All British Baker articles in May 2008 – Page 4
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Bakers benefit from National Doughnut Week
Bakers across the UK have raised thousands of pounds for disabled children during National Doughnut Week – and enjoyed boosted sales, too. From selling limited-edition doughnuts to doughnut-eating competitions, bakers took part in a variety of fundraising activities to raise cash for The Children’s Trust. One baker who reaped rewards from taking part in the event, which is sponsored by BakeMark UK, is Townsend Bakery, Liverpook, which has participated every year. The bakery’s Wendy Ainsley said: "National Doughnut Week is great for small independent bakers. The marketing and sales material you receive is perfect to enable you to get involved in this great event." For further information, and to register for next year’s event, email christopher@dunns-bakery.co.uk. The grand total raised by the week is yet to be announced.
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Buyer still sought for Tindale & Stanton
Administrators for Tindale & Stanton are still locked in negotiations with potential purchasers. A spokeswoman for PricewaterhouseCoopers said it was still in discussions with “several interested parties” about the Durham-based baker. PWC is expected to make an announcement early next week.T&S – which employs 300 workers across four sites – ...
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Go ahead! launch summer ad campaign
United Biscuits UK (UBUK) has given the green light to a new advertising campaign for the go ahead! brand. The £1.2m spend will see a new TV commercial hit our screens in a bid to raise sales over the summer months. The ad will run from 2 June to 22 ...
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Finsbury Food Group reshuffle
A new commercial team has been unveiled at Finsbury Food Group following a staff reshuffle. Four members of staff have been repositioned in an effort to strengthen the company’s sales and marketing teams. The UK premium cake manufacturer has made Mark Bruce the new brand director. He was most recently ...
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California Raisins and Waterfields team up
The California Raisin Administrative Committee has teamed up with Waterfields bakers on a meal deal promotion. As part of the promotion, which will run throughout June, Waterfield’s new product development team have produced a California Raisin Fruity Nut bar, which will be offered with a fruited Californian Raisin roll ...
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Bakkavor to close Scunthorpe pasta plant
Food manufacturer Bakkavor is to close its pasta production site at Scunthorpe. The plant will close on May 30.The decision comes after a 90-day consultation period, and affects 107 staff. A spokesman for the company said "the business is fully committed to doing everything possible to minimise its impact. "Bakkavor ...
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Aldreds recalls luxury muffins
Aldreds the Bakers has recalled its own-brand luxury muffins because of the presence of mould in the custard filling. The bakery has issued a food alert through the Food Standards Agency. The muffins affected are all in the Luxury two-pack range, in the following flavours; banoffee, carrot, chocolate, lemon and chocolate and orange. The recall affects all best before date codes up to and including May 29. No other Aldreds the Bakers products are known to be affected. Point-of-sale notices will be displayed in all shops that sell the products, explaining the reason for the recall. Customers should be offered a refund or replacement when they return the affected muffins to shops.
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ASA sides with Greggs in ad complaint
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled in favour of Greggs after receiving a complaint about one of its TV ads. A member of the public complained about Gregg’s Steak Bake ad, querying the statement that the product does not contain hydrogenated fat. In response, Greggs said that the Steak ...
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Marx-ist thinking
The phrase "real men don’t eat quiche" emerged in the early 1980s as the title of a book on stereotypes about masculinity. It could perhaps be rewritten as a tagline for Giles Foods as "real bakers don’t bake quiche". Or, at a stretch, "real bakers don’t make any money ...
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Three Cooks store closed following fatal stabbing
A bakery retailer in south-east London has been closed temporarily after a fatal stabbing.Teenager Jimmy Mizen was killed in an unprovoked attack last Saturday (10 May) at the Three Cooks shop on Burnt Ash Hill in Lee.Mizen was stabbed with a shard of glass after he refused to take up ...
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Waterfield brothers are a hit on the golf course
Richard and John Waterfield proved themselves every bit as handy on the golf course as they are in the bakery at the British Society of Baking’s Golf Day.On the day, staged at the world-famous Brabazon golf course at The Belfry, Richard beat off competition from more than 120 other golfers ...
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Birds feels the heat, as nearby fire closes bakery
Derby-based Birds the Confectioners was forced to temporarily suspend baking when a nearby factory caught fire.Police cordoned off a 250-metre exclusion zone due to fears a gas cylinder on Hewden Plant Hire’s site could explode. The fire service ordered Birds’ employees to evacuate the premises at 4pm on April 22 ...
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Baking Industry Awards: final deadline extension
Don’t miss your chance to be part of the Baking Industry Awards 2008, get those forms in before it’s too late!The deadline has been extended until 23 May, so luckily you’ve got another week to enter. The awards recognise the hard work and passion of everyone involved in the British ...
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Australian Footy comes to UK market
A new pie company has launched in the UK. The Great Australian Pie company is manufacturing a range of eight pies, created by a leading Australian chef, Ben O’Donohue.The pies are being made under licence by Wrights Pies, based in Crewe. Targeted at the retail sector, they contain only British ...
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BSA Award Winners Announced
The winners of the British Sandwich Industry Awards, the Sammies, were announced at a ceremony at London’s Royal Lancaster Hotel on 15 May. Among the winners was Fred de Luca, the American founder of the Subway chain, who was honoured with The British Sandwich Industry Award for the success of ...
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Rise in use of ancient grains
Using ancient grains is the latest trend in food manufacture, according to a recent report.Packaged food and beverage markets are seeing "a growing influx of new products featuring grains that were favoured by civilisations thousands of years ago" according to research firm Datamonitor. Its Productscan Online database of ...
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Administrators take the reins at Tindale & Stanton
The future of County Durham bakers Tindale & Stanton (T&S) hangs in the balance, as admini-strator PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) seeks a buyer for the business.T&S has continued to run as normal since it was taken into administration last week. It supplies savoury products to the supermarkets plus savouries, breads and confectionery ...
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Wigan pie firm invests £12m in production site
Dave Whelan, owner and MD of Pooles of Wigan pie business, is spending a massive £12m expanding his pie factory.He told British Baker: "We have already invested £6m in new equipment from Rademaker and further equipment is now on order. We are in talks with all the major supermarkets to ...
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NewsStrawberries
British strawberries were traditionally in season from early June until mid-August, but with the widespread use of polytunnels and by growing a range of different varieties, this season has been extended to the end of September.The British climate is ideally suited to growing soft fruits and so, in season, buy ...