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British Bakels welcomes students to Bicester
British Bakels welcomed bakery students from Tameside College last week, as they attended a two-day course at the bakery ingredients manufacturer’s technical centre in Bicester. Nine students were accompanied by Lorna Jones, head of the bakery department at Tameside, and lecturer Steven Salt. The visit included a talk on the ...
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Coffee shops top eating out popularity poll
Coffee shops are the country’s most popular place to eat, according to Allegra Strategies, which organises UK and European coffee summits and symposiums. Its new survey shows 31% of British consumers admitted to buying at least a meal in one each week compared with 23% last year. Consumers are eating ...
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Superquinn saved by Musgrave’s purchase
The Irish supermarket chain Superquinn, which went into receivership on Monday (18 July), was sold to the Musgrave Group yesterday, by the receivers KPMG.
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Apprentice star Helen Milligan in new role at Greggs
Helen Milligan has announced she will be the new head of retail for Greggs in the south east, after she was named runner-up in The Apprentice.
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Contract boosts growth for Leeds-based bakery
A new deal with independent sandwich chain Philpotts has contributed to Exquisite Handmade Cakes’ 30% year-on-year growth over the past two years.
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Calls for Government to implement traffic light labelling
The House of Lords has voiced its support for the implementation of a traffic light system for nutritional labelling, as it calls for a stronger approach from Government on policies to change consumer behaviour.
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Rowe’s sets out five-year development strategy
Cornish Bakery Rowe’s plans to expand its manufacturing space in Falmouth in order to capitalise on the Cornish pasty’s new-found PGI status.
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NewsGreggs’ Helen Milligan named Apprentice runner-up
Greggs’ Helen Milligan was named runner-up in The Apprentice final on BBC1 last night (Sunday 17 July), and now looks set to take on a bigger role at the bakery retailer.
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British Baker editor sets course for Siena
British Baker is pleased to announce that it has been able to retain the editorial expertise of Sylvia Macdonald, who will leave the magazine at the end of July to undertake a course in intensive Italian at Siena University in Italy. We are delighted that Sylvia will be at the ...
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Burton’s gets fingers into Walmart’s US stores
Burton’s Foods has signed a deal with American retail giant Walmart to supply Cadbury Mini Fingers into the majority of its US stores.
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Commodity costs push up food inflation figure
Surges in the price of key bakery commodities, such as wheat and sugar, helped push annual food inflation to nearly 6% last month more than double the average shop price inflation. According to the British Retail Consortium (BRC), overall shop price inflation stood at just 2.3% last month, while ...
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Sainsbury’s survey reveals preference for digestives
To mark a major revamp of Sainsbury’s biscuit range, the retailer has published the results of a survey into the nation’s biscuit-eating habits, which has shown the digestive to be the most popular choice.
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Border Biscuits invests £2.5m to grow business
Lanarkshire-based Border Bis-cuits hopes to boost business by 50% with a £2.5m investment.Sales reached £9.5m last year at the 25-year-old family-owned firm, which now plans to increase manufacturing capabilities and plant capacity over the next 18 months. It has already spent £2m on a new production line, which helped to ...
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Are you our cupcake champion for 2011?
Today is the last day to get your entries in for British Baker’s annual National Cupcake Championships.
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Next issue: 29 july
lHalloweenAs you can see from the gore cakes above, scary cakes are in vogue and what better opportunity to let loose your creative demons than Halloween?lDividers & mouldersA crucial element of any efficient bread production, we speak to machinery suppliers about the latest kit on the marketlBakers’ ReviewAll the ...
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Unifine adds shine to buns
Unifine has added a new vegetable-based alternative to egg-based glazes, which can be used on products such as hot cross buns. UniShine is a sterilised, clean-label, ready-to-use gloss, which is created from vegetable proteins. It offers bakers shiny-topped products, and a uniform, non-sticky surface which doesn’t cling to silicon paper ...
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Gore to the fore again
Just to prove that the gore cake phenomenon is not a "London thing", Gillian Bell of Fife, Scotland, is the latest cake designer to test the limits of taste, with a human skin cake (above left) inspired by the film Silence of the Lambs if you recall, the hunted ...
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Planning ahead
British Baker is getting ready once more for the UK baking trade’s top event, the Baking Industry Awards. The carnival-themed evening will be hosted by TV presenter Richard Madeley and will offer all the glamour and excitement of previous events and plenty of networking opportunities. Make sure you don’t miss ...
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Appointments
Christophe de Saint LouventLesaffreThe board of directors of bakery yeast and yeast extracts products supplier Lesaffre has appointed Christophe de Saint Louvent as chief executive officer of Lesaffre et Cie.De Saint Louvent will be responsible for continuing Lesaffre’s medium and long-term development plans, leveraging the skills and experience of the ...
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Join us at the industry’s biggest awards
Make sure you book your place at the Baking Industry Awards now, to avoid disappointment. This year’s Brazilian carnival-themed event, hosted by TV presenter Richard Madeley, will be held on Wednesday 7 September at the Park Lane Hilton, London.The evening will include a drinks reception and three-course meal, after which ...