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NewsBakery supplier Edme interests children in baking
Primary school children have toured a mill run by bakery supplier Edme, as part of National Science and Engineering Week.Pupils from Mistly Norman primary school were shown the engineering used to produce flour, and were also taught about processed involved in behind baking, from the growing, harvesting and malting of ...
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NewsNew bread price war could spell ‘race to the bottom’
Loaves at 75p are at the front line of a new price war between the major multiples, which campaigners say threatens to become a “race to the bottom”.
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NewsWorld’s largest Costa Coffee opens in Norton Canes
The world’s largest Costa Coffee has opened at Roadchef’s Norton Canes service area. Capable of well over £100k of sales per week the unit has been designed to cope with the 106,000 people who walk through the M6 toll road service area in its busiest weeks. Each year, the new ...
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NewsPatisserie Valerie to extend its UK reach
The company behind Patisserie Valerie is to open shops in Wales and Northern Ireland for the first time, as well as branching into retail parks and service stations. Owner Patisserie Holdings this week announced plans to float on the stock exchange, a move designed to “supercharge the ability to ...
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NewsPremier sees Q1 drop in sales
Premier Foods, parent company of Hovis bread and Mr Kipling cakes, has reported a 6.2% slump in sales in the first quarter of the year. Total sales in the three months to 31 March declined to £186.3m, while sales of the company’s ‘power brands’ fell 3.5% to £123.7m. Chief executive ...
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NewsArtisan scoops inaugural Coffee Stop Awards title
Putney coffee shop Artisan was named the best in the capital in the bakery category at last night’s inaugural London Coffee Stop Awards. More than 18,000 Londoners voted for their favourite coffee shop across 10 categories, with Artisan pipping The Fleet Street Press and Timberyard in Covent Garden to the ...
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NewsNew boss for Cornish pasty firm
West Cornwall Pasty Company has appointed a new executive chairman.
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NewsSubway signs up Liverpool Football Club to sponsorship deal
Sandwich chain Subway will be able to use Liverpool football stars, such as Daniel Sturridge, in its marketing activity after signing a sponsorship deal to become the Premier League leader’s ‘official training food’ partner. The multi-year deal will see Subway advertising displayed on the perimeter boards at Anfield and will ...
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NewsBiscuits see value growth in 2013
Sales of biscuits defied tough economic conditions last year to grow by 3.6% in value. According to a report by the HGCA, based on Kantar Worldpanel data, growth in the UK biscuit market was driven by the key trends of health and convenience, with pack sales increasing by 2% last ...
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NewsABF revenue down, but Allied Bakeries stays strong
Associated British Foods, the group behind Kingsmill, has announced that group revenue is down 2% to £6.2bn in the 24 weeks to 1 March, due to food commodity deflation.
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NewsPatisserie Holdings to float on AIM market
Patisserie Holdings, the parent company behind coffee and bakery chain Patisserie Valerie, has announced plans to proceed with an initial public offering.
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News2 Sisters records pre-tax operating loss
The 2 Sisters Food Group has reported a £13.3m operating loss before taxation for the 52 weeks ended 27 July 2013 – up from a loss of just £1.3m the year before. The bakery and meat company, which owns brands including Fox’s Biscuits and Holland’s Pies, saw turnover increase from ...
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NewsCo-op suffers ‘worst year in history’
The Co-operative Group has announced a downturn in food revenue from £7.44bn to £7.24bn, with an overall loss of £2.5bn for the year to 4 January.
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NewsStarbucks moves European HQ to London
Global coffee chain Starbucks will move the regional headquarters of its Europe, Middle East and Africa business from Amsterdam to London by the end of 2014.
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NewsKerry Foods announces 150 jobs may go
Up to 150 jobs could be lost at Kerry Foods’ pies and savouries plant in Poole, Dorset, it was revealed yesterday.
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Tesco profits slump again
Supermarket giant Tesco has this morning reported a 6% fall in group trading annual profit to £3.3bn – the second year in a row it has announced falling profits.
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Waitrose introduces trial ‘grazing areas’
Continental-style ‘grazing areas’ where customers can sample baked goods from deli counters in Waitrose are being trialled in a number of stores.
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Warburtons takes first steps in Channel Islands
Warburtons bread made its debut in the Channel Islands this week, with a roll-out programme to follow.
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NewsCraft Bakers’ Week to support Make-A-Wish charity
Money raised from Craft Bakers’ Week 2014, which runs from 29 September to 5 October, will be donated to Make-A-Wish UK, organisers have announced.
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NewsWest Cornwall Pasty Company bought from administration
West Cornwall Pasty Company has been rescued out of administration by a new investment fund, for an undisclosed sum.