All News articles – Page 231
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NewsEXCLUSIVE: Country Style completes European expansion
In-store bakery supplier Country Style Foods has acquired a bakery plant in Belgium, formerly owned by Belgian bakery business, Le Bon Grain Group.
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NewsOrkla joins UK confectionery ingredients market
Bakery ingredients supplier Orkla Food Ingredients has purchased 85% of the shares in sales and distribution company, Orchard Valley Foods Limited.
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NewsSowing the seed: Poppyseed Bakery, Eastbourne
Lee Smith says his finest achievement at school was a Victoria sponge: “I always knew I was going to be a baker – I’ve never been as good at anything else.”
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NewsBorn and Bread: Warburtons, Bolton
Each month we profile a family business and look at how the baking craft has passed down through the generations. This month, how Warburtons grew from a single shop to a £500m-a-year business.
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NewsOcado launches supplier competition
Online retailer Ocado has announced the return of its nationwide campaign to find “the next big thing in British food and drink”.
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NewsWATCH: Bakery businesses feature in IGD skills promotion video
Bakery businesses feature in an employability skills promotional video produced by grocery research organisation IGD.
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NewsSamworth Brothers boss quits
Leicestershire-based Samworth Brothers has announced that its chief executive Alex Knight has stepped down from his post.
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NewsSugar reduction targets: the industry reacts
Specific sugar reduction targets have been published by Public Health England today (30 March). But what does this mean for bakers?
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NewsLove Cheesecakes crowdfunds £90k for expansion
Love Cheesecakes has secured £90,000 to create two new retail units in the north west, after attracting more than 140 investors in just over two weeks.
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NewsASA throws out Real Bread Campaign complaint about Tesco ad
The Real Bread Campaign (RBC) has said it is “deeply disappointed” that advertising watchdogs have rejected its claim that a Tesco TV ad implies the retailer makes additive-free loaves in small batches by hand.
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NewsWarburtons gets planning permission for Bolton R&D centre
Warburtons has been given the go-ahead to build a research and development (R&D) centre in Bolton.
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NewsTesco to pay £129m fine for false accounting scandal
Tesco has agreed to pay a £129m fine for false accounting, rather than face prosecution.
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NewsVeggie Pret set to open second permanent site in Shoreditch
Pret A Manger is to open a second permanent Veggie Pret site in London.
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NewsRowe’s Cornish Bakers acquired by investment firm
Cornish craft bakery WC Rowe has been acquired by investment firm Iberia Industry Capital (IIC).
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NewsArtisan Biscuits extends Two by Two range with new flavour
Ashbourne-based bakery Artisan Biscuits has expanded its Two by Two children’s shortbread range with the introduction of peach biscuits.
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NewsBrioche Pasquier turns its desserts into petits fours
Brioche Pasquier has turned some of its popular dessert recipes into petits fours, so that diners can enjoy a bite-size taste of all their favourites.
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NewsUCC Coffee launches new coffee service programme
A new training scheme has been developed that could help bakeries wanting to diversify into coffee.
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NewsMorrisons to pay small suppliers within two weeks
Morrisons is to shorten its payment terms for smaller suppliers to a maximum of 14 days, and will introduce a new supplier portal to make invoicing easier.
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NewsScottish food and drink industry aims to double turnover by 2030
An ambitious new strategy to drive growth in Scotland’s farming, fishing, food and drink industry has been unveiled by Scotland Food & Drink.
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NewsWelsh newsagent sparks social media storm with bonkers baguettes
A Cardiff shop is serving up sandwiches in flavours ranging from liquorice allsorts to chocolate orange, both served with lettuce.