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NewsBakery firms make Top Track 250 table
Bakery companies and retailers have made it on to The Sunday Times 250 mid-market private companies index.
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NewsHave you entered the Autumn Fair competitions?
Do you make Britain’s Best Loaf? There’s still time to enter this year’s Bakers’ & Butchers’ Autumn Fair competitions.
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NewsUK retail affected by late summer
UK retail sales were up 0.7% on a like-for-like basis from September 2012, according to the British Retail Consortium.
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NewsBSB conference focuses on ‘Better Business’
This year’s British Society of Baking (BSB) conference focused on ‘Better Business’ in today’s economic climate, asking bakers to develop their baked offerings and benefit from technology.
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NewsGreggs “encouraged” by 0.5% LFLs dip
Greggs, the leading high street bakery chain, said this morning it was “encouraged” by improving like-for-like sales (LFLs) - however the key metric for the group remained in negative territory.
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NewsThe Great British Blog Off: Week 8
Week eight in the Bake Off tent saw the famous five put friendship aside for a place in the semi-finals. Our two professional bakers, Gerhard Jenne and Charlotte Green, reckon there is a certain Gallic feel about this year’s series.
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Duffingate: Starbucks won’t stop anyone baking them
It gives a whole new meaning to a bun fight.
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Transparency call for food industry
There should be a “revolution in transparency and traceability” within the food industry, it was claimed today.
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NewsTwo Sister’s enters fray for Burton’s Biscuits
Two Sisters Food Group is reported to be bidding for rival company Burton’s Biscuits.
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NewsPotential sale of Pork Farms
Pork Farms may be put up for sale by Vision Capital, according to latest reports.
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NewsCook & Garcia named Best Independent at Grab & Go
Retailer Cook & Garcia has been named Best Independent Outlet at the Lunch Business Grab & Go awards.
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NewsStarbucks launches latest bakery hybrid
We’ve had the Cronut and now Starbucks is to launch a new bakery hybrid called the Duffin.
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Cargill Inc in discussions to buy cocoa business
Cargill Inc is in the final stages to buy Archer Daniels Midland Co’s (ADM) cocoa business, according to sources.
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Walkers Shortbread posts revenue rise
Walkers Shortbread has announced a 3.5% rise in turnover, to £123.7m in its full-year accounts to 31 December 2012.
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NewsThe Great British Bake Off: Episode 7
With a hint of competitiveness in the air, the remaining six bakers entered The Great British Bake Off tent to go spoon to spoon for a place in the quarter final. After his tricky week with sweet pastry, and as the last man standing, Glenn had to do it for the lads.
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NewsThe Great British Blog Off: Week 7
Week seven. Six bakers. One Bake Off tent. Our two professional bakers, Gerhard Jenne and Charlotte Green, take the bakers’ pastry bakes apart in this week’s The Great British Blog Off, and they’re pretty relieved to see a certain baker go.
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Kwik Lok joins Federation of Bakers
US company Kwik Lok has become the 14th member of the Federation of Bakers.
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NewsTesco reports large fall in profits
Tesco has announced a drop of nearly a quarter in its statutory profit before tax, the supermarket chain has revealed.
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NewsSainsbury’s online sales hit £1bn
Annualised sales for Sainsbury’s Online hit £1bn in September.
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NewsAryzta gives positive full-year update
Arzyta has revealed a 9.3% increase in revenue, to €1.4bn (£1.17m) within its Food Europe arm, for the full year to 31 July 2013.