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UK wheat prices subject to South American crops
The maize market will be one of the key drivers of UK grain prices for the rest of 2012, according to the Home Grown Cereals Autho-rity (HGCA), as a lack of rain is affecting South American crops.In a report published last week, the HGCA said little rain had been ...
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Loyalli app targets bakery retailers
A new smartphone loyalty scheme has signed up coffee shops and is targeting bakers to add to its retail participants.Shoppers download a free Loyalli app and scan a bar code the developer sends participating outlets. Loyalli can be used exclusively or, as for Bold Street Coffee in Liverpool, to complement ...
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Biscotti baker targets growth
Artisan bakery NISI’s has appointed Cotswold Fayre to distribute its individually wrapped and boxed Italian biscuit products throughout the UK, as part of its bid to double turnover in 2012.The New Forest-based business, which supplies handmade biscotti and macaroons to local shops and delis, including Jamie Oliver’s Recipease outlets, is ...
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Bakers report positive sales over festive season
High street bakers have reported a largely positive festive perfor-mance, with a full trading week between Christmas and New Year and the mild weather aiding sales.Pie and sandwich retailer Bradley’s Bakery, in Ashton-Under-Lyne said it doubled its orders on Christmas Eve. Co-owner Mark Bradley said: "We’ve had a phenomenal Christmas ...
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Bakers face tighter laws on gluten-free labelling
New EU regulations on products labelled as gluten-free, brought into force, mean bakeries are now subject to far tighter controls.As of 1 January, gluten-free products, which are produced for people with coeliac disease or gluten intolerance, must contain less than 20 parts of gluten per million (ppm), in order to ...
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Bertinet Bakery finds permanent home
Following the success of its pop-up outlet, The Bertinet Bakery has announced the opening of a permanent shop in Bath.
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NewsBEIC “disgusted” with non-compliant egg producers
It has come to light that up to 500,000 hens in the UK are still being kept in battery cages, despite the new EU ban which came into force on 1 January 2012.
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What’s brewing?
Tea. It’s the archetypal British drink, consumed by many of us in large quantities, daily. But it can often prove hard to find a decent cuppa when out and about. Although coffee shops are increasing their presence on our high streets at a staggering rate, tea has traditionally been the ...
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Vitiva brings in sweeter taste for healthier living
Vitiva has launched its stevia line of products, following recent European Commission (EC) approval for use in food and beverage applications in Europe.The Sweet’nVit brand will include products using extracts from stevia rebaudiana bertoni plant leaves a sweetener and sugar substitute. It will be standardised with a minimum of ...
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UK-based O’Briens sees HQ and website close
The head office and website of O’Briens Sandwich Bars in the UK have closed down.It comes two years after the UK chain was bought out following the collapse of O’Briens Irish Sandwich Bars (UK) Ltd and O’Briens Irish Sandwich Bars (Property UK) Ltd in 2009 into administration. Both companies were ...
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Walsall site set to close
Maple Leaf Bakery has confirmed it is to close its Walsall site with the loss of 236 jobs. Attempts before Christmas to find a buyer had failed, said HR director Paul Clipson. "Sadly the staff will therefore be made redundant," he said.Clipson told British Baker the factory was closing because ...
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Video masterclass: Windsor Crown
Wayne Caddy, The School of Artisan Food’s head of bakery, shows British Baker how to make a Windsor Crown - a new oven-bottom bread based on the iconic Cottage loaf.
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Traiteur launches French-inspired dessert
Traiteur de Paris has introduced a new Parisian-inspired product to its luxury dessert range.The manufacturer of premium frozen products has created a Chocolate Slice, suitable for food and catering distributors and supplied in boxes of 16 x 80g servings.It includes a soft chocolate biscuit base, topped with chocolate cream and ...
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Jus-Rol takes down fat in professional pastry offer
Jus-Rol Professional has launched its first reduced-fat ready-made pastry range as a healthier alternative. The range features 30% less fat than the firm’s existing products and is available in 1.5kg blocks of puff and shortcrust, suitable for creating sweet and savoury baked goods.John McKears, foodservice sales manager at Jus-Rol Professional, ...
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Dried fruit pricing
Coconut: We should see some better pricing for coconut and coconut derivative products in 2012. Despite recent fluctuations, the overall trend on coconut oil is that pricing is down. But for UK and Europe of late, the lower prices being offered at origin have been offset to some extent by ...
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Maize and wheat production estimates raised
A welcome increase in the global maize output estimate, in light of prolonged dry weather in maize-producing South America, was announced in the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) latest report, out yesterday (12 January).
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Ishida updates granular weighing techniques
Ishida Europe has developed an enhanced version of its granular weighing product range.The new high-speed Cut-Gate Weighers, suitable for products such as sugar and salt, are available in 10 different models tailored to product, pack and line requirements. They feature a newly designed weigh hopper to help minimise the discharge ...
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Hummingbird spreads wings to overseas outlets
The Hummingbird Bakery will be launching an international franchise scheme, with hopes to open its first global store in the Middle East this year.After announcing plans to open a fifth store later this month in Angel, Islington, the London-based bakery has confirmed it will be opening outlets overseas in 2012. ...
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Topper idea from Tri-Star Packaging
Tri-Star Packaging has developed a new deli pot, suitable for the food-to-go market.The compact Deli Pot Topper allows food retailers and manufacturers to use both the pot and lid as containers, so that ingredients or products can be kept separate and fresh.The topper has been manufactured in clear recycled PET, ...
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Reynards pushes pop-up packs
Reynards has introduced a range of Push Pop cupcake containers to the UK wholesale bakery market.The food packaging supplier’s clear PVC containers are the company’s latest development in response to the fast growing cake pop and cupcake sector, which was first made popular in the US. It allows consumers to ...