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Skoda ad firm for saleThe Cake Bake Co, which made the life-sized cake for the Skoda TV advert, has been put up for sale by administrators. The Kent-based firm supplies own-brand cakes and had a reported turnover of £918,000 in the year to 31 March 2011.Salt down in BarnsleyBarnsley City ...
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Carrie’s TV boostCarrie’s Cakes in Ennis, Co Clare, saw turnover increase by 50% after its shop makeover was featured on Irish television show Retail Therapy. Pastry chef Caroline Gardiner opened her bakery in March last year, but was making little progress until Irish retailing maestro Senator Feargal Quinn revamped it ...
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Callebaut contestBelgian chocolate maker Callebaut is celebrating its 100th anniversary by sponsoring a contest to win one of five trips for two to a cocoa farm in Ghana. Chocolate professionals need to submit their name, upload a picture of themselves, and submit a testimonial about why they enjoy working with ...
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Alcohol at StarbucksStarbucks has started selling beer and wine at some of its US stores in a bid to attract shoppers on different occasions. The coffee chain is also rolling out a more flexible format, so customers can move furniture for gatherings, along with a children’s area.Good investmentThe food ingredients ...
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Tip-top toppings
You can put anything on a pizza, such is its versatility. One joker reported on an internet forum a couple of years ago that he had made his own creation with haggis, red pepper, red onion and feta a combination perhaps best avoided by retail bakers unless for a ...
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Wholesale view
If you’re not a coffee shop food eater, then you could be one of only 4% of the UK population who never buy food in coffee shops (source: Allegra Strategies). Coffee shops are big business, with a UK market value of £5bn so you should be pretty keen to get ...
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Wrights Pies’ £1m distribution warehouse opens
Wrights Pies has opened its new £1m state-of-the-art central distribution warehouse at its bakery in Crewe.
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Sainsbury’s bakery college achieves C&G accreditation
City & Guilds has formally accredited Sainsbury’s six Food Colleges and Bakery College.
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Barnsley bakers hit salt targets
Barnsley City Council has praised its local bakers for the work they have done to reduce salt in bread.
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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.
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Biffa launches new food waste plant
Waste specialist Biffa has launched the UK’s first ‘super’ anaerobic digestion plant dealing with food waste near Cannock, Staffordshire.
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NewsMake-over prompts turnover boost for Carrie’s Cakes
Carrie’s Cakes in Ennis, Co Clare, has seen turnover increase by 50%, after its complete shop makeover was featured on an Irish television show.
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Baker hits out at PAYE fines
Craft bakers hit by tough new fines are being urged to take their case to Chancellor George Osborne.
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EU rethink on chocolate rules
Fears that bakers could be forced to print impractical country-of-origin labelling on products containing Swiss and Belgian chocolate have eased after the EU decided the proposals needed further investigation.
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TV star search
BBC producers are searching for talented young bakers to star in a TV programme later this year.
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TV star search
BBC producers are searching for talented young bakers to star in a TV programme later this year.
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Sayers places 149-strong estate on the market
Sayers The Bakers, the north west-based bakery and café chain, which operates 116 outlets under its eponymous brand and 33 Poundbakery sites, has been placed on the market, with an asking price believed to be in excess of £10m.
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German bakery shops make inroads in the UK
We have had ciabatta from Italy and pain de campagne from France, now Germany is the next Continental bakery superpower targeting British high streets after two of the country’s leading retail bakeries revealed ambitious roll-out plans for the UK. Pretzel company Ditsch, which has over 200 stores in Germany, plans ...
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NewsCupcake bakers urged to support children with cancer
British Baker is urging bakeries, coffee shops and retailers across the UK to raise money for children with cancer, as part of National Cupcake Week, 12-18 September.
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Last chance to nominate top bakery person
Time is running out, so make sure you get your nominations in for the Lifetime Achievement Award, sponsored by Délifrance, by the 30 June deadline.