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Ginsters updates line
Ginsters has refreshed its sandwich range for January, in a bid to offer a more compact and easy-to-manage option to retailers, while maximising choice in-store for consumers. The full portfolio will feature a core range of standard and deep-fill consumer favourites, including BLT, chicken salad, and cheese ploughman’s, supported by ...
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Reporting in Is the industry making the most of the popularity wave?
In a previous Reporting In column I highlighted the importance for the baking industry of creating ’Brand Baker’. In the piece I aired the view that the industry needed to raise its profile and, in some way, make it stand out from the multitude of careers available, so that the ...
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Kingsmill’s smooth style
Allied Bakeries has launched a range of seeded Kingsmill loaves, including a smooth seeded loaf the first in the UK, according to the firm. The three lines: The Secretly Seeded One, The Lightly Seeded One, and The Really Seeded One, will be rolled out across the UK this month.Kingsmill ...
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Man versus machine
Following last issue’s revelation that Disney had patented ’augmented reality’ cake projectors to transform your humble celebration cake into a story-telling device, this latest advance in cake boffinery will have you quaking over the future of your craft (and indeed, humankind).Students at an engineering college near Boston in the US ...
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Revolutionary moments
Is 2011 going to be the year of radical activism? It is when it comes to bread. Students of industrial loaf-making might not torch their bread plants this year, but the arrival of the first major breakthrough in dough processing for many years will at least cause people to sit ...
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Mouthing off
"Some people thought bread was a bit boring; it’s been around for a long time. I wanted to make a bread which is nice to look at as well as nice to taste"Fabrice Prochasson, chef de cuisine at Lenôtre, unveils multi-coloured breads, called Arc En Ciel (French for rainbow), at ...
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Report
The food industry needs to change more radically in the coming decades than ever before, if it is to address the unprecedented challenges that lie ahead, warns a new government report.The Future of Food and Farming: Challenges and Choices for Global Sustainability said relatively little new land for agriculture means ...
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Gluten-free prioritiesGluten-free consumers are more concerned with quality and trust than pricing, according to new research by Dietary Specials (DS-gluten free). It also believes availability and quality of gluten- and wheat-free foods has improved dramatically in recent years. Tesco has the most regular gluten- and wheat-free shoppers, with 45% of ...
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Greencore enjoys riseGreencore has seen a strong performance in its Convenience Foods division for the three months to 24 December, 2010. It recorded continuing business revenue of E208.7m, up 7.6% on the comparable 2009/10 period. It said the performance of its two key categories food to go and prepared ...
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Sugar beet quality could hit ABF rise
Associated British Foods (ABF) has warned that a damaged UK sugar beet crop could slow growth this year, after reporting group revenue up 10% in the 16 weeks to 8 January.
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Finsbury disputes recovery costs after dioxin scare
Finsbury Foods is disputing recovery costs after its Memory Lane cakes were recalled from supermarket shelves during the egg dioxin scare.
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NewsUK team named as contender for Bakery World Cup
The UK will have a tense wait to find out if its team will progress to the Bakery World Cup 2012 as a wild card, after narrowly missing a guaranteed slot at the European heat this week.
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Olympic organisers target small bakeries
The organising committee of the London 2012 Olympics is keen to source products from small- and medium-sized bakery companies as it gears up for the 17-day event next year.
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NewsCharity begins in-store
Morrisons’ bakery staff helped deliver 100 loaves of bread to a good cause while preparing for their big store opening.
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Pret ready to grow
Pret A Manger aims to shake up its image and promote its store expansion plans with a PR push.
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NewsRoberts loaves get new look
Independent Cheshire baker Frank Roberts & Sons hopes new bread packaging will help raise its profile in more parts of the country.
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Bakers’ Fair to stage NAMB competitions
British Baker can announce there will be 10 competition classes open to all bakers to enter at the new Bakers’ Fair Spring event this April. Taking place on Sunday 10 April at Newbury Racecourse, the event will host the National Association of Master Bakers’ (NAMB) Bakery Competitions. There will be ...
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Probiotics reach UK baking industry
Probiotic bread and cakes could be on UK shelves within the year, potentially stealing share from dairy cabinets. Products containing traditional probiotics are usually in the chilled, short-life dairy category such as yoghurts, but US manufacturers have started adding probiotics to dry goods and Orlando Baking has just launched what ...