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Comment: The breakfast opportunity
Making adequate time for a meal is one of the key factors affecting consumer eating habits, and breakfast is no exception. The three main drivers in consumers’ decision-making on breakfast products are: a quick and convenient breakfast solution; a healthy meal to start the day; and food that can be ...
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Scanomat’s techie brew
Scanomat UK has launched a new technologically advanced bean-to-cup and fresh milk system, called Top Brewer. The new machine is designed to be built into any table or counter-top, with only a curved pouring spout visible from above. All the working components are stowed away under the counter, saving valuable ...
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Worldbake brings fresh twist to UK
Worldbake, a distributor based in Brixworth, Northampton, has announced it can offer a new range of savoury snacks on to the UK market.The products include a chicken sausage roll; a hot dog roll a Frankfurter-style sausage with mustard and relish wrapped in a laminated crusty pastry; a Mexican twist ...
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Macphie has i-zing on cake
Macphie has launched a new range of premium finishings called i-zings. They are made from 100% natural colours and flavours and are available in four "zingy" flavours: summer fruits, orange, pineapple and lime.The ingredients manufacturer suggests using the i-zings to bring a tropical taste to products such as cupcakes, doughnuts, ...
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My Career
What’s your job and what are your day-to-day responsibilities?My role at Clam’s Handmade Cakes is sales manager and my day-to-day duties involve securing new business and making sure our existing customers are well looked-after. I also work with our telesales team to improve sales techniques and customer care.How did you ...
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Day-part change
"The morning rush hour is mostly about coffee and, after that, it’s all about baguettes. That’s why our marketing campaign was very coffee-focused in the morning," says Upper Crust brand director Steve MacDavid. The company’s range and activity include:l Core range of baguettes sold throughout the dayl Supplemented by a ...
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Image plans for Christmas
Gingerbread maker Image on Food has launched its new Christmas range. Building on its successful line last year, it will feature Percy the Christmas Penguin and Snowy the Snowman cookie pops. These new products will join its already popular Deluxe Father Christmas and Reindeer gingerbreads. The RRP of the products ...
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Understanding your customer
"As a business we describe ourselves as food travel experts; it’s our point of difference. We really want to understand how food and travel work together and get through to people who are on the move, who have different needs," says MacDavid.SSP conducted research using cameras all around train stations, ...
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DrieM is at cutting edge
Two new cutters, specially developed for the DrieM d’Artagnan Artisanal Breadsheet bread and pizza dough line, are now available in the UK through distributor Benier (UK).The cutters can produce up to 10,000 baguettes per hour, and aim to create an authentic artisanal look.The company said that, in order to compensate ...
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Think drinks
The vast majority of UK adults start the day with a cup of fresh tea or coffee. Their consumption has long since become part of the archetypal morning schedule. The average amount of tea consumed per person in the UK each day is five cups, with some drinking up to ...
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Expansion for Northern Irish firm
Northern Irish bakery distributor Andrew Ingredients has invested £1m in a move to new premises to meet growing demand for its products across the whole of Ireland.The firm’s new 24,000sq ft site in Lisburn is twice the size of its previous premises and will help the £10m turnover firm grow ...
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Young guns go for it
With record numbers in attendance this year, the annual Alliance for Bakery Students and Trainees (ABST) conference was a huge success, with the quality and quantity of competition entries prompting high praise from the judges.Taking place from 10-12 June at the Alton Towers resort, the weekend saw a total of ...
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him! insights
The meal deal is on the food to go shop customer’s radar and it is something they would consider purchasing, but they have not completely bought into this offering from their coffee shop. So there is an opportunity to increase basket size, as there is a missed opportunity. Establish credibility ...
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UKBA raids Honeytop
Six illegal workers have been arrested during a UK Border Agency (UKBA) raid on Honeytop Speciality Foods in Dunstable.Acting on intelligence, UKBA officers, along with police and the Gangmasters Licensing Authority, raided the Woodside Industrial Estate during the night shift and found six staff who had no right to be ...
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Hovis moves to par-bake
Hovis is hoping to break into the par-baked sector with a new range of rolls and bloomers. Launching in early September, the par-bake white bloomer, granary bloomer, white rolls, and granary rolls will also be sold under a new name Hovis Homebake.Hovis said research has shown that 60% of ...
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Moving on up
It would make Homer Simpson proud: the doughnut has had a makeover. The fried sticky and sweet treat with a hole in the middle has been elevated into a gourmet treat.As with many baked sweet treats, the US has been setting the pace for the popularity surrounding doughnuts, which is ...
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RedBlack targets ordering
RedBlack Software has released a new Automated Orders function for its CyBake Touch shop management solution, which claims to take the guesswork out of predicting shop sales.Standalone product Cybake Touch runs on EPoS tills to provide a link between head office and retail outlets via the internet. The new Automated ...
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Pizza power
Pizza made on-site and sold over the counter, or in the sit-down area, can be part of the mix for the high-street baker keen to make incremental sales.At its most basic, the product can be homemade, using Italian breads in the style of a bruschetta or variations of the Welsh ...
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Reporting in
Gordon PolsonDirector,Federation of BakersThis month is the 50th anniversary of the Chorleywood Bread Process (CBP). The vast majority of bread baked in the UK is produced using a similar high-speed dough mixing process one used in over 30 countries.Whether the anniversary is cause for celebration or commiseration has been ...
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Robber targets Waterfields
Waterfields bakery staff fear they could be the next target of an armed robber, who has raided six of the company’s shops in the north west.The man has already struck at Clock Face, Sutton, Whiston, Rainhill and Allerton in the last few weeks and, in the last raid, forced the ...