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Fiona Cairns and McVitie’s tasked with royal cake baking
Fiona Cairns and McVitie’s Cake Company have been tasked with making cakes fit for royalty at the wedding reception of Prince William and Kate Middleton.
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Wheat grower to benefit from Prince’s fund
Traditional wheat grower Heritage Harvest hopes a cash boost from Prince Charles will help spread the word about unusual varieties.
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Bread and cakes drive Finsbury
Finsbury Food Group has announced rising sales for the six months to 1 January 2011, driven by a return to growth of its Cake division, and a strong performance in Bread and Free From.
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Redundancies as Fords goes into liquidation
Fords Bakery in Prestonpans has been placed into liquidation, with 35 staff made redundant, and around 25 set to move to its parent company.
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Bridor adds French touch
Bridor has been working with French baker Frédéric Lalos to develop three artisan breads, unveiled at the show. Le Pain de Partage Blé Grand Arôme, is a tear-and-share bread in a 300g format, made using a natural yeast and wheat flour to add softness and avoid acidity, while a ...
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All wrapped up
Linpac Packaging has launched a new packaging range specifically for the bakery sector. The LINbake range offers packaging solutions for cakes, biscuits, bread, gateaux and much more.The firm said it had been developed in response to the need for aesthetically pleasing presentation packaging as well as protection from damage in ...
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Brownies are all white
CSM (UK) has added a White Fudge Brownie Mix to its Craigmillar American range of cake mixes. The mix only needs the addition of water and oil and can be used to create ’white brownies’ or variations such as pecan, or orange marmalade.The bakery ingredient and product supplier also suggests ...
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Bakery apprenticeships see new scheme revamp
A revamped bakery apprenticeship pathway is in the pipeline, as part of an overhaul of apprenticeships offered in the food and drink industry, with a £2.2m funding pot available to cover the full costs of training.As the government’s funding focus shifts to apprenticeships, grants can be accessed through National Skills ...
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Mixed reactions to Osborne’s “Budget for growth”
A number of measures that should help both small and large bakery firms were announced in the 2011 Budget on Wednesday.
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Soft drinks remain buoyant in tough times
Sales of soft drinks in the impulse channel have grown ahead of the grocery multiples for the first time, reserving its 3% decline last year, according to the latest Britvic Soft Drinks Report, published this week.
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Have your cake and wear it
Here’s a wedding dress that twists an age-old epithet to coin a new one: "A moment on the hips, a nightime on the lips".This cakey couture, adorned with real cupcakes, was made by Georgetown Cupcake in Washington, USA. Just don’t let the wedding reception drag on too long lest the ...
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Cakewatch update
This is the woman police are searching for in connection with the nation’s first recorded case of cupcake rage. The customer in question allegedly went berserk in Cardiff cupcakery Sugarswirlz when it ran out of her favourite ’Sweet Tooth Fairy’ cupcakes, smashing up the shop and assaulting staff. The net ...
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Gluten-free cheesecakes
Dessert manufacturer Aulds was promoting a range of new gluten-free products at IFE.The new lines include a Luscious Lemon Cheesecake; White Chocolate & Raspberry Brownie; and Raspberry & Strawberry flavour cheesecake."We are extremely excited about the launch of our new gluten-free desserts," said marketing manager Paul Stewart. "This is a ...
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Délifrance display
Délifrance unveiled several of its 36 new lines at this year’s IFE, including a selection of cupcakes orange & cinnamon and raspberry & chocolate; and a chocolate & coconut whirlwind.The company also launched a new range of Italian breads, cheese rolls, cheese twists, and a range of rich-in-fibre ...
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Sweet ideas for royal day
Delice de France has developed a range of products to capitalise on the upcoming Royal Wedding.The ’Will and Kake’ is a lemon sponge cake sandwiched with a lemon buttercream and a lemon glaze filling, topped with hand-piped lemon buttercream icing and finished with a dusting of icing sugar. It is ...
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Sainsbury’s displayed a giant gingerbread man
at its Newport store last week, in order to raise money for Red Nose Day. Claiming to be the largest creation of its type in the UK, the gingerbread man a replica of the supermarket’s Mr Red Nose Gingerbread biscuit stood at 15ft tall, 9ft wide and weighed ...
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NPD drives fresh soft drinks surge
With today’s consumer ever-more pressed for time, the need to be able to find everything in one place has never been greater. So bakery retailers need to stock the right soft drinks to offer consumers with their lunchtime sandwich or afternoon hot savoury.The latest research shows the soft drinks market ...
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Edible nut pricing
Almonds: The weather during the critical "bloom" in California will determine the short- to medium-term direction on pricing. Last year’s crop was the largest on record, so it is likely to be smaller this year.Walnuts: Huge demand from China, a short crop in India and only an average crop in ...
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Karl Flanagan was elected president
of the London and South Eastern Region of the National Association of Master Bakers, at the recent AGM, which took place at Bakers’ Hall. Flanagan comes from a bakery family and has three shops in Essex under the name Home Made Bakery. A former student of the National Bakery School, ...