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Baker Boys snaps up Cake Bake
Walsall-based Baker Boys has purchased the business and assets of The Cake Bake Company for an undisclosed sum. The Cake Bake Company was put up for sale by insolvency practitioners SFP, after it went into administration last month. The Kent-based firm, which made the life-sized cake for the recent Skoda ...
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Scale model designed to suit bakers
Mitchell and Cooper has introduced a new range of commercial kitchen scales.The Ohaus weighing scales are suitable for every bakery outlet, from the Compact model, designed for accurate food portioning up to 5kg, through to the Defender range that can accurately handle weights of up to 30kg.One of the most ...
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Bakery challenge
Bakery competitions are seeing a revival in the trade, writes Andrew Williams.The 2010 Bakery Challenge is the latest to capture the imagination of bakers in the north west of England. Entrants’ cakes were displayed at the Bako North Western Family Fun Day in June for attendants to enjoy, including a ...
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Unwrapped bread weights guidance published
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has published guidance for businesses to accompany The Weights and Measures (Specified Quantities) (Unwrapped Bread and Intoxicating Liquor) Order 2011.
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Start-ups: Thinking outside the cake-box
By Mellissa Morgan, aka Ms Cupcake.When preparing our shop for opening only a few months ago, I didn’t want to commit to anything. When I was asked what our menu was going to be, I told people it would rotate. When asked what our opening days and times would be, ...
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My Career
How did you get into the baking industry?I did graphic design at college, spent a few years as a freelance illustrator and then took a cookery course when nouvelle cuisine was very popular. I got a job at Hambleton Hall in Rutland, where I specialised in cakes and patisseries, but ...
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Lilt Mango extends Caribbean ethos
Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) is hotting up its summer soft drinks offering with the launch of Lilt Mango. The new flavour is available in single 330ml cans and will launch with 49p price-marked packs. Like Lilt Pineapple & Grapefruit and Lilt Zero, the pack will focus on the brand’s laid-back Caribbean ...
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Caught in the Web
"Base, base, base, base, buttery biscuit base"... Over a million people view Masterchef host Gregg Wallace becoming a dance superstar... bit.ly/qSrrwQHovis halts filming of Coronation Street? bit.ly/r693EjYoghurt collides with bread, courtesy of Japan... on.wsj.com/r4e4pOAnother unlikely combo: foie gras doughnuts... bit.ly/rtPq6B
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Premier to close Hovis HQ in streamlining move
Premier Foods is to close its Hovis head office in Windsor, as well as consolidate activities at other sites as part of its ongoing plan to cut costs and streamline the business.
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Renault drives in coffee van
The Renault Trafic van-based Connoisseur Caffè is a hot, cold and ambient snack delivery vehicle, which includes a fresh milk bean-to-cup coffee machine and instant boiling hot water, all displayed under top hinged doors to protect both the driver and customers from the weather.New from CJ’s Specialist Vehicles, the inbuilt ...
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Cost-cutting helps UBUK’s profits
United Biscuits UK saw profits rise by 10.4% to £218.5m last year, on sales of £1.06bn only 1% up on the previous year. The company, which makes Jaffa Cakes and McVitie’s biscuits, filed its latest accounts to the 12 months ended 1 January at Companies House, which showed that ...
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Cups embrace rigid styling
Foodservice packaging supplier Cap-It-All has introduced high-quality lightweight PET drink cups for caterers and foodservice operators on a tighter budget.The new Euro-style cups have strength and rigidity, meaning that less PET is needed, so the cups are competitively priced and better for the environment.The cups come in five sizes ...
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DayMark’s pipers go green
DayMark UK has launched new HighGrip biodegradable piping bags. They break down in 18-24 months, depending on conditions, and are thus kinder to the environment, and landfill. The bags are available in a 20-inch size and come 100 to a bag, five bags to a case. According to the firm, ...
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Dried fruit pricing
Coconut: The pricing situation has changed little, with strong coconut oil prices, buyers seemingly prepared to pay historically high prices to cope with demand, very light stocks in the UK and across Europe, and a long lead from origin to destination all of which looks set to continue for ...
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Irn-Bru’s holiday drive
Irn-Bru is running its biggest-ever instant-win on-pack promotion this summer, offering 100 consumers an all inclusive, week-long holiday in Tenerife.The Bru-Jet promotion will appear from mid-July on a number of Irn-Bru skus including two-litre and 500ml PET bottles and multi-packs of nine and 18 x 330ml cans.Unique messages will feature ...
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Friendly focaccia
Self-styled ’Global Baker’ Dean Brettschneider, the New Zealand baker currently working with bakery products supplier Bakehouse, shows how to make delicious, versatile bread that’s a great accompaniment to barbecue food. And since there’s no yeast in this recipe, it is really fast to prepare too.Vegetable, Feta & Tomato, Rosemary Focaccia-Style ...
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A slice of life
It’s the ultimate in indulgence; a slice of cake, a square of shortbread or an oaty flapjack with a cup of tea. Neat, single-portion quick fixes of cake and other baked treats are increasingly tempting customers as the grab-and-go coffee shop culture of busy lifestyles and the sweet treat market ...
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Lightweight thievery
According to the BBC, a Sussex man was due to face charges in Hastings Magistrates Court this week in connection with the theft of three cakes from Earls Bakery in St Leonards on 30 June. And the twist in the tale? The cakes were fake displays made from polystyrene decorated ...
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Making a Tilly Mint
If you’re after a case study of how to start up a successful cake business from nothing, then look no further than Truro-based Tilly Mint Bakery. Maxine Nelson started the business in 2009 with just £126 in her pocket and, within one year, the bakery was turning over £147,000, with ...
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Max out your snacks
Working, commuting, exercising or hobbies whatever the activity, it all takes energy. So how and where do customers find a much-needed boost? The first part of the answer can be found in a ’snack’ a food portion that is smaller than a regular meal, eaten between main meals ...