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NewsFlooding round-up: how bakers coped
Bakers nationwide have been left counting the cost after high winds and heavy rain devastated the UK over Christmas and the start of the New Year.
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NewsBakers report strong Christmas sales
Craft bakers have reported a strong Christmas trading period as it was revealed that sales of cake, pudding and confectionary surged by 8.3% in supermarkets.
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NewsMontana Bakery suffers profit drop
Montana Bakery, the artisan wholesale bakery, has reported a slump in operating profit from £1.3m to £1.2m for the 12 months to 28 March 2015.
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NewsHistoric Birds store closes but more open
Birds Bakery, the Derby-based craft chain, has closed one of its oldest shops to reduce the amount of stores in the area.
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NewsGreggs reportedly planning 12 NI stores in 2016
High street bakery Greggs will reportedly open at least 12 stores in Northern Ireland in 2016, and its first stand-alone shop in the country will open in Belfast in March.
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NewsStag Bakeries wins new M&S listing
Stag Bakeries, the Isle of Lewis-based producer, has had its Smoked Dunlop Cheese Straws listed by Marks & Spencer (M&S).
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News‘Best ever Christmas’ for M&S food
Marks & Spencer (M&S) reported record food sales during the week before Christmas, up 17% on the same period in 2014.
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NewsCosta is first coffee chain to launch vegan line
Costa Coffee has become the first UK coffee shop chain to launch a vegan product registered with The Vegan Society’s Vegan Trademark.
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NewsWest Cornwall Pasty Co suffers pre-tax loss
The UK’s largest pasty operator has announced an underlying profit of £551,000, despite having posted a pre-tax loss of £195,000.
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NewsProlific Wirral baker hangs up her apron
Sally Cashen has closed her shop in West Kirby after nearly 27 years in business.
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NewsGluten-free bakery opens in Staffordshire
The first 100% gluten-free bakery has opened in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, producing a range of free-from breads and cakes.
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NewsSeasonal bakery sales up thanks to sweet-toothed shoppers
Christmas cake, pudding and confectionery sales were up 8.3% on 2014 as UK consumers spent £219m in the two weeks leading up to Christmas.
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NewsWrights Food Group doubles production capacity
Wrights Food Group has installed a £1.2m pie production line, which it says will double its pie production capacity.
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NewsRecord seasonal trading days for Waitrose
Waitrose reported record trading days on 23 and 24 December, despite the challenging grocery market.
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NewsVillage Bakery bids to build £16m plant
Village Bakery, the Wrexham-based craft business, has applied for planning permission to build a new £16m plant.
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NewsBagelman switches strategy on stores
Bagelman, the Brighton-based bagel chain, has put plans to franchise on hold as it instead looks to expand its portfolio of company-owned stores.
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NewsWho ya gonna call? – Finsbury granted licence for Ghostbusters
Finsbury Food Group has become a UK licensee for this year’s Ghostbusters film.
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NewsEnormous challenges at Carr’s
Carr’s Group has faced “enormous challenges as a result of the flooding”, the company’s first-quarter trading update has confirmed.
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NewsEarl of Sandwich to reopen in UK
Earl of Sandwich, the American sandwich chain, has announced it will relaunch in the UK two years after the closure of its only UK outlet.
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NewsNew Year Honours list foodies
Several leading lights in the food industry have been recognised in the New Year Honours list. Most notably, British Retail Consortium chief executive Helen Dickinson was awarded an OBE. In addition: