All British Baker articles in March 2009 – Page 2

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    Morrisons to extend local flour scheme

    2009-03-27T00:00:00Z

    Morrisons plans to extend a regional scheme, selling bread made from flour milled in the local area. Bakery trading manager Andy Clegg said the concept had worked well in East Anglia, Yorkshire and Wessex, and that stores in other parts of the country would launch locally milled bread later this ...

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    Sollich keeps an even temper

    2009-03-27T00:00:00Z

    Sollich is promoting the Minitemper 100 FD to add real chocolate to your product, for bakers aiming to enhance sales appeal and profitability. Sollich said it was important to use real chocolate, despite the fact the cocoa butter present makes it more challenging to handle compared to compound chocolate. "Real ...

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    Dibas decks out its offer

    2009-03-27T00:00:00Z

    Dibas is promoting its deck oven for establishments that bake-off snacks and pastries, but which also want to serve pizzas as part of their offering. The EBO Deck Oven, manufactured by Dibas, is distributed in the UK by CBES Food Systems. It allows up to three baking chambers to be ...

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    Mecaplastic seals deal

    2009-03-27T00:00:00Z

    Mecaplastic offers a range of sandwich filling and sealing machines, enabling businesses to select the right capacity for their requirements. Size adjustments can also be made on Mecaplastic cardboard sandwich-pack filling machines simply and quickly. The Mecapack 470 and 700 models enable automatic simultaneous adjustment in just 30 seconds. ...

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    Mono stages display day

    2009-03-27T00:00:00Z

    Swansea-based machinery firm Mono Equipment hosted an open day at Miller’s Vanguard’s Training facility in Bury earlier this month, to display the latest machinery, designed to increase efficiency, productivity and profit. Among the exhibitors were Mono Equipment, Bakon Food Equipment and Rondo Doge. Mono was promoting its ...

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    Cupcake Week hits Facebook

    2009-03-27T00:00:00Z

    With preparations for National Cupcake Week (NCW) now under way, why not get involved by linking to our official NCW Facebook page? You’re welcome to post pictures of your outlandishly impressive cupcake creations, recipe suggestions, cupcake-themed shop fronts or messages of support. National Cupcake Week is set to take place ...

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    Shop planning refusal could cost Costa

    2009-03-27T00:00:00Z

    Costa Coffee could be forced to close one of its shops, following a planning appeal in Beverley. The coffee chain opened a store in the Yorkshire market town last year, without permission to change the use of a former shoe shop - a Grade 2 Listed Building in the town’s ...

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    Students’ raisin competition launched

    2009-03-27T00:00:00Z

    California Raisins is offering students attending the ABST conference in May the chance to win prizes for creating innovative recipes using California Raisins, raisin paste or raisin juice concentrate. The annual ABST conference takes place from 1-3 May at the TLH Leisure Resort in Torquay. There are two different categories ...

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    Combi options

    2009-03-27T00:00:00Z

    A combi-oven can hardly be accused of being a one-trick pony, unless said pony is capable of carrying out an array of different cooking tasks. For bakery retailers wanting to offer a range of different products, from bake-off pasties to pizzas and quiches, a combi oven is certainly capable ...

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    National Doughnut Week: a chance for charity

    2009-03-27T00:00:00Z

    With National Doughnut Week (NDW) not far off (9-16 May) sponsor BakeMark UK is urging craft bakers to get a head start and make the most of the charitable week with a great giveaway. Since National Doughnut Week began, it has raised over £630,000 for The Children’s Trust, the charity ...

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    Resignation cake

    2009-03-27T00:00:00Z

    Step forward a certain Neil Berrett from San Francisco, who is the genius behind this job resignation letter, printed on a cake. The cake, posted on image-sharing website Flickr, reads: "Dear Mr Bowers, During the past three years, my tenure at the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard has been nothing short ...

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    Food for Britain to close its doors

    2009-03-27T00:00:00Z

    Export consultancy Food from Britain (FFB) is shutting up shop on 31 March, but arrangements have been made to continue supporting British food and drink exporters. From April, any companies interested in export opportunities will need to contact UK Trade & Investment (UKTI).Companies are advised to register on its website ...

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    Canada Bread drops inquiry

    2009-03-27T00:00:00Z

    Canada Bread Company, the parent company of the UK’s biggest bagel supplier Maple Leaf Bakery, will take no further action following an internal investigation into allegations that an employee at its UK bakery operations may have sought to influence the pricing of a competitor. Lynda Kuhn, senior vice president, communications ...

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    Canada Bread drops inquiry

    2009-03-27T00:00:00Z

    Canada Bread Company, owner of UK bagel supplier Maple Leaf Bakery, will take no further action after an internal investigation into allegations that an employee at its UK bakery operations may have sought to influence the pricing of a competitor. Senior vice-president, communications and consumer affairs Lynda Kuhn said no ...

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    Book Review

    2009-03-27T00:00:00Z

    The Bright Idea Handbook: Which? essential guides, £10.99By Michael GardnerThis is definitely a book worth getting hold of before you enter the proverbial Dragons’ Den with a half-baked bakery business idea.Very much geared towards the budding entrepreneur, The Bright Idea Handbook offers a step-by-step guide to getting ...

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    Bookings open for BIA

    2009-03-27T00:00:00Z

    This week we open for table bookings to the Baking Industry Awards, which take place on Tuesday 8 September at a new venue, the prestigious Park Lane Hilton. The evening kicks off with a Champagne reception, sponsored by Warburtons, taking place in the glamorous Wellington Room, which overlooks Hyde ...

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    Join the drive for craft bakers

    2009-03-27T00:00:00Z

    In recent years, the independent craft bakery sector has sometimes struggled to promote itself to customers and potential employees. Now, the time has come to banish the ’humble baker’ persona and start shouting about yourselves! And craft bakery does have a lot to shout about. Most bakeries can tick ...

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    Craft poll reveals positive attitude to training

    2009-03-27T00:00:00Z

    Most craft bakers would be happy to spend time and money on staff training, a poll by British Baker on behalf of the National Skills Academy (NSA) has revealed. It found that 92% would release bakers for training at least once a month, with 46% willing to sacrifice at least three days each month if it meant workers learned the necessary skills.

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    In the BB archives

    2009-03-27T00:00:00Z

    We have had the usual newspaper correspondence regarding the hardships entailed by the journeyman bakers in making Hot Cross Buns, and we have even had a number of employers declaring publicly that it does not pay to make them, and that when the additional cost for overtime and the general ...

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    Supermarkets manage to pull in the apprentices

    2009-03-27T00:00:00Z

    Supermarket chains are attrac-ting record numbers of young bakers to their apprenticeship schemes. While many craft bakers struggle to find recruits, multiple retailers are sourcing enthusiastic would-be bakers from in-store and outside. Both Sainsbury’s and Morrisons report that the category is a growth area, which they have no trouble staffing. ...