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Burton’s Foods honoured with transformation accolade
Biscuit manufacturer Burton’s Foods was honoured at the recent IGD Food Industry Awards, winning the 2011 Boxwood Award for Business Transformation.
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Are bakeries losing out to discounters?
Bakeries could be losing out on sales to discount supermarkets according to new research by the IGD.
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Sara Lee sells US coffee and tea operations
Sara Lee has sold the majority of its North American foodservice coffee and tea operations to The JM Smucker Company, which owns coffee brand Folgers, for $350m (£218m).
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Video: How to make Halloween cupcakes with Peggy’s Cupcakes
Rosalind Miller of Peggy’s Cupcakes showed us a simple Halloween-inspired recipe for Spiced Apple Cupcakes with a Caramel Icing and decorated with pumpkins, spiders, ghosts and witches’ hats.
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CSM announces potential loss of 500 jobs
Global bakery supplier CSM’s restructure plans could lead to up to 500 job losses, as it aims to cut costs by €50m (£43.8m). In its third quarter trading statement, announced today, the firm said it had commenced a business review, including a reassessment of market developments and its own business plans.
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Greenhalgh’s goes back to roots with 60th store
Family-owned baker Greenhalgh’s will be opening its 60th store in its home town of Bolton this month.
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Lincoln university nurtures future food industry leaders
The University of Lincoln has launched a new course designed to grow future talent within the food sector.
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Frozen pizza on the rise
Frozen pizza sales are growing in both value and volume as the frozen sector sees a third quarter of growth, according to the British Frozen Food Federation (BFFF).
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Unnamed party approaches Greencore in takeover bid
Britain’s biggest sandwich manufacturer Greencore has announced a takeover approach by a mystery bidder moments after share prices increased.
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Bakery in Scottish Highlands scoops two awards
Scottish baker Reids of Caithness has won two awards at this year’s Highlands & Islands Food & Drink Awards.
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NewsLantmännen hosts charity baking day
National frozen bread supplier Lantmännen Unibake UK organised a hands-on Halloween bakery class for visually impaired and blind children to support the Berkshire Country Blind Society.
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Premier briefs suppliers on vision
Premier has told its major suppliers about plans to grow eight ‘power brands’ including Hovis and Mr Kipling.
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Ginsters links up with Levi Roots
Ginsters has partnered up with Dragon’s Den star and food entrepreneur Levi Roots to launch an exclusive range of Reggae Reggae products.
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Royal baker Ronald Chalmers MBE dies aged 85
Ronald Chalmers, chief executive of Chalmers Bakery, passed away on 18 October 2011 at the age of 85.
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Brace’s wins Welsh Food and Drink award
Crumlin-based baker Brace’s Bakery scooped the Made in Wales Food and Drink Award this month.
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NewsConsumer preference for chocolate brownies
Chocolate brownies have claimed the top spot in a survey, by Dawn Foods, to discover the nation’s favourite chocolate bakery treat.
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Allied Mills achieves new AIB rating
Allied Mills, the flour producer that is part of Associated British Foods, is celebrating after two of its mills were recognised by the American Institute of Baking (AIB).
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Proper Pies buys Barton & White
Midlands-based Proper Pies has acquired Leicestershire bakery firm Barton & White for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition will see the Barton & White name added to the group of firms owned by food entrepreneurs Martyn Thomas and Kevin Morel, which includes Oliver James Foods, the UK’s leading ’sous vide’ ...
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Wayne Caddy shows how to make a traditional baguette
Caddy was part of the UK team that entered the first stages of the World Cup of Baking earlier this year. This video was first shown at the British Society of Baking Autumn Conference.
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Youngsters drive new love for baking
Sixteen- to 24-year-olds are the main driving force behind the upsurge in interest in baking, according to a new survey by Leisure Range Cookers. Over 1,500 people polled in the UK and Ireland showed that the younger generation were six times more likely to bake something from scratch every day, ...