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Mexican stand-off
Your Olivers, Blumenthals and Ramsays have hogged the TV schedules for long enough. The bakery trade has been crying out for its own superstar. Now she’s arrived. All hail Angela Maher for her jaw-dropping appearance on Mary Queen of Shops last week.A whopping 2.6 million people watched Maher’s unlikely elevation ...
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Mouthing off
"Herbert entrusts me with the ’secret’ recipe. In truth, it’s simple, containing just three ingredients: smelt flour, which gives the bread a lovely nutty flavour; Cornish sea salt and water"Smelt? Not spelt? Jasper Gerard of The Telegraph’s whiffy take on BB columnist Tom Herbert’s ’record’ £12 loaf"There is a truly ...
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Pasty play
Crantock Bakery has launched an "un-Cornish" pasty in reponse to customer demand. The Crantock Armadillo marks a new style of pasty, as it is top-crimped, rather than crimped along the side. "We know the armadillo style isn’t Cornish and we would never pass it off as such. However, we have ...
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No ’trial periods’
It doesn’t matter how careful you are, an employee can turn out to be a disaster. For a new hire, they might look good on paper and perform well at interview, but as soon as they take up the role, they may fall short of the mark. If, during the ...
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Subway snaps up top sandwich slot
Subway has taken the number one spot for UK sandwich sales, according to a report published by the British Sandwich Association (BSA).Subway’s sales accounted for 60% of the total sandwich bar market, according to the BSA, selling almost £70,000 more than its closest rival, Tesco.The report, containing data from Kantar, ...
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By number rulingThe European Parliament was due (16 June) to vote on the inclusion of a provision in the Food Information Regulation (FIR) directive, which, under the existing EU directive, allowed member states to sell some wrapped products by number, such as six-pack rolls. See bakeryinfo.co.uk for update.Delice’s Irish moveCuisine ...
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Unifine celebratesUnifine Food & Bake Ingredients will be celebrating its 10th birthday on 19 June. To celebrate, the firm will be sending a box of Belgian chocolates to customers ordering products this month. It will also be offering special deals including 11kg of SuCreme Nova Plus for the price of ...
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Turner prizedMich Turner, founder and director of London’s Little Venice Cake Company, has been honoured with an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List, in recognition of her achievement and service to the catering industry. "There are very few occasions in your life when you are so genuinely overwhelmingly surprised. ...
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Vandemoortele buyVandemoortele has struck a deal to take over margarine and frying fats activities from Dutch company Van Dijk Food Products part of the EFS Group. "With this move, Vandemoortele is pursuing its strategy aimed at focusing on further growth of its two main activities namely margarine and ...
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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 SamsWhatever your politics, there can hardly have been a small business in the land that didn’t give three cheers upon hearing that the new Con-Dem ...
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MEPs reject proposal for bakers to sell by number
MEPs have rejected the inclusion of a provision in the Food Information Regulation (FIR) directive, which would allow bakers in the EU selling wrapped products by number to continue doing so, following a vote at the European Parliament yesterday (16 June).
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EU rejects traffic light food labelling
MEPs have thrown out a proposal for ‘traffic light’ values on food packaging, but have backed plans for food labels that feature mandatory nutritional information, defeating the UK Food Standards Agency’s wish to see traffic light labelling adopted universally.
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Union to ballot staff at Maple Leaf for strike
Staff at the Maple Leaf bakery plant in Walsall are to be balloted on industrial action, following a breakdown in negotiations over pay rates.
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Community funds new bakery in Exeter
A bakery producing sourdough breads and homemade cakes is set to be at the heart of a new local food shop and café in Exeter, which is to be financed entirely with investment from the local community.
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Vote called on baking by numbers
The European Parliament is to vote on the inclusion of a provision in the Food Information Regulation (FIR) directive, which would see UK bakers selling wrapped products by numbers allowed to continue doing so.
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Eco-bakery Thoughtful Bread triples in size
Bristol-based eco-bakery The Thoughtful Bread Company has moved to a new purpose-built bakery at Farrington’s Farm Shop.
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Maher speaks out about Mary Queen of Shops experience
It has to be one of the most talked-about television shows on a bakery in history. The first episode of the new series of Mary Queen of Shops, screened on 7 June, saw retail guru Mary Portas come head-to-head with Maher & Sons bakery owner Angela Maher in a battle of wills. This culminated in Portas and her crew being asked to stop filming and leave the premises.
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Aryzta announces double acquisition
Swiss-based baker Aryzta has unveiled two acquisitions that it hopes will strengthen its market position in Europe and the US.
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Mono buys rights to make Bluebird machinery
Mono Equipment has announced the purchase of Bluebird Packaging Machines after it went into liquidation in April.
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Hobbs House lays claim to most expensive loaf
Hobbs House Bakery has claimed it sells the most expensive loaf in the UK, at £21 a pop – if it’s sold in a gift box that is. Its Shepherds Loaf was created by Tom Herbert, a director at the Circencester-based bakery, as part of the BBC 4 programme ‘In Search of the Perfect Loaf’, which aired in March this year.