All British Baker articles in May 2006 – Page 5
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News120 years of Hovis history
RHM is celebrating the 120th anniversary of its ‘nourishing and nice’ Hovis brand this month, with a £1m advertising campaign. Hovis bread, which launched in 1886, has picked up many fans, including Queen Victoria, over the decades. It is still made using a patented wheatgerm flour, but was ...
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Loyalty rewarded with 100th birthday cake
CHESHIRE bakery Chatwins helped a pensioner who had been coming into the store for more than 80 years celebrate her 100th birthday.Chatwins of Nantwich offered Sarah Darlington a bouquet of flowers and a cake to mark the occasion. Mrs Darlington had been coming into the bakery once a week ...
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NewsDean’s to double turnover with £1.6m plan
Capacity at Dean’s of Huntly will increase by 70% once construction of a new production area is completed this summer as part of a three-stage, £1.6 million investment programme, writes Ian Martin. Work has already begun on extending the production area at Huntly from 40,000 to 60,000sq ft. According to ...
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NewsViewpoint
This week the National Association of Master Bakers’ (NA) conference made history – in more ways than one (pgs 3, 8, 9). Firstly, it appointed its first ever lady president, Shirley Ryder. Shirley has a strong character, a ready laugh and an ambition to increase membership by diversifying appeal towards ...
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NewsProduction schedules undergo IT revolution
Hot on the heels of Japanese Brain Buns (British Baker, April 21, pg 9) comes another tale of baking with a cerebral twist. This time it takes the improbable form of a professor of cognitive science dressed in bakers’ whites doing a shift at a supermarket in-store bakery. But rather ...
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NA targets new members
The NEW President of the National Association of Master Bakers (NA) told delegates the organisation must diversify, as she started her year in office at its annual conference in Stratford last weekend.Shirley Ryder, 39, the NA’s first lady president, is bakery manager at Peters Homemade Bakery in Manchester.She said that ...
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NewsNA targets new members
The NEW President of the National Association of Master Bakers (NA) told delegates the organisation must diversify, as she started her year in office at its annual conference in Stratford last weekend.Shirley Ryder, 39, the NA’s first lady president, is bakery manager at Peters Homemade Bakery in Manchester.She said that ...
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NewsThe life and times of the modern loaf
The Chorleywood Bread Process. Written by Stanley Cauvain and Linda YoungThe provenance of the Chorleywood Bread Process goes back to the 18th century, when the Earl of Sandwich was sustained during his prolonged nights at the gaming table by two slices of bread “sandwiched” with a filling of cheese.Today, the ...
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NewsRex runs to Koenig’s tune
Koenig, the specialist manufacturer of automatic roll plants, has recently introduced what it says is its most versatile industrial roll plant yet. The new Koenig Rex Industry plant produces a full range of traditional products, such as round rolls, baps, finger rolls, bridge rolls, teacakes, fruited buns, Swiss buns and ...
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Kluman offers plant ingredients
Kluman & Balter (Waltham Cross, Herts) offers a range of ingredients for bread plants, from divider oil to all-vegetable bread fat, plus a range of seeds and bread dressings.Established lines, such as dark and light rye, sunflower and cereal grain breads are all available, as well as Continental styles, including ...
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NewsOldfields takeover gives Greencore room to grow
Greencore Sandwiches said it was set for further growth, following its acquisition of the Oldfields sandwich business last year (British Baker, October 14, 2005, pg 3). The acquisition of Oldfields had given Greencore Sandwiches access to new skills and space, said marketing director Richard Esau. It had also enabled it ...
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NA struggles as membership falls
PROBLEMS caused by the NA’s declining membership were highlighted at the conference. Chairman Noel Grout told delegates the NA currently has 804 members, down 51 on the same time last year. The NA is weighing up the future of its bakery training operation due to falling demand, he said. It ...
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JBS flexes its curls
JBS (Market Deeping, Peterborough) has introduced a flexible sheeting and curling unit for its Rollmaster range of roll plant. The unit’s horizontal sheeter replaces the conventional vertical unit and is already operational in a customer’s plant in South Africa.According to the company, in-line sheeting and curling, featuring rolls above and ...
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Greasy does it with Carlo
Zeelandia (Billericay, Essex) supplies release agents and divider oils to craft bakers and industrial manufacturers. The Carlo water-in-oil emulsion benefits from a high viscosity, allowing adhesion and good spraying properties, says the company. Designed for greasing bread tins, it has a beneficial effect on the colour of the bread crust. ...
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NewsA cake fit for a queen
A CAR, carrying a 60lb cake, left Somerset on Tuesday, April 18, heading for Buckingham Palace and the 80th birthday celebrations of the Queen.The cake, the 17th Taunton-based baker Graham Chubb has baked for a royal celebration, was made using the secret family fruit cake recipe, which his grandfather first ...
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In Brief
Catering company Compass Group has appointed Ian El-Mokadem as CEO of its UK & Ireland Division. He was previously md of telecommunications company Onetel. He will join Compass on May 8.Glasgow based craft bakery chain Bradfords has been voted ‘Glasgow’s Favourite Business’. The 12 shop retail baker and catering supplier ...
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Vandemoortele to boost capacity
Belgian food group Vandemoortele says it is planning to invest over E90m in extra capacity this year, with expansion into central and eastern Europe a priority. The supplier, which has UK premises in Liverpool, Kettering, Worcester and Hounslow, recorded net profits up 30% to E35m in 2005. Turnover also rose ...
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NewsNorthern Bites
Northern Cyprus is not the best country for anyone who enjoys good food and expects high levels of quality. Years of underinvestment has left the food industry woefully lacking in the wide variety of raw materials available in the UK and, indeed, most other European countries.The basic materials for bakery ...
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Twin Star belts out bread
The Kemper Twin Star, available from Eurobake (Bolton) is a tow row, fully-automatic dough dividing and moulding machine, which produces round, long moulded and folded rolls to handmade quality. The machine can produce between 1,600 and 3,000 pieces an hour. Available in table or stand-mounted and wheeled versions, the Twin ...
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NewsA simple country baker
The other day I was reading that MRSA has increased by some 22% in our hospitals. It crossed my mind that, while it is appalling and beyond my comprehension that such a disgusting lack of cleanliness should be allowed, it may just be a fiendishly clever plot by the hospitals ...