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Reporting in Read the small print
Phil OrfordChief executive, Forum of Private BusinessSaving money on utilities should be the mantra of every small bakery emerging from the worst recession for several generations. That means shopping around for the best deals but, as I know myself having run several businesses, most busy bakers simply do not ...
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Ashers’ first exportsNorthern Irish bakery firm Ashers Baking Co has won its first export order, worth a potential £75,000. The firm has signed a deal with Dublin-based foodservice business VF Foods in Dublin, which will supply the bakery’s products to public sector organisations in the Republic of Ireland.Permission to growHayden’s ...
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LASER dinnerThe London & South Eastern Region of the National Association of Master Bakers’ annual dinner 2011, is to be held at the Bel Canto Restaurant, Chorus Hotel, Hyde Park on 15 January. Tickets, at £40 per head, include a three-course meal and opera-singing waiters. For details contact Anthony Kindred ...
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Alcohol-free exportCumbrian bakery business Country Fare has worked with scientists at Liverpool’s John Moores University to create a fruit cake for export to the Far East. Their Orange Blossom Honey Cake, which has a shelf-life of 12 months, contains no alcohol, to cater for communities with religious beliefs that ban ...
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Drivers’ pasty panelPeter’s Foods has enlisted its own delivery drivers as pasty tasters. It has recruited 130 drivers to take part in a special tasting panel, and plans to encourage its team to take a pasty pit stop, while touring the country, to taste-test new ideas, and to give feedback ...
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Slippery SUBJECT
Here’s an unusual development for you: supermarkets causing the baking industry headaches. This time it’s over an issue that’s as slippery and brain-busting as a block of shortening on a bakery floor: palm oil.All of the retailers have made public targets for suppliers to move into some kind of sustainable ...
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Testing times
The cost of malt is going up. Boo! But using malt will actually save you money. Yay! As paradoxes go and the baking industry has enough of them when you consider that supermarkets are driving down prices when they’re becoming more expensive to make that’s one of the ...
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In my world
David Powell, Deputy Master of the Worshipful Company of Bakers and former global director innovation/bakery Rich ProductsI have been asked to write something on the Irish and their wonderful warmth and most generous hospitality, as experienced by those fortunate enough to have attended Niall Irwin’s inauguration and the Irish Association ...
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Accidental death verdict on baker
An inquest jury returned a verdict of ‘accidental death’ after a baker was killed in a blast at a pie factory in Huddersfield last year.
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Northern Foods and Greencore announce merger
Leading food manufacturers Greencore and Northern Foods have agreed on the terms of a recommended merger, which would see the creation of one of the largest convenience food businesses in the UK and Ireland.
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Ashers in breakthrough export move
Northern Irish firm Ashers Baking Co has broken into the export market for the first time, with a deal worth a potential £75,000.
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G H Sheldon rebrands heritage line
Manchester baker G H Sheldon has rebranded its premium heritage range, as well as launching its first square potato cake, featuring the new-look packaging and promotional materials.
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Working bakeries to feature in new Whole Food Market stores
Bakeries staffed by skilled bakers will be a key attraction at two new Whole Foods Market stores set to open in London and Glasgow, with further regional stores in the pipeline.
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White’s Bakery works on healthier products for pupils
White’s Bakery in Barnsley is aiming to provide thousands of schoolchildren with a healthier selection of baked goods.
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Little Big Loaf aids Allied Bakeries’ growth
Allied Bakeries reported considerable success for its Kingsmill Little Big Loaf, as parent company Associated British Foods (ABF) announced its results for the year ended 18 September 2010.
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London bakery takes smaller firms into its fold
Edmonton-based wholesale bakery The London Bread & Cake Co (LBC) has come up with an unusual way of coping with the recession by taking smaller bakeries under its wing. Managing director David Hall, who describes the set-up as "a bit like a co-operative", told British Baker that, during the ...
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Profits fall in Carr’s flour business
Agriculture, food and engineering group Carr’s Milling Industries said the flour market continues to be extremely challenging, as it contends with significantly higher raw material prices and industry over-capacity, in its full-year results to 28 August 2010.
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Gü develops adult-targeted cookie range
Indulgent chocolate brand Gü is extending its reach into in-store bakery with a new range of adult-only cookies. The company best known for its chilled desserts has identified a gap in the market for an upmarket branded cookie that isn’t aimed at children. Said product manager Claire Richardson: ...
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Broad consultancy role for veteran
Industry veteran Brian Park is putting his 40 years’ experience to good use by advising bakery firms on everything from new product development (NPD) to training. Park has set up Optibake Consultancy International, after working with major flour milling companies and big bakery groups in areas such as wheat, flour ...
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NewsBaker reports on BBC1’s journey through the eras
Baker Caroline Frampton got a big shock when she turned up for the first day of filming a new BBC series to find her partner’s name above the shop even though he can’t make bread. Frampton and partner Nigel Devlin, who run Caroline’s Real Bread Company in Merthyr Cynog, ...