All British Baker articles in March 2011 – Page 2
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Boost for GreggsCatering to Brits breakfasting on the run has helped push Greggs’ profits up by nearly 8% in the last year. The chain has sold more than 10 million breakfast rolls since it launched the breakfast meal deal last February. Preliminary pre-tax profit (52 w/e 1 January 2011) rose ...
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Reporting in United, we stand...
There is increasing mainstream media interest in baking, helped by programmes such as the Great British Bake-off and the Great British Food Revival, with Michel Roux Jr arguing the case for bread. This has begun to generate more coverage for the debate about how bread is made.While this is perfectly ...
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Report
UK food and non-alcoholic drink exports have grown for six years in succession, passing the £10bn mark for the first time in 2010. Cereals and bakery exports pushed through the £2bn mark, up 8.1% on 2009 to £2,079.2m.The new report, published by the Food and Drink Federation (FDF), named the ...
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Pastry pull
Belgian pastry manufacturer Pidy displayed a whole selection of new products at the IFE exhibition at ExCeL, London last week.As well as moving into purely chocolate products, such as thimble-sized chocolate cups, the firm also launched a range of chocolate-coated mini cones, ice-cream cones and tortilla wraps in a bid ...
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Mouthing off
"Stop. Collaborate and listen; Ice is back with a brand new invention; rap while you wrap so gimme a handclap; what we’re gonna make is called the squareish wrap; spread some pesto and add some tomato, a lotta mozzarella and a little bit of basil"Warburtons enlists rapper Vanilla Ice to ...
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Scones score sales leads
Scone manufacturer Haywood and Padgett has launched a new premium scone range targeted at the foodservice sector.The individually-wrapped scones include cheddar, sultana and Cornish butter varieties.Account manager Cat Goldsmith said the company had picked up some really good sales leads from the show, which will hopefully aid the firm’s push ...
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Industry man passes on
It is with great sadness that Dawn Foods announced that Fred Gascoyne passed away suddenly on Wednesday 9 March.Gascoyne had worked as technical support manager for Dawn for the past two years, but had worked in the baking industry for around 40, and was a well-known and respected figure. He ...
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Karl Flanagan was elected president
of the London and South Eastern Region of the National Association of Master Bakers, at the recent AGM, which took place at Bakers’ Hall. Flanagan comes from a bakery family and has three shops in Essex under the name Home Made Bakery. A former student of the National Bakery School, ...
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Edible nut pricing
Almonds: The weather during the critical "bloom" in California will determine the short- to medium-term direction on pricing. Last year’s crop was the largest on record, so it is likely to be smaller this year.Walnuts: Huge demand from China, a short crop in India and only an average crop in ...
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NPD drives fresh soft drinks surge
With today’s consumer ever-more pressed for time, the need to be able to find everything in one place has never been greater. So bakery retailers need to stock the right soft drinks to offer consumers with their lunchtime sandwich or afternoon hot savoury.The latest research shows the soft drinks market ...
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Sainsbury’s displayed a giant gingerbread man
at its Newport store last week, in order to raise money for Red Nose Day. Claiming to be the largest creation of its type in the UK, the gingerbread man a replica of the supermarket’s Mr Red Nose Gingerbread biscuit stood at 15ft tall, 9ft wide and weighed ...
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Sweet ideas for royal day
Delice de France has developed a range of products to capitalise on the upcoming Royal Wedding.The ’Will and Kake’ is a lemon sponge cake sandwiched with a lemon buttercream and a lemon glaze filling, topped with hand-piped lemon buttercream icing and finished with a dusting of icing sugar. It is ...
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Délifrance display
Délifrance unveiled several of its 36 new lines at this year’s IFE, including a selection of cupcakes orange & cinnamon and raspberry & chocolate; and a chocolate & coconut whirlwind.The company also launched a new range of Italian breads, cheese rolls, cheese twists, and a range of rich-in-fibre ...
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Gluten-free cheesecakes
Dessert manufacturer Aulds was promoting a range of new gluten-free products at IFE.The new lines include a Luscious Lemon Cheesecake; White Chocolate & Raspberry Brownie; and Raspberry & Strawberry flavour cheesecake."We are extremely excited about the launch of our new gluten-free desserts," said marketing manager Paul Stewart. "This is a ...
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Cakewatch update
This is the woman police are searching for in connection with the nation’s first recorded case of cupcake rage. The customer in question allegedly went berserk in Cardiff cupcakery Sugarswirlz when it ran out of her favourite ’Sweet Tooth Fairy’ cupcakes, smashing up the shop and assaulting staff. The net ...
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Have your cake and wear it
Here’s a wedding dress that twists an age-old epithet to coin a new one: "A moment on the hips, a nightime on the lips".This cakey couture, adorned with real cupcakes, was made by Georgetown Cupcake in Washington, USA. Just don’t let the wedding reception drag on too long lest the ...
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Soft drinks remain buoyant in tough times
Sales of soft drinks in the impulse channel have grown ahead of the grocery multiples for the first time, reserving its 3% decline last year, according to the latest Britvic Soft Drinks Report, published this week.
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Mixed reactions to Osborne’s “Budget for growth”
A number of measures that should help both small and large bakery firms were announced in the 2011 Budget on Wednesday.
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Bakery apprenticeships see new scheme revamp
A revamped bakery apprenticeship pathway is in the pipeline, as part of an overhaul of apprenticeships offered in the food and drink industry, with a £2.2m funding pot available to cover the full costs of training.As the government’s funding focus shifts to apprenticeships, grants can be accessed through National Skills ...