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NewsFox’s Biscuits sale speculation
Fox’s Biscuits, the UK’s fourth largest biscuit manufacturer, may be sold by owner Boparan Holdings, according to people close to the issue.
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NewsPieminister returns to profitability
Pieminister, the luxury pie manufacturer and restaurant chain, has reported profits of £99,000 for the 12 months to 31 March 2015, reversing the previous year’s loss of £109,000.
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Review of the Year: Part 1
The past year has produced plenty to celebrate for our industry, with strong investment in production equipment, moves to propagate the next generation of bakers and, to cap it all, the best British wheat harvest on record. British Baker looks back over the top 10 successes of the year.
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Review of the Year: Part 2
Sadly, 2015 could not all be about good news. It was a tough year for craft bakeries and even mighty brands like Hovis found themselves needing to cut costs. This was also the year the health debate around sugar erupted, with the full effect perhaps yet to be felt in 2016.
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Looking Forward: 2016 trends and threats
The New Year is bound to bring a fresh wave of challenges to the baking industry, with the effects of the sugar tax drama yet to be felt and the National Living Wage coming into force.
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NewsJungs plans expansion after investment
Jungs, the continental bakery and patisserie, has revealed ambitions to expand after securing a new six figure funding package.
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Christmas Greetings from British Baker
With 2015 rapidly drawing to a close British Baker would like to send a festive greeting to all its readers.
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Stop the week online: Hollywood and Star Wars
As a little festive treat here are a few funnies from the web as we approach Christmas.
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NewsCake sales fall in run up to Christmas
Christmas cake and pudding sales have slumped in the run up to Christmas, down 5.3% on last year for the two weeks to 12 December.
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NewsWorshipful Company of Bakers installs new Master
Colin Reese QC has been installed as the new Master of the Worshipful Company of Bakers.
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NewsDestiny Foods to triple storage with new warehouse
Destiny Foods, the Manchester-based foodservice patisserie firm and distributer, has bought a 30,000sq ft warehouse which it says will triple its storage capacity.
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NewsGreggs opens 100th franchise store
Greggs, the high street bakery, recently passed 100 franchise stores as it opened another partnership with fuel station forecourt manager Euro Garages.
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NewsScottish Bakers scoops conference award
Scottish Bakers has won the Conference Development Award at the UK Association Awards 2015.
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NewsNorthern Irish bakery secures first British foodservice deal
Yummie Bakes, the Co Antrim-based frozen goods bakery, has secured its first Great British contract with foodservice-provider Sodexo.
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NewsVillage Bakery aims for environmental first
A Welsh business intends to become the greenest bakery in Britain after installing more than 1,000 solar panels on its premises in Wrexham.
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NewsDoughnut firm moves into Camden, makes international debut
British firm Dum Dum Doughnuts is to unveil its fifth London store this weekend and its first international outlet in Dubai at the end of the month.
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NewsStarbucks UK’s profits leap forwards
Starbucks UK has seen year-on-year pre-tax profits jump £32.2 million to reach £34.2m in the year to 27 September.
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News2 Sisters sees quarterly drop in sales and profits
Boparan Holdings – the owner of 2 Sisters Food Group, which runs Holland’s Pies and Fox’s Biscuits, saw sales slump by 3.5% to £778.3m in the three months to 31 October.
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NewsRecruitment firm urges flexibility ahead of Living Wage
The founder of a Glasgow-based recruitment agency for the food and drink and hospitality industries has warned that businesses need to adopt a “flexible labour mode” ahead of the National Living Wage (NLW).
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NewsSainsbury’s bucks Big Four downward trend
Sainsbury’s was the only Big Four supermarket to show growth for the 12 weeks to 6 December 2015, up 1.2% to achieve a market share of 16.7%.