All News articles – Page 399
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NewsGreggs tops BB75 report
Greggs was announced as the UK’s leading bakery retailer in British Baker’s BB75 league table at an exclusive invite-only event yesterday.
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NewsProperMaid to feed British troops
A range of ProperMaid’s cakes have been selected as one of the Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes’ (NAAFI) Best of British foods to feed the forces.
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Canada Bread reports drop in sales
Canada Bread has said sales were consistent with its previous trading year figures, despite a 1.8% drop to $1.57bn (£1.03bn).
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NewsSSP rolls out Mi Casa concept
SSP UK is set to roll out its Mi Casa food-to-go format in the next year.
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HMV stores help Morrisons M Local expansion
Morrisons has revealed it has acquired six HMV sites as the firm continues to grow its convenience store estate.
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NewsABF rated ‘least ethical’ food giant by Oxfam
Associated British Foods (ABF) has been rated the least ethical firm among 10 food giants in a new report from Oxfam.
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Pie-maker guilty of health and safety breaches
Andrew Jones Pies has been found guilty of health and safety breaches, after an employee was killed in a gas explosion at its factory, it has been reported.
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NewsPositive sales growth for Costa
Costa Coffee has highlighted a 22.4% rise in total system sales to £962m during the last year.
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NewsGreggs and Tesco in Twitter wars
Greggs and Tesco went head-to-head on social media website Twitter last week after an online user asked which company produced the best yum yums.
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Tesco and Morrisons take tumble in market share
Sainsbury’s is the only supermarket among the top four retailers to improve its market share in the last 12 weeks, experiencing a 4.6% growth rate year-on-year.
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NewsBIA 2013 is open for entries
British Baker is proud to announce that the Baking Industry Awards 2013 are now open for entries.
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NewsStarbucks in new forecourt deal
Starbucks UK has struck a deal with Euro Garages to transform five Little Chef sites, according to reports.
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BB’s week in pictures: 18-22 February 2013
British Baker rounds-up the latest industry news from the past five days in its exclusive weekly picture gallery.
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Asda sees marginal increase in LFL sales
Asda achieved a like-for-like sales increase of 0.1% (excluding fuel) in its fourth-quarter trading period.
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BB OPINION: Fruits of your labour
Ben Wilkinson, resident fruit expert and technical manager at European processed fruit supplier Cobell, reveals an insight into what the industry is looking for when it comes to flavours and fillings of bakery goods.
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NewsCoughlans sees rise in orders from tweets
Coughlans Bakery has said the business has benefitted from having a presence on social media websites such as Twitter.
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NewsWhich? reveals best and worst supermarkets
Tesco has been rated the worst supermarket as part of a new survey compiled by Which?.
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NewsPremier Foods: “Rebuild value in bread division a priority,” says Darby
Gavin Darby, chief executive of Premier Foods has revealed plans to launch new packaging for its Hovis brand and will assign a dedicated team to help rebuild its bread division in 2013.
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NewsPremier Foods: “Particularly challenging year for bread sales", says Moran
Mark Moran, chief financial officer at Premier Foods, revealed the firm experienced a particularly challenging year in 2012 for bread sales.
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NewsPop-up experts join Use Your Loaf
British Baker is pleased to announce the support of two new experts to its high street awareness campaign, Use Your Loaf.