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Give yourself a challenge at Bakers’ Fair
Don’t forget to get your entries in by 6 April for the National Association of Master Bakers’ Competitions to be held at Bakers’ Fair Spring, with trophies presented by celebrity Linda Lusardi. Taking place at Newbury Racecourse on Sunday 10 April, the new event for 2011 will play host to ...
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New lease of life for Irish association
Ireland’s Flour Confectioners and Bakers Association (FCBA) is to make a fresh start with a new committee, after a three-year period of inactivity. The Association held an Emergency General Meeting on 1 March to approve the new committee, which includes president Sean Stafford, MD, Staffords Bakery; secretary Ger Cunningham, national ...
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Breakfast on the run boosts Greggs’ takings
Catering to Brits breakfasting on the run has helped push Greggs’ profits up by nearly 8% in the last year.
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Timmy’s lands upmarket pie deal
At less than a year old, pie business Timmy’s Pies is celebrating a deal to supply its six-strong range to top-end department store Harvey Nichols. Timmy’s Pies began life on the Duke of York market, London, in April last year, with founder Timmy Wilkes making the decision to upscale and ...
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Allied develops 100% recycled packaging
Allied Bakeries has announced it will be introducing 100% recycled packaging on its Kingsmill Little Big Loaf and Crusts Away ranges.
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NewsPop-up bakery plans for Japan tsunami appeal
The Mad Artists Tea Party is to host a sushi-themed pop up cake shop - Cakes for Japan - to raise funds for the Red Cross, following the devastation caused by the recent tsunami.
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Sheffield bakery invites supermarket into site
It’s not often that a bakery wants a supermarket to build on their land, but this is exactly what Fletchers Group of Bakeries is hoping for.
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Bakery manufacturers commit to Responsibility Deal
A whole host of bakery manufacturers have signed up to the first phase of the Department of Health’s Public Heath Responsibility Deal, launched today.
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Pork Farms rebrands to engage with consumers
Pork Farms has rebranded its entire product range in an effort to communicate the company’s history and encourage consumers to have an "emotional engagement" with the brand. The £1m makeover coincides with Pork Farms’ 80th anniversary and will see new products launched, including snack slices, mini pork pies and Scotch ...
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Taylors escapes the axe for a second time
Lancashire-based firm Taylors the Bakers has been saved from administration for the second time in less than a year, after administrators RSM Tenon sold the firm back to the bakery’s existing management in a pre-pack deal. The Ashton-under-Lyne firm went into administration on 8 February 2011, with the new company ...
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Market warned of further volatility in bread wheat
The baking industry should prepare for further volatility in the bread wheat market in 2011 as tight global maize stocks continue to prop up prices and low domestic wheat stocks leave the UK exposed to supply problems. At a recent Home Grown Cereals Authority and nabim Milling Wheat Conference, senior ...
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Top 10 tips on tax planning
With both the budget and the end of the tax year just around the corner Simon Young, director of Montpelier Chartered Accountants, outlines his tips on minimising your Corporate and Personal tax burden.1. Cash in some of your capital gains if you made any this year obvious, but often ...
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Stand-in actors
Earlier this year, British Baker reported how Memory Lane Cakes and Kensey Foods products had to be pulled off shelves, because German eggs had been used that risked containing illegal levels of dioxin. For those in the egg replacers market this helped greatly to validate their argument about the food ...
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What we can all learn from Mary Portas
Any retailer worth their salt will have been glued to the recent Mary Portas: Secret Shopper series, and not just because of her ’statement haircut’. I was delighted to see someone like Mary bring mystery shopping to TV, as it’s a subject close to my heart, having been the focus ...
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Lights on Ambers
Northern Foods is expanding Fox’s biscuits with the launch of a trio of products under the new Ambers brand.Part of a new £3m marketing campaign, due to break in May 2011, the Ambers range will be the biggest-ever new product launch for the brand, says the company.The line has been ...
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Aures shows terminal style
Point-of-sale terminals and systems manufacturer Aures, unveiled its latest Epos terminals at the European EuroShop show, held in Germany earlier this month. The Odyssé II, launched under its Posligne brand, features a new set of colour clips in mocha, silver, cassis, iris and kiwi a choice to suit any ...
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Welsh True Taste awards open for entry
The 10th annual Wales the True Taste Food and Drink Awards will be held in North Wales for the first time, with the categories now open to enter.
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Baby bloomer
Planglow has launched an Ecoco bloomer pack, which it said offers a modern and stylish packaging alternative to a sandwich wedge.The pack is laminated throughout with a plant-based laminate, meaning it is fully compostable. The board comes from paper mills that fully manage sustainable and renewable plantations, meaning no old ...
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Fine Lady Bakeries Manchester
What installed? Machinery Recipe formulation softwareWhy chosen? Fine Lady bakeries saw the opening of its new factory in Manchester as an opportunity to invest in traceability software. This guides the operator through the recipe process, ensuring product consistency in every batch. Fine Lady Bakeries decided to install recipe formulation ...
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NewsStarbucks launches mini bakery treats
Starbucks has launched a Petites range of bakery products this spring.