All British Baker articles in March 2010 – Page 7

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    Planning ahead

    2010-03-12T00:00:00Z

    May 22-26SIAB, Verona, Italywww.siabweb.comOne of the biggest international events for bakery, pastry, confectionery, machinery and ingredients, Italian show SIAB has innovation as its theme this year. The show will include a techno-bake forum with a workshop for fresh ideas, as well as a special area to show off new pastries, ...

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    High costs force Scottish baker into administration

    2010-03-12T00:00:00Z

    Scottish bakery Mathiesons has gone into administration, putting 360 jobs at risk.

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    Coffee chains angered by Wi-Fi access proposals

    2010-03-12T00:00:00Z

    Major coffee house chains and bakeries have slammed proposals to prosecute and even shut down cafés with Wi-Fi access if they fail to stop customers accessing illegal material.Last-minute changes to the Digital Economy Bill due to become law before the general election mean that cafés, pubs ...

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    SIAB dedicates hall to pastry at 2010 event

    2010-03-12T00:00:00Z

    SIAB, the Italian bakery show (Salon International of Arte Bianca), takes place in Verona from 22-26 May. For the first time, the show will dedicate a complete hall to pastry and is launching a specialist area dedicated to packaging, marketing and distribution.A new Techno-bake Forum will comprise a full-scale ...

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    Caption contest #2

    2010-03-12T00:00:00Z

    In the tradition of bakery-related images that leave us speechless, words have failed us once again to explain away this ill-advised tattoo of a smiling cupcake sat on a toilet. Over to you, our squadron of trusted caption writers. Send your captions to: bb@william-reed.co.uk

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    The British Baker archive 9 August, 1940: Wasters punished?

    2010-03-12T00:00:00Z

    The Ministry of Food has made an order that will make it an offence, punishable by fine or imprisonment, to waste food. Among the conditions imposed by the order is that where anyone having the disposal of food unreasonably retains it until it becomes unfit for human consumption, he may ...

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    WRAP tackles sandwich and baked goods wastage

    2010-03-10T00:00:00Z

    New research by Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) is set to uncover how much waste is generated by pre-packed sandwiches. It is the first big study into the amount of waste in the UK retail supply chain created by pre-prepared food and aims to identify how this can be reduced, so that businesses can make cost and environmental savings.

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    Ireland’s Gallagher’s Bakery boosts jobs

    2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

    Co Donegal bakery company Galard Teo, which trades as Gallagher’s Bakery, has received an €0.8m investment from government agency Údaráis na Gaeltachta for new product development. The cash injection will fund 36 new jobs over the next three years, bringing the job total in the bakery to 207.

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    FSA targets bakery for front-of-pack labelling

    2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

    The Food Standards Agency (FSA) says it now wants cakes, puddings and yogurts to carry front of the pack nutritional labels, even as it climbs down on key stipulations of its ill-starred traffic lghts labelling initiative.

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    Halls bakery tackles food miles

    2010-03-08T00:00:00Z

    Lancashire bakery chain Halls has unveiled plans to expand via a network of stand-alone regional hubs, as a reponse to the issues of food miles and sustainability.

  • New Costa loyalty scheme launched
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    New Costa loyalty scheme launched

    2010-03-02T00:00:00Z

    The UK’s biggest coffee chain Costa will this week launch a points-based reward card for customers to use across food and drink purchases.