All News articles – Page 289
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NewsCosta increases pay as new national minimum wage introduced
Costa Coffee has followed Starbucks in pledging to pay its staff more.
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NewsStarbucks franchisee secures expansion funds
Owner of the UK’s first Starbucks franchise Anil Patil has raised £10m to open 16 new sites.
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NewsAldi supermarket sales increase by a third
Discount supermarket Aldi has recorded record sales of £6.89 billion for its last financial year, a 31% increase on the previous (2013) year’s figure of £5.27bn.
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NewsSquare Pie launches Rugby Pie World Cup
Square Pie has kicked off a pie-themed competition to celebrate the Rugby World Cup.
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NewsSainsbury’s posts moderate sales growth
Sainsbury’s has revealed that total retail sales increased by 0.3% (excluding fuel) for the 16 weeks to 26 September 2015.
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NewsBSB offers special guest places for anniversary conference
As part of its 60th anniversary celebrations, the British Society of Bakers (BSB) is offering members who book a place at their upcoming conference the chance to bring a guest along for free.
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NewsCraft Bakers’ Week starts with TV appearance
Craft Bakers’ Week got off with a bang when Mike Holling, executive director of the Craft Bakers’ Association appeared on Channel 4.
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NewsHummingbird Bakery in trademark dispute
The Hummingbird Bakery said it hopes to resolve a trademark issue with a London chain called ‘Hummingbird Café’ “as amicably as possible”.
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NewsBakery lorry incident closes road
A Hall’s Quality Bakers lorry caused a road closure in Stroud on Saturday, after it rolled down a grassy verge and into a stream, reported the Swindon Advertiser.
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NewsDavid Smart: Mr Daddy Longlegs
As the saying goes, “if you live your life on social media, one day it will bite you” and, of course, we are no exception to that rule. Our Facebook account is updated almost daily, depicting new products and new promotional ideas. We also have Twitter, Instagram and a whole host of other strands of techno wizardry to push the Greenhalgh’s name out there.
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NewsThe top 5 stories in bakery in the past 7 days
We round up some of the biggest stories in bakery in the past week, from Apprentice stars to the new £2m thins line at Frank Roberts & Sons.
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NewsInnovate to succeed, says foodservice research company Horizons
Operators must offer food from breakfast to bedtime with everything in between or they will be left behind by their competition, according to foodservice research company Horizons.
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NewsGreggs announces move to new office
Greggs has announced it will relocate its main offices to North Tyneside’s Quorum Business Park.
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NewsGunstones back to business as normal
Union leaders have confirmed that a settlement has been reached in a pay dispute at Gunstones Bakery in Sheffield.
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NewsHovis scales back production at Wigan
Unions have confirmed that 40 jobs were lost at the end of July, when Hovis closed down a bread production line at its Wigan bakery.
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NewsStarbucks to boost staff pay
Coffee chain Starbucks will raise the average hourly rate it pays its staff to £7.98 per hour and offer a help-to-rent scheme.
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NewsUB appoints new head of group supply chain
United Biscuits has announced John Titmuss as its new group supply chain director.
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NewsDiscounters soar in stagnant supermarket sector
Discount giants Aldi and Lidl have recorded double-digit growth against relatively static supermarket growth of 0.9%, according to the latest statistics.
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NewsVideo: Baking Industry Awards
The Baking Industry Awards may have been and gone for 2015 - but you can relive the glamour of the fabulous evening thanks to our exclusive video.
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NewsThe past seven days in bakery
Last week was another busy one in the world of bakery – so here’s a round-up of the most read British Baker stories in case you missed them.