All News articles – Page 250
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News‘Farewell to soggy bottoms’ - Mary Berry to leave Great British Bake Off
Mary Berry is to leave The Great British Bake Off ahead of the show’s recently announced move to Channel 4.
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NewsTesco partners with Hubbub to deploy new crowdfunding platform
Major retailer Tesco has chosen Hubbub to help it with the launch of a new crowdfunding platform – Tesco BackIt, which aims to give smaller food businesses the chance to showcase food and drink products to customers online to help them grow.
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NewsBIA: a tribute to our sponsors
British Baker would like to take the opportunity to thank all of its generous sponsors at the recent Baking Industry Awards, held on 7 September at the Park Lane Hilton, London.
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NewsNew CFO for Greencore
Convenience food and cakes and desserts manufacturer Greencore Group has appointed Eoin Tonge as chief financial officer and as a director of the group with effect from 3 October 2016.
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NewsSupermarket sales up, despite deflation
Kantar Worldpanel has revealed that, despite continued deflation of 1.1%, supermarket sales rose by 0.3% in the 12 weeks ending 11 September.
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NewsCotswolds bakery fined £25k
Cotswolds-based bakery La Tradition has been fined around £25k after pleading guilty to six charges of hygiene issues.
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Newslunch! exhibition returns to London next week
One of the UK’s biggest shows for food-to-go trades, lunch! will be at the Business Design Centre, London on 21-22 September.
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NewsWrights Food presents hamper to local scouts group
Crewe-based Wrights Food Group has presented a Cheshire scout group with a special commemorative hamper as part of the company’s 90th anniversary celebrations.
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NewsMorrisons reveals upbeat progress amid industry wins
Retailer Morrisons has seen like-for-like sales (excluding fuel and VAT) rise by 1.4% for the half year to 31 July 2016.
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NewsIrish baking workshop talks innovation
Innovation and quality were the focus at a recent Thinking Outside the Bap workshop held at Andrew Ingredients, Lisburn, suppliers of ingredients to the Irish baking and food industry.
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NewsFood-to-go outlets slammed for unhealthy breakfasts
High street food-to-go operators including Greggs, Starbucks, Costa, Pret and Caffè Nero have been slammed for selling unhealthy breakfast lines in a new survey.
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NewsOcado sales climb despite price wars
Group sales at Ocado climbed 15.4% to £314 million in the third quarter, despite the chief executive indicating that price wars were expected to continue in the future.
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NewsSimmons goes purple
Simmons the Bakers will be supporting the Hospice of St Francis’ Grow Purple fundraising challenge at its 34 shops in October.
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NewsCoup de Pates appoints new director of creation and innovation
Foodservice supplier Coup de Pates has announced that Fabrice Prochasson will join the company as its new director of creation and innovation.
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NewsManchester bakery Sheldon’s remains upbeat
Manchester wholesale bakery GH Sheldon’s saw a sharp drop in profits in the year to the end of February, according to its recently filed annual accounts.
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NewsEnd of an era for Burton’s Biscuits
Planning permission is set to be granted for almost 300 new homes to be built on the former Burton’s biscuit factory site in Moreton, Wirral.
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NewsScottish Bakers unveils 125th anniversary tartan
Carr’s Flour Mills has registered an exclusive tartan for trade body Scottish Bakers to celebrate its 125th anniversary.
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NewsStreet Eats set for growth at new £4m processing centre
Food-to-go company Street Eats has moved into a state-of-the-art food processing centre as it pushes to become one of the leading food-to-go producers in the UK.
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NewsBake Off to move to Channel 4
The Great British Bake Off is to move from the BBC to Channel 4 from the next series on, after producer of the show Love Productions signed a new three-year agreement with the broadcasting company.
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NewsLobby groups renew call for action on childhood obesity
Lobby groups have renewed calls for action as they pick over the latest National Diet and Nutrition Survey (NDNS) published by Public Health England last week.