All British Baker articles in March 2012
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Government has “priorities mixed up” on pasties
Ed Balls, the Labour shadow Chancellor, has slammed moves for a 20% hike in tax on pies and hot pasties - saying it was “symbolic of a government which has got its priorities mixed up”.
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Fab Bakin’ Boys: Bounce Back champs
The Fabulous Bakin’ Boys were crowned Great British Bounce Back champions at the recent Foodex show.
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News‘Pastygate’ reaches fever pitch
Protests over the proposed pie tax reached fever pitch yesterday, going viral on the internet and leading the news agenda. The topic of the government’s proposal to tax hot food products, such as pies, pasties and sausage rolls, by 20% was featured on last night’s episode of BBC’s Newsnight. Labour MP John Mann, who challenged George Osborne in the House of Commons over when the Chancellor last bought a pasty, spoke on the programme.
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The Co-op sees food sales fall
The Co-operative Group has announced falling like-for-like sales in food, down 2.1% for the full year to 31 December 2011.
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Subway launches healthy eating campaign
Subway is to promote its low-fat sandwiches in a new healthy eating campaign, as part of its commitment to the Government’s Public Health Responsibility Deal.
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NewsCake Boy creates five-star afternoon tea
Patissier and baker Eric Lanlard has designed a new afternoon tea menu for five-star hotel Jumeirah Carlton Tower in Knightsbridge, London.
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EAT sees 6.6% turnover boost
Sandwich chain EAT has announced a 6.6% rise in turnover to £87.4m in its annual financial results to 30 June 2011.
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Greggs: Osborne has “lost touch” on pie tax
Ken McMeikan, the chief executive of Greggs, has accused the Chancellor of having “lost touch” - after he admitted he could not remember the last time he bought a pasty from the high street BB75 baker.
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Osborne ducks pasty question
Watch Chancellor George Osborne squirm as he is asked in parliament when was the last time he bought a pasty
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Bakery federation launches new website
The Federation of Bakers (FoB) has launched a new-look website.
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Who ate all the pies?... not George Osbourne!
Fuelling the debate about pie tax, Labour MP John Man asks George Osbourne when was the last time he ate a pastie from Greggs
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NewsFarmhouse Fare achieves Guinness World Record
The world’s largest sticky toffee pudding has been made by Farmouse Fare, and raised £10,000 in the process.
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Sales and profits up for Finsbury
Finsbury Food Group, a leading manufacturer of cake, bread and morning goods, today announced it had seen a near 16% rise in its pre-tax profit to £2.2m for the six months ended 31 December 2011.
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One-tenth of high street shops at risk of collapse
Only over half of retail outlets in Britain’s top 100 towns are secure, according to a new report.
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Coulton’s relaunches Happy Bread
Liverpool-based plant bakery firm Coulton’s Quayside has relaunched its Happy Bread range of products.
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NewsBritish Baker says NO to pie tax
British Baker is launching a new campaign to prevent the government from taxing hot food.
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Videos: Behind BB75 Jenkins Bakery and Britvic
British Baker spoke to David Jenkins, commercial director at Jenkins Bakery in Llanelli, South Wales, about difficult trading conditions in 2011 and addressing parking issues on the high street.
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Bakery presentations kick off Foodex 2012
Foodex 2012 started yesterday and saw artisan baker Paul Hollywood kick off the exhibition with a masterclass on the art of dough.
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UK food and drink exports top £12bn
Food and non-alcoholic drink exports rose to more than £12bn (£12,152.4m) in 2011, according to the Food & Drink Federation (FDF).
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NewsConfusion over new hot food tax
Greggs has seen a £20m drop in value as the government announced its plans to apply a standard rate tax of 20% to hot food products.