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Puratos extends Satin feel
Puratos has relaunched its Satin Cake Range with a number of new mixes. Joining its already popular Satin Crème Cake Range, the company has added muffin, farmhouse and moist-cake mixes.Based on an original American recipe, Puratos’s Satin Crème Cake range features plain, chocolate, banana, lemon, coffee, toffee, wholegrain, ...
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Reporting in: Wheat market firm, but pricey
Alex Waugh Director general, Nabim Now that the UK harvest is complete, there’s an opportunity to reflect on the grain market situation. First the good news: although smaller than anticipated, at 14.8 million tonnes, the British wheat harvest is still bigger than last year and the quality is generally acceptable. ...
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Food in the news
Photographs of a McDonald’s Happy Meal taken every day for six months, by American artist Sally Davies, revealed that the burger, bun and fries had not started showing even the first signs of mould, reported The Daily Mail. Davies said that at six months old, the food felt plastic to ...
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Hollywood highlights
As Niall Irwin, director of Irwin’s plant bakery, Portadown, NI, incoming president of the Irish Master Bakers Association, received the chain of office from outgoing president Patrick Smyth, it was a significant moment. "He has been inspirational for the trade!" said Irwin.Patrick Smyth, of AB Mauri’s Yeast Products in Finglas, ...
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Tesco versus Hovis: Viewpoint
It is a massive industry spat! Tesco the retail giant, described in the press last week as making £6,000 profit per minute, has delisted 11 Hovis lines because the bread baker has made clear its need to impose a price rise.
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Increase in the National Minimum Wage
Just a reminder that the National Minimum Wage increased on 1 October 2010, and that those aged 21 are now entitled to the full adult rate, as follows:l standard rate (workers aged 21 and over): £5.93l development rate (workers aged 18-20): £4.92l young workers’ rate (workers aged under 18, but ...
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Toaster of the week: Jesus toaster
Toast impressions are nothing new we’ve seen everything from cartoon characters to football insignia burnt onto bread. Similarly, Jesus’ favoured medium of appearing on bread products is well-documented. Now, the two have made an unholy alliance in the form of the Jesus toaster. "It’s really a natural parody to ...
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Lunch! Product round-up from the trade show
Handmade slices up marketHandmade Cake Co has launched a few new products for Christmas. Tiffin slices with cranberry, white chocolate tiffin slices with cranberries, cherries and nuts, and apple & mincemeat slices will all be available for the winter. A new whole fruit cake has also been launched, and is ...
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Members update
The NAMB is delighted to welcome the following new and returning members:George SergiouAnthony’s Bakery43 Bridgewater StreetLiverpool L1 OARMr Gerard LazerasCrusty Crust Ltdt/a Monicas Patisserie314 Lymington RoadHighcliffeChristchurchDorset BH23 5ETMr John RobertshawJ R Food SolutionsRiver CottageAcaster SelbyYorkNorth Yorkshire YO23 7BPMrs GianelliTicino Bakery Limited176/178 Bermondsey StreetBermondseyLondon SE1 3TQ
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Membership renewal
The time is nearly upon us. Not only is Christmas not far away, but for most of our members it is time for subscription renewal. Members who use us regularly and read all the information sent to them know what the association can provide over other subscription-based companies. The NAMB ...
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Mouthing off
"The humorous billboards are a fun way of helping consumers relate to the brand’s name Bimbo (pronounced Beembo), which is also the name of our bear character. Bimbo is derived from the Italian word bambino, meaning little boy"a spokesperson for Mexican Bimbo Bakeries explains why its latest billboard ads feature ...
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Sick pay and work
The National Association of Master Bakers (NAMB) receives many calls about bakers or shop staff found to be working elsewhere, while supposedly on sick leave from their employers.An important non-bakery-related cases highlights your rights as an employer. In McCann v Clydebank College, Mr McCann was employed by the college as ...
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Proving a point
Dramatic developments in both technology and consistency of results have encouraged bakers to embrace the world of retarder provers and the benefits they can bring, according to manufacturer Williams Refrigeration.The firm explains that the latest models on the market use sophisticated controllers and refrigeration advances for the production of almost ...
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Put to the test
A few eyebrows were no doubt raised when the small Welsh miller Bacheldre Mill recently told British Baker that it was in talks with the likes of Warburtons around the potential to carry its branding and its rich artisanal backstory on some of the plant baker’s products (see ...
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Pop-up successJapanese customers at the Hankyu Corporation department store queued for up to two hours to sample scones and tea at the Huffkins pop-up tea room in Osaka. The Cotswolds-based bakery sold more than 2,000 cream teas a day when it took bakery staff and local ingredients to the British ...
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Training awardBakeTran, Warburtons and Karen House Associates have jointly won a North West Training Award at the National Training Awards for running a technical excellence training programme to upgrade the knowledge and skills of 20 bakery technical managers at Warburtons. Manchester Metropolitan University awarded the managers credits equivalent to one-sixth ...
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Foster’s MD honouredFoster’s Bakery MD John Foster is to be presented with an honorary degree of ’Doctor of the University’ by Sheffield Hallam University in November. Operations director Michael Taylor said it recognised his achievements as an internationally known baker, and reflected decades of voluntary service to local people, the ...
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French deal for IrishBroadway Bagels, Dungarvan, Co Waterford, which recently started selling into Spain, has now agreed a similar deal for France. Through Bord Bía, the Irish Food Board, the firm did sampling in France, then concluded a distribution deal with Lyons-based Forezia. Broadway Bagels’ co-founder, Rosie Sheehan, said its ...
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Talking trends
One of the things enjoyed in the ’community’ of baking is the chance to network, share ideas, and enjoy good food and wine. There is a real ’warmth’ in the bakery trade that you don’t find in other sectors, said a Sainsbury’s buyer recently, and this was apparent at the ...
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In my world
Jo Fairley is co-owner of Judges organic bakery and grocery shop in Hastings and co-founded and sold Green & Black’s chocolate firm, with hubby Craig SamsFor bakers, books about baking are a conundrum. Surely, we might think, anything that encourages home bakers to recreate tangy sourdoughs, crusty cottage loaves or ...