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Essenta deal could ramp up pressure on sectors
The proposed merger between Northern Foods and Greencore will heap pressure on rival producers in the sandwich market and could spark a round of consolidation in the cake and desserts markets, according to analysts. As reported in British Baker (19 November), Greencore and Northern Foods have agreed to join forces ...
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Finsbury sees better results for cake
Finsbury Food’s Cake division has returned to growth following declining revenues last year. It has seen "organic growth" of 2.5% year-on-year, reported the firm in its latest trading update for the first 17 weeks of the year to 30 June 2011. At the cake, bread and gluten-free bakery manufacturer’s annual ...
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Thoughtful Bread Company is UK’s green business of the year
Bath-based The Thoughtful Bread Company received the Green Business of the Year accolade at a ceremony celebrating business start-ups last week.
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Snow still causing problems in Scotland
Although much of the snow has melted in the south, bakeries in the north of England and Scotland have continued to struggle with the elements.
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Royal Cosun eyes up sale of Unifine F&Bi
Unifine Food & Bake Ingredients’ parent company Royal Cosun is investigating the potential sale of the pastry ingredients business. Royal Cosun said it had retained ING Corporate Advisor to conduct a comprehensive review of all strategic options, with the aim of optimising the business. "Based on the strong growth over ...
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NewsHovis brand loyalty tested as Tesco dispute continues
The Hovis lines delisted by Tesco in a two-month dispute over price are at risk of suffering long-term brand damage as shoppers switch to rival products, according to one brand expert.
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The Co-operative joins move to British wheat
The Co-operative has become the latest retailer to make the move to using 100% British wheat. Its own-brand sliced bread range, across all stores in England, Wales and Scotland excluding its Scottish Square White Bread will now be made with home-grown wheat. The move encompasses 10 lines across ...
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Analysis: why is sugar supply under threat?
Commodity price spikes are one thing – bakers have grown used to those. But price rises in flour, butter, cocoa – you name it – pale into insignificance next to the threat that sugar supplies will run out in the UK and eye-watering prices are on the way.
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UK bakers face dilemma as sugar supply runs dry
Bakers looking to negotiate new sugar contracts are being told by suppliers that they have nothing to sell them, as Europe faces massive shortages of white sugar. The lack of availability, coupled with the impact of bad weather in cane-growing countries, such as Thailand and Brazil, has pushed global sugar prices up to 30-year highs.
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Ginsters’ Cracker returns for 2010
Ginsters has launched a handful of festive season-inspired products this winter. Following the success of last year’s limited-edition Christmas Cracker sandwich, it will be making a return for winter 2010. The sandwich contains British roast turkey, stuffing, bacon and cranberry sauce. Joining it will be a new Festive Beef sandwich, ...
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Gore cake of the week no. 894
Kill Bill cake made by baker Barbarann Garrard of Cake Rhapsody for her daughter’s 9th birthday seriously?
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Radioactive action
The latest breakthrough in baking, devised via a meeting of minds in the art and nuclear science fraternities: radioactive cakes. Granted, as bakery NPD goes, this one’s going to be a tough sell. But stick with us, as these cakes, using ingredients that contain radioactive isotopes, really are edible.As part ...
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Christmas cupcakes add cheer
Country Choice has added several products to its portfolio for the festive season.New to the range are: Christmas cupcakes a chocolate sponge topped with vanilla frosting and decorated with an edible holly leaf; a Danish pastry mincemeat crown; a shallow shortcrust mince pie; and a luxury deep-fill shortcrust mince ...
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UK’s first café pre-order app launched
The UK’s first iPhone app for drinks pre-ordering has been launched by independent coffee shop Urban Coffee Company (UCC).The app allows consumers to pre-order their teas and coffees, so they are ready by the time they arrive at the shop, therefore cutting down on queueing time. Although cost is one ...
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’Terrorist’ bakers
All bakers are terrorists at least, that is the prevailing orthodoxy in Sri Lanka, where the government has effectively waged war on bread. Exorbitant tax rises on wheat have followed an order not to serve bread at state hospitals, prisons and schools, as bureaucrats insist that eating rice is ...
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Victor bows to Sovereign
Hot cupboards and counters supplier Victor Manufacturing has launched the Sovereign range of heated drawers, to enable hot food to be safely stored in advance of use.A blown-air heating module circulates hot air around the gastronorm containers, which, combined with a water tray in the base of the unit, ensures ...
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Brand clinic: normalising the marginal
Don Williams, CEO of brand and design consultany Pi Global ponders the recent success of gluten-free goodsAbout seven years ago, we started working for a tiny little brand called Mrs Crimble’s. At that time, it was worth in the region of a cup of tea and a pack of digestives ...
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Spanish firm brings a chill to UK
Spanish manufacturer of commercial refrigeration Infricol has introduced a new dual-purpose blast chiller.The firm, which recently launched its first UK operation, said temperatures as low as -18ºC can be achieved in only four hours, or food can be reduced to 4C in less than two hours. If refrigerating, the equipment ...
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Traditionals with a twist stollen Buns by Fiona Burrell
Stollen is a traditional German Christmas bread, which is particularly associated with Dresden. When made at Christmas, it is also called Weihnachtsstollen or Christstollen.As the result of a Papal proclamation in the mid-17th century, the bakers of Dresden were allowed to add butter and milk to the mixture, which made ...