All British Baker articles in May 2009 – Page 3
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In the BB archives
5 January, 1941: BB nearly burnsThe closing days of 1940 were marked forever by the serious fires that broke out over the city of London as a result of the dropping of vast numbers of incendiary bombs. Early on Sunday evening, December 29, incendiary bombs were rained on the city. ...
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Carbon Trust sees surge in loan applications
The Carbon Trust has seen a record uptake for its unsecured interest-free loans for energy-saving investments in the last three months, after funding from banks dried up and the Trust relaxed its lending criteria.The Cavan Bakery in Hampton, Middlesex, managed to cut 75% from its energy bill after participating in ...
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Konditor & Cook plans sixth shop
Upmarket cake shop and café chain Konditor & Cook plans to open its sixth outlet in London in the autumn, which will also offer baking classes and wedding cake consultations.The new branch, located at a prime site close to London’s South Bank, will be the first in the chain to ...
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Moist mix from Alleggra
Alleggra Foods has launched a premium-style crème cake mix for retail and craft bakers. The crème cake mix, in plain and chocolate varieties, provides a moist-eating versatile cake base. The same mix can be used to create loaf cakes, unit cakes, cupcakes, muffins, sheet lines and tray-bakes. The plain batter ...
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Reporting In Aims for a strong Scottish industry
Kirk Hunterchief executive, SAMBThe SAMB’s Annual Conference (16-17 May) filled me with renewed optimism. The presentations by Sir Michael Darrington, former MD of Greggs, on the firm’s recipe for success and the speakers on branding for small businesses pointed the way forward for the small/medium-sized family firms that make up ...
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Honeybuns adds to flavours
Dorset bakery Honeybuns has launched its new range of cookies at the Caffé Culture exhibition. The products include polenta and ground, toasted almonds and are free from gluten and refined sugar. The new cookie flavours are: Triple Chocolate Tinker, made with three grades of chocolate and a pure vanilla, with ...
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Bakers gear up activity for Craft Bakers’ Week
Craft bakers up and down the country are gearing up for National Craft Bakers’ Week, with special promotions and bakery tours for schoolchildren planned.The week, which runs from 8-13 June, has been designed to promote ’The Shop That Never Sleeps’, and reinforce its importance in the local community.Beaney’s ...
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Next issue 5 June
lConference report From farmers to hoteliers to chip shop owners to bakers, two eccentric entrepreneurs have the SAMB conference in the palms of their handslHot savouries We speak to suppliers to find out what’s hot and what’s not in food-to-go pastrieslPlant packaging The latest on packaging and sealing breakthroughs used ...
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Book Review: River Cottage Handbook No.3: Bread
By Daniel Stevens, introduced by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall224 pages, Published by Bloomsbury, £14.99It’s rare that a book comes along that combines breadmaking and DIY, but here it is. Not content with offering a pretty thorough description of the breadmaking process and a range of classic bread recipes, Stevens goes one further ...
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FSA’s 2012 salt targets spark fresh controversy
By Patrick McGuiganThe publication of 2012 salt reduction targets this week failed to satisfy either side of the salt-in-bread debate, with anti-salt cam- paigners slamming them for being too lenient and plant bakers arguing that they will be "tech-nically impossible" to meet.The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has set a 2012 ...
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US firm snaps up Double D
UK oven manufacturer Double D Food Engineering has been acquired by US food processing equipment supplier JBT Food- Tech, for an undisclosed sum.JBT FoodTech’s European head office is based in Helsing-borg, Sweden, but all Double D products will continue to be designed and manufactured at the com-pany’s factory in Broxburn, ...
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More cafe and sandwich chains make FSA healhy food pledge
Four more café chains have agreed to work with the Food Standards Agency (FSA) to promote healthier eating through their shops. Camden Food Co, John Lewis Partnership Cafés, Sainsbury’s Cafés and Upper Crust have followed big chains such as Greggs and Starbucks in announcing various healthy eating commitments in conjunction ...
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Welbourne’s Bakery strikes plum deal with John Lewis
Lincolnshire bakery Welbourne’s has won a contract to supply John Lewis’ Food Hall in Oxford Street with its Special Plum Bread. The deal came about after representatives from the bakery visited the Restaurant Show in October 2008.
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Welbourne’s Bakery strikes plum deal with John Lewis
Lincolnshire bakery Welbourne’s has won a contract to supply John Lewis’ Food Hall in Oxford Street with its Special Plum Bread.The deal came about after representatives from the bakery visited the Restaurant Show in October 2008. Former owner Pete Welbourne was representing the bakery on the Select Lincolnshire stand and ...
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Swedish firm targets wholesale arena
Swedish bakery company Peter’s Yard, which opened an upmarket bakery and coffee shop in Edinburgh last year, has moved into wholesale in the UK for the first time with a range of traditional Swedish crispbreads. Harrods and Fortnum & Mason are set to list the crispbreads, which are handmade with ...
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Konditor & Cook plans sixth shop
Upmarket cake shop and café chain Konditor & Cook plans to open its sixth outlet in London in the autumn, which will also offer baking classes and wedding cake consultations.The new branch, located at a prime site close to London’s South Bank, will be the first in the chain to ...
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More café and sandwich chains make FSA healthy food pledge
Four more café chains have agreed to work with the Food Standards Agency (FSA) to promote healthier eating through their shops.
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Minimum wage to rise from October
The National Minimum Wage (NMW) will rise to £5.80 per hour from October, for workers aged 22 and over, the government has announced this week. It is a 7p increase per hour on the current rate of £5.73 – a rise of 1.2%.For 18- to 22-year-olds the rate will increase ...
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Minimum wage to rise from October
The National Minimum Wage (NMW) will rise to £5.80 per hour from October, for workers aged 22 and over, the government has announced this week. It is a 7p increase per hour on the current rate of £5.73 – a rise of 1.2%.
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Greggs’ sales are up following successful Easter trading
Greggs has continued to defy the downturn after its latest figures showed total group sales were up 5.2% for the 19 weeks to 9 May.The bakery retailer also saw like-for-like sales grow 2% in the same period. It “enjoyed a successful Easter”, having sold over 2.3 million hot cross buns ...