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Zeelandia makes two appointments
Zeelandia, the bakery ingredients supplier, has made two key appointments to its management team.
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NewsLeathams unveils new-look brand
Specialist food firm Leathams unveiled its new-look brand image and website at its Leathams Food Spectular event last week, at the London Film Museum.
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Fab Baker Bros to head up Craft Bakers’ Week
Tom Herbert, former BB-columnist and one half of Channel 4’s Fabulous Baker Brothers, and his brother Henry, have been signed as the face of National Craft Bakers’ Week.
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Campden BRI to hold bakery conference
Campden BRI, the independent food research company, is bringing together all parts of the bakery chain, from flour and ingredient suppliers, through equipment manufacturers, to retailers and bakeries at a conference in May.
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SSP closes Ixxy’s outlets in UK
SSP has closed all of its Ixxy’s Bagels outlets operating in the UK.
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Video masterclass: Rose Macarons
Tim Kinnaird of Macarons and More, shows British Baker how to maximise their profits on Valentine’s Day with Rose Macarons.
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Bakery chain reaches 20
Le Pain Quotidien will be taking its store count to 20 by the end of the month, after it announced plans to open two new outlets in central London. The coffee shop and bakery chain’s newest locations will open on Kendal Street and Wardour Street in London in February, serving ...
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Hovis ad may not pack same punch, says expert
A leading brand expert has claimed that despite Premier Foods’ vast investment in marketing its Hovis brand as a British product, it may not have the same impact as existing successful campaigns.Premier has put significant investment behind Hovis, one of its eight ’power brands’, in recent months, including new British-themed ...
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Alun Davies, deputy minister for agriculture, food and fisheries,
recently visited The Village Bakery Coepoeth’s new Wrexham site, opened in June last year. The site, the result of a £7m investment, produces scones for Marks & Spencer’s (M&S’) in-store bakeries and Café Revive concepts, in a deal secured last summer. The bakery has just launched a new line ...
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NewsUlrick & Short maintains non-GM status
Clean label ingredients business Ulrick & Short has pledged to retain its non-GM status for its customer base.
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NewsKingsmill announces involvement in Big Lunch
Kingsmill has announced the first phase of its campaign to support this summer’s Big Lunch event on 3 June – a food-focused lesson programme to run as part of the national curriculum.
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Bakers’ Fair Summer to welcome Anthea Turner
The Bakers’ Fairs are back for 2012 and this year they are bigger and better than ever before.
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Apostrõphe links with CH&Co to help growth
Bakery chain Apostrõphe has partnered up with an independent catering group in order to aid its London growth.CH&Co, which now has a 50% stake in the London-based high street bakery and café chain, will help the business to grow in the capital. It has already opened two new outlets in ...
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VAT ruling offers Irish bakers reprieve
The Irish baking industry has been given a reprieve after the Finance Bill published on Wednesday (8 February) extended the range of breads excluded from VAT.
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News’Glittergate’ brings confusion to the UK cake-makers
There is huge confusion in the cake-making community regarding the use of decorative glitters and dusts. Following a notice by the Food Standards Agency (FSA), at the end of last year, online forums, including British Baker’s own National Cupcake Week Facebook group, have been awash with comments from perplexed cake-makers as to what they can legally use to decorate their cakes.
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European Parliament throws out label claims
Bakery products will not be allowed to include on-pack claims such as ’no added salt’ and ’x% less...’ following a vote by the European Parliament, banning the European Commission’s proposed labelling amendment.The ban was carried by only 15 votes more than the 378 needed to secure it (393), and has ...
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Ireland’s last commercial mill to close
Odlums is to close its commercial flour mill in Dublin at the end of March with a loss of 26 jobs.Citing cheap imports from the UK as a reason for the closure, the company will retain its mill in Portarlington (Co Laois) which manufactures a range of consumer flour products.Ger ...
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Cocoa cost surge sparks fear of soaring prices
Fears are growing that cocoa prices are set to soar in 2012 after instability in Africa caused a surge in costs at the beginning of this year.The commodity’s price had been falling in the second half of 2011, but political changes in the Ivory Coast one of the ...
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Edible nut pricing
Almonds: Although the December 2011 shipments from California were 2% lower than 2012, prices continue to firm, due mainly to strong ongoing demand, resulting from its attractive pricing compared to other nut products.Hazels: Prices from Turkey are still extremely firm and look set to remain so for the remainder of ...
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Report
Wholesale milk supply has shown a 2.2% rise in December on the previous year, with the marketplace seeing a higher demand for powder over fats.According to the latest wholesale dairy report by DairyCo, UK deliveries of milk stood at 1,095m litres in December 2011 23m litres higher than 2010 ...