All British Baker articles in March 2007 – Page 8
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Steven Birrell, executive secretary, the Association of Bakery Ingredient Manufacturers
Members of the Association of Bakery Ingredient Manufacturers (ABIM) devote considerable resources to developing product specification documents for customers to help them comply with legislation, certification schemes and codes of practice, as well as answering any questions they might have.Communicating product specification data to customers, using different formats, is a ...
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MARCH - APRIL
MARCH5 Sugar Craft - Human Figure ModellingLocation: The Slattery School of Excellence, ManchesterContact, tel: 0161 7679303email: school@slattery.co.uk6 - 8 Convenience Retailing ShowLocation: Birmingham NECContact, tel: 0870 429 4664Visit: [http://www.cstoreshow.com]7 - 8 The European Sandwich & Snack ShowLocation: Palais des Congrès de Paris, Porte Maillot, ParisContact, tel: 01707 36536410 - ...
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Apprenticeship consultation
Improve, the sector skills council for food and drink, has started consultation with employers on plans for a new framework for apprenticeship programmes."This will be a crucial reform," said Jack Matthews, Improve’s chief executive, who added that completed apprenticeships in food and drink manufacturing subjects at Level 2 have more ...
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Plimsoll: all change for top bakery jobs
A wave of new appointments at senior management level among bakery companies in the UK is set to prompt a radical change in their behaviour, says Plimsoll.A new report from the industry analyst says there have been 722 new appointments at director level among the top 980 companies in the ...
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All set fair for the IFE show
Organisers are expecting the large tally of buyers, who came to source bakery and confectionery products at IFE05, to be exceeded in 2007.New and innovative exhibitors at the show in London’s ExCeL centre include Irwin’s Bakery, which will showcase Guinness Whole Grain Bread. The bread contains 17% real Guinness and ...
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Cake deal agreed
Finsbury Food Group’s £37.5m takeover of celebration cake company the Lightbody Group has been agreed by the Finsbury board and shareholders at an extraordinary general meeting.As reported in British Baker (see 2 February, pg 4), Finsbury claims the deal will make it the leading player in the UK’s celebration ...
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Order flour with a click of the mouse on ADM website
Flour-buyers can order online in a new ADM Milling initiative which it claims is an industry first.The UK’s largest independent flour miller has set up [http://www.4flour.co.uk] which lets customers order and manage their flour and bakery ingredients online.Retail craft bakers and bakery food manufacturers can now access their business account ...
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ABF’s bakery profits drop
Associated British Foods (ABF) said profits in its bakery sector were lower than last year, due to a poor performance by Allied Bakeries.Prior to entering the close period for its interim results to 3 March 2007, ABF announced last week in its Pre-Close Period Trading Update that the competitive UK ...
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Bakery and confectionery exhibitors IFE07
Exhibitor NameStand2VDNQ3605Agence Wallonne pour l’ Exportation (AWEX) NQ3605, SN4227Alimad Food NQ3605Almondy SM4108Alysse Food SN4227Amanite.be NQ3605Antico Forno A Legna SRL SM4141Apidoss SN4227Ashers Bakery SL4001Avieta SN4227Bagel Nash SN4236BakeMark UK SK2919Balconi Spa Industria Dolciaria SK2918Blackfriars Bakery SN4214BPE Euro Targi SR4562, SK2926Brasserie du Bocq NQ3605Bridor (UK) Ltd SL4030Buzz 2000 Ltd SM4103Cafe Rigo NQ3605Capital Refrigeration ...
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FSA to consider folate findings
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) this week completed a consultation on options for increasing young women’s intake of folate.During the 13-week consultation, four options were considered, including encouraging the food industry to fortify more foods with folic acid on a voluntary basis and recommending the mandatory fortification of bread or ...
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Briefs
n A night-shift worker has died after an incident at a Warburtons’ bakery in Bellshill, Lanarkshire. Police found Stephen McArdle lying outside the unit at 4.40am last week. The 26-year-old victim, of Coatbridge, was rushed to Monklands General Hospital in Airdrie. A spokeswoman for Warburtons said: "We are deeply saddened ...
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On March 30 British Baker will focus on the speciality breads market in a special supplement. We will analyse the latest market data, find out what the supermarkets are planning and profile bakers finding success in this profitable market such as Baking Industry Awards 2006 winners, Genesis Breads of Northern Ireland (pictured).
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Greggs begins trials
Bakery retailer Greggs said this week that there was "growing excitement" in its 1,336-shop business as it experimented with innovative formats and ranges.MD Sir Michael Darrington told British Baker that Greggs was in a "learning phase" as it trialled ideas such as extended opening hours, range changes and new branding.The ...
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Asian spice scoops Sandwich World Cup title
The Délifrance Sandwich World Cup, held in Paris on 7 March, was won by Singapore’s Philip Koh with his Asian Spiced Chicken Sandwich. He beat six finalists from around the world, including Britain’s Adrian Brown who won the British heat in October 2006.The seven finalists used Delifrance breads as carriers. ...
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Bakesense buys Oakdale sites from administration
Bakery supplier and marketing company Bakesense has bought Oakdale Bakeries’ sites in Doncaster and Wigan from administration. The deal completed on 9 March, saving 247 jobs.Glenn Bancroft, co-owner, said Bakesense had received requests from supermarket customers to develop an own-label pies and tart business, and the acquisition would allow it ...