAKELING to head of client development and appointed KIRSTY GRIEVE as regional food and drinks manager. Ms Wakeling leads the organisation’s consulting and will have responsibility for providing FFB clients with strategic and practical support to ensure they gain maximum benefit from ...