All British Baker articles in May 2011
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Anchor Butter celebrates its 125th
Anchor Butter, from Arla Foods, is celebrating its 125th birthday with a massive £4m spend, starting with a TV campaign that is on air for four weeks from the end of May through to June.
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Get your BIA entries in today!
The late entry deadline for the Baking Industry Awards is today (Friday 27 May), so make sure you get your forms in.
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Scottish firms honoured at national food awards
Borders Biscuits and Macphie of Glenbervie were both honoured in the 2011 Scotland Food & Drink Excellence Awards, hosted last night.
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Lees Foods sees pre-tax profit up
Lees Foods has broken through the £1m pre-tax profit barrier for the first time, thanks to production efficiencies and increased business in the foodservice sector.
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Greencore announces value growth for sandwiches
Greencore has grown its sandwich sales ahead of the market as its Convenience Foods division achieved ‘constant currency’ sales growth of 4.3% in the half year to 25 March 2011.
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Bakery waste turned into alternative fuel source
Fats and oils from waste pies, sausages rolls and pastries are being extracted to make bio-diesel in a project that is expected to be rolled out across the UK.
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Food Partners strikes Urban Eat deal
Sandwich manufacturer and distributor Food Partners has teamed up with wholesaler Palmer and Harvey in a deal that will see Food Partners’ Urban Eat range of sandwiches, snacks and salads offered to around 8,000 independent convenience stores in the UK.
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Farmhouse Biscuits to grow production facility
Lancashire-based firm Farmhouse Biscuits plans to extend production with a new 29,000sq ft unit at the site of a former mill as sales of its gluten-free biscuits continue to grow.
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One more week for BIA entries
Late entries for this year’s Baking Industry Awards are being allowed till the end of this week, so make sure you get them all in by Friday 27 May.
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Revamped exhibition for the baking industry
British Baker’s publisher William Reed Business Media has announced that Bakery@Foodex is to be a new element of its well-established biennial Foodex show.
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Hundreds of bakery jobs to go at Burton’s Foods
More than 200 jobs will go at Burton’s Foods’ Moreton site following the announcement it is to shut down the biscuit site.
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S M Bayne takes on Fords shops
Fife-based bakery S M Bayne has added five shops to its estate, moving it into the top 30 in the BB75 table of bakery retailers, by store number.
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Greggs scoops top British Sandwich Industry Award
Both large and small sandwich producers were honoured at the British Sandwich Industry Awards last Thursday (19 May), with Greggs taking home the top gong.
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Allied Bakeries refutes supply claim
Allied Bakeries has rejected claims that supplies of Kingsmill bread will be affected in the West Midlands region, after distribution and transport workers at its West Bromwich site voted in favour of industrial action.
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FoB chairman addresses baking industry issues
"We are in a highly competitive business, where long-term volume and value growth is a challenge," said Federation of Bakers (FoB) chairman Mark Fairweather at the organisation’s annual lunch on 11 May. Fairweather, CEO of Allied Bakeries, spoke of the inflationary pressures fuelled by the rising price of commodities ...
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Rise for biscuitsSales of biscuits, cookies and crackers has risen by 22% over the past five years to reach a value of £2.2bn last year, according to a new report from Mintel. The research firm predicted the sweet biscuit market would reach £1.9bn in 2011and £2.2bn by 2015.Bako’s challengeBako North ...
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Plug for Welsh pastyCaerphilly bakery Peter’s Food Service has launched a campaign to have the corned beef pasty recognised as a Welsh national dish. The product, popular in Wales since the 1940s, was often eaten by miners, according to Peter’s. As part of the campaign, it will conduct tastings in ...
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Small pie firms dominate awardsEntries to the British Pie Awards 2011 are being dominated by small producers, according to organiser the Melton Mowbray Pork Pie Association. Approximately 62% of the entries to date qualify for the Small Producers Special Award. The judging takes place on 8 June, and entries are ...
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Wedding cake wishesDespite the trend for cupcake wedding cakes, most couples still choose to have a traditional tiered wedding cake, according to UK website Hitched.co.uk. A poll of couples who got married last year showed 64% opted for a traditional tiered cake; 10% wanted cupcakes; 6% had a cake with ...
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Cost is the most important factor for consumers when choosing a sandwich at lunchtime, a new survey by YouGov has found.Commissioned by the RSPCA to mark British Sandwich Week, the results showed 51% of adults polled considered the issue of animal welfare important when buying food in general, but the ...