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In my world
Jo Fairley is co-owner of Judges organic bakery and grocery shop in Hastings and co-founded and sold Green & Black’s chocolate firm, with hubby Craig SamsDespite the rise in interest rates and the government cuts, we are all privately or publicly giving three cheers for the fact that ...
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Jackson’s puts £5.5m in pot for expansion
Hull-based Jackson’s Bakery has announced plans to invest £5.5m in expanding its Derringham Road site with a view to meeting increasing demand for its bread both at home and abroad.
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M&S claims top new sarnie award
Marks & Spencer’s Ultimate Aberdeen Angus Beef with Red Onion Chutney Sandwich has been named Britain’s Favourite New Sandwich of 2011.
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Daily Mail takes modern bread quality to task
The Daily Mail has claimed that despite the newspaper’s campaign to improve the quality of British bread 100 years ago, it is in fact worse than in 1911.
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Original Cake Company announces acquisition
Lincoln-based The Original Cake Company has acquired Nottinghamshire firm Special Little Cakes.
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Greggs opens doors to chip and pin
Greggs has introduced chip and pin technology across all its shops, with customers now able to pay for transactions over £3 by card.
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Free Cordon Bleu scholarship worth £30,000 up for grabs
Le Cordon Bleu London is to award a free scholarship for its prestigious course, Le Grand Diplôme, from its new international flagship school of culinary arts in London.
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Have you made the FMCG Product of the Year?
Entries are now being accepted for Product of the Year 2012. Now in its eighth year, it is the nation’s largest independent survey, conducted by TNS Research International, into FMCG product innovation, with over 12,000 consumers voting.
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Football club beats bakers to top gong at British Pie Awards
Morecambe Football Club has swept the board at the British Pie Awards. The Npower League Two team won the Supreme Champion award for its chicken, leek and ham pie at the event, which took place in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire – the home of the pork pie.
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William Reed backs job plan
British Baker’s publisher William Reed Business Media is to support a new careers initiative, led by the Institute of Food Science & Technology (IFST) and Improve, the food and drink sector skills council.
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Mixed performance in pies and pastries sector
Value sales of pasties have fallen by 3.9%, while sales of sausage rolls have grown by the same percentage, according to the latest data from Kantar Worldpanel.
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Britons unhappy with ailing high streets
A new survey has added fuel to calls for government intervention to revive Britain’s struggling high streets.
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Bread price inflation shoots up
Following a rollercoaster few months for bread prices, the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) figures show that prices are soaring.
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Rising dairy prices add to bakery company woes
UK wholesale dairy prices have crept up after a dip during March and early April, with bakers being hit by the rising cost of unsalted butter in particular.
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Anuga attracts British bakers
Anuga Trade Fair takes place at Koelnmesse, in Cologne on 8-12 October, with one whole hall given over to bakery.
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Leicestershire bakers meet salt targets
Leicestershire bakers have been praised for reducing the amount of salt in their bread.
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AAK consults over closure of Oldham plant
Up to 40 jobs could go at AAK Bakery Services if a proposal to close its Oldham site in March 2012 gets the go-ahead.
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Bakers air strong views on decline of high street
Cheaper parking, lower rents and greater local council powers have all been suggested by craft bakery chains as ways to halt the decline of British high streets.
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Bakers urged to diversify sugar sourcing
Bakery manufacturers will have to adjust their sugar buying as the UK’s deficit of sugar supply continues to keep prices high going into the next contract season.
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Fayrefield finds cocoa alternative
Fayrefield Foodtec has developed a new cocoa replacer, which it hopes will help combat recent spiralling cocoa prices. Baketec 10632 is made from natural ingredients and can be used in a variety of applications, where cocoa powder would normally be used, for example in sponge cakes, cookies, or hot chocolate ...