All British Baker articles in May 2006 – Page 3
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NewsFEDERATION OF BAKERS’ CONFERENCE
Sainsbury’s has seen an 8% rise in bakery sales value over the last year, driven by growth in in-store bakery sales, according to trading director Mike Coupe.Speaking at the Federation of Bakers’ (FoB) conference in London last week, he told British Baker the supermarket has seen surging demand for in-store ...
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FEDERATION OF BAKERS’ CONFERENCE
The Federation of Bakers (FoB) reported a trading loss of £29,278 for the year to 31 March 2006 as it held its AGM on 10 May. It reported revenue of £481,013 with expenditure of £510,29, including £71,379 spent on setting up a system to manage new Tesco Omega bread baskets, ...
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FEDERATION OF BAKERS’ CONFERENCE
Bakers were urged to support the work of food and drink skills sector council Improve at the Federation of Bakers’ (FoB) conference. Warburtons’ director Brett Warburton told delegates the organisation had a growing amount of influence, with initiatives including skills academies being developed, which bakers must help mould to their ...
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NewsA simple country baker
Almost every day, we older folk say, “How the world has changed!” As an example, just look at the volume of products we now produce daily with far less staff than, say, 20 years ago. Although, at the rate people are flooding into our country, they may soon pass a ...
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Zeelandia relies on Carlo to release plant baker interest
Zeelandia (Billericay, Essex) says it can offer plant bakers a range of services, from ingre-dients to engineering. The company designs and manufactures bespoke machinery, such as lower-level grease hoppers and spinning disc machines, and installs them into a site. Zeelandia also provides aids for industrial situations, such as its ...
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Deadline is looming for training awards
Time is running out to apply for three prestigious baking industry training opportunities, administered by the Worshipful Company of Bakers.The Joseph Travelling Award is a financial opportunity for a person working in the indus-try. A sum of money will be provided to assist with study and training abroad.The Piero Scacco ...
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Lister denies Avance and FCC sale rumours
Industry rumours that speciality baking companies Avance and the French Croissant Company are up for sale have been dismissed by their owner John Lister, following the sale of sister company New Primebake last month.The French Croissant Com-pany is one of the largest UK croissant producers, supplying retailers including Waitrose. Maidstone-based ...
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Pukka takes out artificial flavours
Pukka Pies (Leicester) has introduced a new saveloy sausage to its range of catering sausages. The new saveloys are batch-produced by Pukka’s team of butchers. They have a meat content of 39% and contain pork, bacon and a blend of spices. They are free from artificial flavours and colours. ...
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Applied Weighing
Applied Weighing (Reading), supplier of industrial weighing systems, has recently introduced a high-speed check weigher. The machine is powered by a 920i process controller and can be combined with lead on/lead off conveyors, barcoders and metal detection equipment. It can also be linked to filling machines and used for ...
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Burford has it all taped
The Burford Tape Closure system has been designed to produce a reliable tamper-evident closure. Burford says it can be used with most makes of semi- and fully-automatic bagging systems. The company recommends its use with the Ibonhart IB360 Automatic Bag Loader for the wrapping of bread, buns and free baked ...
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NewsApuro adds to Quattro planetary mixer range
Apuro (Solihull) has extended its Quattro range of heavy-duty planetary mixers with the addition of two larger models – the QPM30 and QPM40. The mixing bowls have respective capacities of 30 litres and 40 litres and can be used for dough preparation or lighter duties, such as the preparation of ...
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Asda adapts to individual needs
Asda is enjoying increased sales of bread after completing the roll-out of a new store-specific merchandising system this month, according to bakery director Huw Edwards.Sales data from each individual store is used to decide what bought-in breads should be stocked and how much space to allocate to each line, he ...
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Greggs steps up activity as costs bite into profits
Bakery chain Greggs says it is taking action to drive sales growth, including a TV advertising campaign, new promotional initiatives and the launch of new healthy products, following a drop in year-on-year profits.At its AGM last week, Greggs announced that profits this year so far are materially below last year’s, ...
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NewsViewpoint
Many congratulations to Hovis on its 120th birthday! And particular congratulations to all the millers and bakers who have maintained the standard over the years, enabling the loaf to hold such a prominent place in our hearts – and on the shelves of course.Colin Lomax, RHM technical manager, merits a ...
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NewsNA in a social whirl
At the National Associa-tion of Master Bakers (NA) conference, held at the May Bank Holiday weekend, in Stratford-upon-Avon, social events played an important part.The Neil Houliston memorial cup was presented in memory of Keith Houliston’s son Neil, who tragically died in a car crash on Christmas Day this last December. ...
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Limiting Sundays
Retail union Usdaw has welcomed a commitment from Prime Minister Tony Blair to listen to its case against further extension of Sunday shopping hours for larger stores.Speaking at the union’s annual conference last week, the PM pledged to meet with Usdaw general secretary John Hannett to hear objections to extension ...
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NewsKanomix from Zeelandia
Kanomix from Zeelandia (Billericay, Essex) is named after a traditional Dutch cookie product and can be used to create cookies with a vanilla and buttery taste. The firm says Kanomix has excellent leavening and offers a crispy eat; it requires only the addition of butter or margarine and egg or ...
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NewsSupport for Doughnut Week
Over 500 craft bakers across the UK are taking part in National Doughnut Week this week, sel-ling doughnuts to raise money for charity The Children’s Trust.Christopher Freeman, owner of Dunn’s Bakery in Crouch End, London, and founder of National Doughnut Week said: “We hope to do better than last year, ...
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RHM: don’t miss the oat
For bakers who are unable to bake cookies from scratch, McDougalls Cookie Mixes from RHM (Reading) are described as quick and easy to use and deliver a ‘home-made’ taste.McDougalls has introduced an oat cookie mix to complement its plain and chocolate varieties, which produces cookies that are crunchy on the ...
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