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Register free for the show
With the Bakery@Foodex show only a few weeks away, make sure you’ve registered online to attend the event, which takes place at Birmingham’s NEC.Forming part of William Reed Business Media’s wider biennial Foodex show, Bakery@Foodex takes place from 25-27 March. This year’s event has attracted more than 190 exhibitors, ready ...
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Mixed results on organics
Independent bakery retailers are bucking the trends seen in the latest UK organic report, which revealed the market share of organic bread in major multiples has fallen 13.6% in the last year.The Soil Association’s 2012 Organic Market Report, published earlier this month, revealed the organic bread market is worth £13m ...
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Dairy prices fall amid a fragile marketThe UK wholesale dairy market remains fragile, with concern over prices as it approaches the end of the quota year, according to the latest DairyCo Datum report.However, bakery manufacturers will appreciate the drop in the price of butter, skimmed milk powder and bulk cream. ...
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NewsAllinson bread promotes free herb kit
Allied Bakeries has launched a new promotional campaign for its Allinson bread brand, offering consumers their own grow-your-own herb garden kit.
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NewsBEPA warns over egg supply
There has been a reduction in the supply of legal eggs available for processing, the British Egg Products Association (BEPA) has warned.
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February sees pick-up in food sales
Food sales performed better in February compared to the previous month, with UK retail sales up 2.3% on a total basis.
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Morrisons sees positive growth for the year
Morrisons has announced a 7% increase in turnover, for the year ended 29 January 2012, with underlying profits before tax up 8% to £935m.
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NewsKrispy Kreme UK builds revenues by 26%
Krispy Kreme UK has seen a 26% increase in revenues, rising from £33.4m to £42.2m in the past 12 months.
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Ban confirmed on imported battery eggs
Battery-farmed eggs produced in the EU, and products made from them, will not be allowed to be sold in the UK following the British ban on barren battery cages.
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NewsVittles ventures up Kilimanjaro for charity
Employees from Vittles Desserts will be climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in a bid to raise £10,000 for the Rainbows Hospice.
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Edme offers ’Open Mill’ visits
A mill in Essex is throwing open its doors to the public in an attempt to improve knowledge of how local grain is manufactured.
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Waitrose posts positive food sales
Food sales are up 3.6% at Waitrose on a like-for-like basis. The retailer said it had increased its market share by 0.2% to 4.1% in the year ended 28 January 2012, with sales excluding VAT up 7.9% to £5.07bn.
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Potential strike action at Gunstones Bakery
Hundreds of workers at a bakery near Sheffield are preparing to strike after voting in favour of industrial action over proposed changes to pay and conditions.
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NewsStudents to see design as Kipling cake
A Union Jack-themed Battenberg cake is set to join the Mr Kipling range after a group of high school students from West Yorkshire won a Premier Foods competition. The cake will be on sale nationally later this year.
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Steak and kidney hits top spot
Steak and kidney pie is officially Britain’s number one pie, according to Pukka Pies.
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Andrews Flour invests in delivery fleet
Northern Irish millers Andrews Flour has invested around £500,000 in new vehicles to enhance its delivery fleet.
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Benugo bags British Museum contract
Cafe and restaurant operator Benugo has scooped a contract to become the exclusive provider of catering services at the British Museum.
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Bakery focus for Tesco jobs push
Tesco will put bakery at the forefront of its extensive two-year recruitment drive, which is expected to create 20,000 new jobs.
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NewsGinsters wins at World Pasty Championships
The first ever World Pasty Championships was held this weekend at the Eden Project in Cornwall.
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Gluten sufferer Gammell joins Genius
Gluten-free brand Genius has appointed Sir Bill Gammell as a new non-executive chairman to its board.