All British Baker articles in May 2010 – Page 3
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Cheap sarnies cause concern
Cheap and ’recession-busting’ sandwich ranges threaten to undermine consumer perceptions of quality and value for money in the category, according to a new report from the British Sandwich Association.The report found that while the UK market has grown by 3.6% in the last year to reach a value of over ...
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New rules on ID cards
ID cards can now be provided as proof of the right to work in the UK. Before an employee starts work, you must ask them for documentary evidence of their right to work in the UK. Employers who cannot prove that they have done this – for example, by keeping copies – risk a fine under the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.
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Traditionals with a twist BROWNIES by Fiona Burrell
A traditional American recipe, brownies have caught on in a big way in the UK. With the arrival of coffee shops on every high street, brownies came too.Traditionally, the basic brownie had nuts in it, such as walnuts or pecans, but these can equally be substituted with fruit or pieces ...
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Commoditisation danger for gluten-free breads
A leading gluten-free bakery supplier has warned that the category could become commoditised if supermarkets continue to push their own-label products.Nutrition Point which owns DS (dietary specials) bread and Trufree snacks and biscuits believes gluten-free faces a similar predicament to mainstream bread 10 years ago, before value and ...
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Brand clinic: Stale retail
Don Williams, CEO of brand specialist Pi Global, reckons that in both the US and the UK lessons on how to create excitement in retailing grocery brands need to be learnedI’m writing this from America and if there is one thing about this country that I love it is ...
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Maison Blanc strikes multiple deal
French boulangerie and patis-serie chain Maison Blanc has announced that it has won new business with Sainsbury’s.The company has just deve-loped a new dessert range for the supermarket, which will go into 350 stores under the brand name Maison Patisserie. It will be the first time the firm has supplied ...
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Reporting in Beyond the election
Matthew Goodman,Policy representative, Forum of Private BusinessI’m glad that’s over! The election, I mean. Votes have been tallied, majorities calculated, negotiations completed and we have a new Government, and, as I write, the Cabinet ministers are being appointed as part of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition. When the dust has settled ...
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Mathiesons Foods buys up Scottish bakery firm
by Georgi Gyton Newly-formed bakery firm Mathiesons Foods Limited is already making plans to streamline operations at its three bakery production sites in Scotland.
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Funded Irish bakery folds
A Belfast bakery has closed down less than two years after moving to a new 16,000sq ft factory, which was part-funded with government money.Co Antrim-based Miller’s Bakery, which supplied retailers with speciality breads, was forced to close earlier this month with the loss of 42 jobs. In a statement, owners ...
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Greggs homes in on southern bakery site
Bakery retailer Greggs has revealed that it has found a piece of land which it believes is the right location for its planned new bakery in the south.Chief executive Ken McMeikan told British Baker that plans for a new bakery site in the Wiltshire area was on the agenda at ...
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TSOs to test salt levels in craft bakery breads
Trading Standards Officers (TSOs) will spearhead a project to test the salt levels of bread in craft bakeries across the UK and provide advice on how to reduce salt content in products.Working in conjunction with the NAMB, the Local Authorities Coordinators of Regulatory Services (LACORS) has secured funding from the ...
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How to get the most out of your bakery offer
By Max Jenvey of Oxxygen Marketing Partnership, a strategic management agency that works on brand development in the bakery, foodservice and convenience retail sectors More facts, insights and selling strategies in from Café+ Live included how to set up a successful food-to-go (FTG) offer. First of all, who ...
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Scottish bakeries create healthier Scotch pies
Scottish bakery companies McGhee’s and Pars Foods expect to sell half a million of their new reduced-fat Scotch pies in the next year, after launching the product at the Scottish Cup Final at Hampden Park stadium.The pies, which are branded McGhee’s ’Wi’oot the greeze’, are made with turkey instead of ...
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Irish ayes for M&S
Co Londonderry-based artisan bakery Genesis Crafty has launched a new Irish Bakery range in Marks & Spencer, after successfully gaining supplier accreditation by the store.The range is now available in 38 stores throughout Ireland and features four-packs of Iced Tops (iced Madeira buns), Jammy Rounds (Madeira buns dipped in raspberry ...
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Technical advice
Richard Stevenson, technical manager at the NAMB, answers members’ queries on food and trading law and other business issues
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Waitrose adds to sweet lines
West Sussex firm Prosperity Brownies has started supplying nine Waitrose stores in Sussex with its brownies and flapjacks this month.Launched in stores on 17 May were two brownie lines original and dark chocolate and raspberry and two lines of its recently developed flapjack range Prosperity Jacks, in dark ...
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Premier adds to portfolio
New to Fleming Howden’s (Premier Foods’) portfolio is The Premier Range of cake mixes for both craft bakers and cake manufacturers. The mixes, developed by the technical team at Fleming Howden over the past six months, comprise: Premier Genoese Mix; Premier Doughnut Mix; Crème Cake Mix; American Doughnut Mix & ...
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Adams aids health values
Adams Food Ingredients, the functional ingredients division of The Irish Dairy Board, has launched a line of additives to help bakers enhance the health and nutritional values of products. The range has been designed to fortify foods, reduce fat content, increase fibre content and lower levels of cholesterol and sugar ...
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Carry-over of statutory holiday following sick leave absence
The case is Shah v First West Yorkshire. Mr Shah was off work for three months between January and April 2009.
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Manchester firm makes £4m bakery investment
Manchester-based GH Sheldon plans to boost sales with the supermarkets and expand into other channels after investing nearly £4m in a second bakery.The family-run firm, which supplies oven-bottom muffins, hot cross buns, balm cakes and batons to the major multiples, has doubled capacity by buying and refurbishing a building opposite ...