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Speculation surrounds Harvestime’s future
Administrators said they were on the brink of concluding the Harvestime (2005) sale as British Baker went to press. Joint administrator John Kelly, of Begbies Traynor, said only one buyer remained in negotiations. Talks were continuing at the unnamed bidder’s pace. A completion date of January 6 was expected. The ...
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Neil Houliston
Neil Houliston, the 17 year old son of British Bakels’ sales director Keith Houliston was tragically killed in a road accident on Christmas Day. He was returning home, having driven his sister to Selby Golf Club where she was temping as a waitress. The funeral service was held in ...
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Obituary - Jack Williamson
Jack Williamson, aged 92, died recently after a short illness, writes his daughter Pat Harwood. Jack was well-known, firstly in Thames Ditton where he bought his first bakery, originally called Taylors. Jack opened his business just after the war, when ingredients were in short supply – at a time when ...
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Small shops news
The All Party Small Shops Group has attacked “hilariously uninformed” press leaks about its report on the future of the High Street in 2015. The Group is preparing to release the report within the next three weeks. Speculation about the report, suggesting that a draft copy claims supermarkets will kill ...
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A new year and, by the time you read this, the likelihood is that Harvestime (2005) Walsall plant bakery will be under new ownership. At the time of going to press, favourite bidders to buy the Walsall site appear to be British desserts manufacturer Country Style Foods, though Australian pie ...
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Bread Bakeries’ profit up 21.8% says parent RHM
Food giant RHM said its Bread Bakeries division had seen a 21.8% increase in operating profit, as it posted its maiden interim results this week. RHM, which floated on the stock exchange in July, said Bread Bakeries’ operating profit was £34.7million over the half year to October 29, 2005. ...
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ABF criticises gas market as energy prices increase
Associated British Foods said the market for gas is not operating as intended, as it complained of rising energy prices at its Annual General Meeting on December 9. Chairman Martin Adamson said the market for gas had “simply failed to operate in the way intended”. He commented: “For example, last ...
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Polish employee alleges abuse at hands of bakery
A BAKERY company has been accused of a catalogue of abuse towards a former Polish employee, placed through a recruitment agency.The incident is the first time the agency, which specialises in placing Polish staff, has had one of its staff abused, said partner Anna Ellis. She placed a fully qualified ...
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Asda to pilot discount bakery
ASDA is creating a largely own-brand bakery range for a new model “discount convenience store”, to be trialled in Northampton in spring 2006.Director of bakery Huw Edwards said the bakery range for the store will be pre-packed. There will be no in-store bakery. But details are to be finalised, he ...
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Warburtons backs filled rolls
Warburtons will start a new TV advertising campaign for its All in One Riddlers filled rolls in the new year.The plant baker’s advertising campaign will commence in January, said category manager Claire Simpson. She told British Baker: “We will be on TV throughout 2006, starting with a product-specific All in ...
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Sainsbury’s bakery range
Sainsbury’s carries just under 1,000 bakery lines in an average store, and has a total range of around 1,500, including regional lines. The figure 6,000 was given at our recent Baking Industry Summit, following a researcher error at Sainsbury’s, (British Baker, December 2, pg 5). Sainsbury’s total bakery sales ...
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Economy bread slumps as grains and seeds see surge
Economy bread sales declined by a dramatic 22.7% over the 12 months to July 2005, and now account for less than 2% of bread sales by value, says the new Warburtons Bakery Review 2005.The report, which is complied from AC Nielsen Scantrak data, suggests economy bread sales were worth £22.34 ...
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In Brief
- Leicester-based Mayur Foods has achieved British Retail Consortium (BRC) Global Standard Grade A under the new BRC accreditation structure. Mayur Foods, which supplies products including filled naans and chapattis, previously had BRC Higher certification. - SAINSBURY’S Taste the Difference Christmas pudding, laced with cognac, forced Harrods Supreme pudding into ...
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Griffin’s to close as building is sold
Griffin’s Bakery, one of the oldest bakeries in the west of Ireland, looks set to close when the building it occupies in the centre of Galway is sold early next year, writes Hugh Oram. The bakery occupies a prime high street location and a guide price of E10 million has ...
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Harvestime sale draws close
Administrators are considering a number of offers for Harvestime (2005), after setting a deadline for bids of today (Friday, December 16).Speaking as British Baker went to press, joint administrator John Kelly of Begbies Traynor said he still expects a couple more offers and hopes to get a deal finalised by ...
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Exceedingly good performance for Mr Kipling mince pies
RHM division Manor Bake-ries said “Christmas has come early” for its troubled Mr Kipling brand this year, with record sales of Mr Kipling mince pies.To date, sales have grown 9% on the previous year and it is anticipated that over 50 million Mr Kipling mince pies will be sold by ...
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Restructure gives Geary’s growth platform
Leicester-based Geary’s Bakeries blamed rising fuel costs, as it made 18 redundancies last week, and restructured to boost profitability.Joint MD Tony Marriott said rising fuel costs had a major impact on Geary’s supply costs to certain sectors of its market. It was no longer cost-effective to maintain small deliveries to ...
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Thomas scoops mince pie vote
Yorkshire family firm Thomas the Baker claims to have captured the secret of the perfect mince pie.In a recent independent taste test on mince pies, Thomas’s were voted the best in competition against food giants Asda, Marks & Spencer, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s and Tesco. “This is the 10th time our ...
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British Bakeries fined £7,000 in Somerfield mice nightmare
British Bakeries has defen-ded its record on pest control, after two dead mice were found in a brown sliced loaf it supplied to Somerfield.The new-born mice, droppings and hair, were found in the loaf, sold under Somerfield’s own label in its Marlborough store in September 2004. The mice had been ...