All British Baker articles in March 2006 – Page 6
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NewsTBS offers cream of Continent
A new firm, Tromp Bakery Systems (TBS) (stand J200 at Food & Bake), has been formed to supply bakery and food processing equipment from five specialist European manufacturers to the UK and Irish food industries.Although the Hereford-based company is new, the range of equipment it offers is already well-established.As the ...
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News‘Caring’ wholesaler with heart for retail
Taking over the running of three ailing bakery shops, when you are a successful wholesale-only company, because you thought the staff appeared “conscientious and caring”, may not sound like the kind of hard-nosed business decision that would impress the Alan Sugars or Donald Trumps of this world. However, as David ...
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Tesco’s Tony Reed speaks up at BSB
Tesco bakery director Tony Reed will speak about Tesco bakery and new opportunities at the British Society of Baking’s (BSB) Spring Conference later this month.This will be his last public function in his role as bakery director, after his recent promotion (British Baker, March 3, pg 4). He will be ...
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In Brief
- Jenny Hudson, a former pastry chef with Claridges, will be making a cake for the first wedding anniversary of Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall. It will be a chocolate cake decorated with berries and chocolate swirls. Ms Hudson runs her Warwickshire based company, Sweet As, ...
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Cake Break Day to raise multiple sclerosis funding
On April 28, thousands of people around the country will host an MS Cake Break party to raise money for the Multiple Sclerosis Society.The society wants bakers and ingredients companies to get involved by promoting the event to customers, encouraging them to buy cakes to host coffee mornings or afternoon ...
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NewsThe Bread Factory comes under one roof
Wholesale bakery The Bread Factory has opened its new 18,000sq ft bakery, after a year of planning and six months of building. The company, which won British Baker’s Speciality Bread Award in 2005 (sponsored by Tesco), has moved its three bakeries from Stanmore and Park Royal in London to one ...
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Spar gives boost to Kindness sales
Scottish wholesale and retail bakery Kindness Bakers says sales are up since it rebranded its two shops under the Spar fascia. The family bakery’s shops in New Deer and Maud Aberdeenshire, previously traded under the Mace fascia for 15 years, but have just officially launches as Spar. Sales have increased ...
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NewsSkills master-plan to beat shortages
A master-plan to boost skills in the food and drink manufacturing sector is being devised by sector skills council Improve.The Sector Skills Action-plan (SSA), due for launch in January 2007, will set out what needs to be done to alleviate skills shortages, which result in unfilled vacancies and skills gaps.According ...
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Bakery firms first to join Improve scheme
Bakery companies have become the first employers to sign up to a new Young Apprenticeship Scheme, set up by food and drink skills council Improve.Nantwich-based New Prime-bake, Nottingham-based Smiths Flour Mills, and three craft bakeries in Suffolk will launch the scheme in September. The Suffolk bakeries involved are Crown Bakery, ...
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Puratos investigates tomorrow’s bakeries
A detailed insight into the wants and needs of UK consumers as they shop for fresh and pre-packed bread could help bakers improve their offer, according to new research from ingredients supplier Puratos.In the study, the Buckingham-based firm has looked at consumer experiences of and attitudes to bakeries throughout the ...
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NewsA simple country baker
Never accept statistics at face value as in this day and age they are usually slanted to put over one specific view. We are always being told about traffic deaths and the need for speed cameras. But in The Sunday Times it was reported that the AA had done a ...
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NewsJacobs’ workers agree to revised conditions
Some 300 workers at the Jacobs Biscuits plant in Dublin have voted in favour of a survival plan that will mean significant changes in work practices after an ultimatum from management, writes Hugh Oram.The three unions at the plant – Siptu, the ATGWU and the Bakers, Food & Allied Workers ...
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Rich products trims lines after David Powell buy
Bakery supplier Rich Pro-ducts is rationalising its range in the UK, following its acquisition of craft business David Powell Bakeries in June 2005.The fresh bread to frozen muffins supplier has so far stopped producing around 10% of products, including slow sellers, such as Eccles cakes, UK MD George Thomopoulos told ...
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NewsViewpoint
The tangled web of Finedon Mill whose tentacles have stretched from Shipton Mill to New Rathbones plant bakery and beyond turned another corner this week when Finedon ended up in court over unpaid levies (pg 5). The company, which is in administration, is also believed to owe the taxman, ...
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NewsShow time
Over 14,600 visitors attended Food & Bake in 2004, with visitor numbers from the in-store and plant bakery sectors increasing by 55%. This year, the organisers say the show will be bigger and better, with over 15,000sq m of stand space dedicated to ingredients and mixes, frozen and chilled foods, ...
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NewsWholesale ranges
Evron Foods At foodservice show Hotelympia, Northern Irish firm Evron Foods explained its odd presence on the Gwir Flas pavilion, showcasing Welsh-based food companies, by revealing it has built a factory in Pontypool, South Wales, “largely to bring us closer to the UK market,” said Dominic Downey, marketing director of ...
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NewsMantinga on track for profit
Bake-off supplier Mantinga is on track to report a turnover of £1.8 million to £1.9m for the year to August 2006, as it continues to expand.The company, which bakes its range in a craft bakery in Lithuania, is set to break into profit by Easter, sales director Chris Riley told ...
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Evron extends reach with Pontypool plant
Northern Irish bakery supplier Evron Foods is to open a manufacturing plant in Pontypool, South Wales next month to extend its reach in the UK.Evron, which supplies Subway stores in the UK, Ireland and Scandanavia built the factory “largely to bring us closer to the UK market”, said marketing director ...
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NewsA day in the life of Gregory Moutry
Name:GREGORY MOUTRYCompany:MOUL–BIE UK Job title:BAKERY SALES MANAGER Location:WIGSTON, LECISESTERSHIRE5amWaking up gently, I have a strong black coffee and – French oblige – two lightly buttered croissants. I listen to the radio or television to check on the roads’ status, which is very important to me.6amLeaving home, I arrive on the ...
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NewsCreative thinking
Nick Sandler has an enviable job. Without having to stress about the day-to-day hassles of running a business, Nick’s remit is to be ‘creative’. In fact, it is in his job title: ‘creative chef’ for sandwich chain Pret A Manger. This means working in the kitchen all day developing original ...