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Warburtons extends British wheat commitment with Openfield
Warburtons has announced a long-term extension to its UK milling wheat contract with farmer-owned business Openfield, as it continues to maintain its support of British wheat.
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Venue amendment for California Raisins competition
Entries for California Raisins Bread Competition 2010 need to be sent to Bako North Western by 30 June, not Bako Northern as previously stated.
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NewsNational Craft Bakers’ Week gets under way!
National Craft Bakers’ Week (NCBW) has got off to a flying start, with cakes already sent to a number of national TV and radio stations, from bakers across the UK, in order to promote the week.
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Subway tops sandwich sales table
Subway has taken the number one spot for UK sandwich sales according to a report published by the British Sandwich Association (BSA).
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NewsHow Bakers Can Reduce Saturated Fats in Cakes without Sacrificing Taste!
Synopsis The Government of the United Kingdom recently issued guidelines to encourage consumers to reduce their intake of saturated fat and added sugar. Specific to the food industry, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) consultation has set forth proposed recommendations for segments across the industry to reduce saturated fat and to ...
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17 November, 1933: The Man in the Moon’s Weekly Tips - almond cakes
Let us consider that type of cake which has a layer of almond paste in the centre. It may be simnel cake or a rich slab cake. Which is the best way to insert that layer of cake? The usual procedure is to mix the almond paste, weigh off and ...
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Next issue 18 June
lNational Cupcake WeekWe launch our nationwide hunt to find the UK’s best professional cupcake bakerlPremixes & improversThe latest ingredients and mixes on themarket to boost your productionlDepositors & extrudersWhether you’re making pies, tarts or other confectionery, we examine the options available
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Bank revalues Sunfresh business by another £70k
The directors of Sunfresh Bakers Ltd were asked to stump up more to buy their business out of administration after a revaluation by their bank.According to documents from administrator MCR, directors Mark and Stephen Taylor purported to sell the Sunfresh bakery to a new company run by themselves Taylors ...
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Maple Leaf takes direct action on bagel brand
Maple Leaf Bakeries UK is to relaunch its New York Bakery Co brand in the autumn following news that its sales have dipped.It will fork out £3m to adver-tising agency JWT London to devise a campaign and new pack designs, which are due to be launched in October.Maple Leaf Bakeries ...
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Tate & Lyle adds texture
Tate & Lyle has launched a new starch, Resistamyl 140, which can be used in a number of applications such as bakery cream, custard or pastry cream. The starch has been designed to create texture in hot processed bakery creams, while delivering benefits such as forming a rich and cuttable ...
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Waitrose goes after ’great British bread’
Waitrose is set to launch a 13-strong range of crusty loaves, made with only English flour, in a bid to "make English bread great again".The introduction of the range follows the increased sales of "more traditional breads" across Great Britain, with sales of its own speciality breads up 8% on ...
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Qualification confusion as colleges plan ahead
Helen Gregory New bakery qualifications will not replace NVQs in September, as widely thought. Instead, bakery colleges have been told they will be able to run NVQs and the new IPQs (Improve Proficiency Qualifications) in tandem.
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Paterson Arran buttons up
Paterson Arran has launched a new snack product, Paterson’s Cookie Buttons. The 24g cookies are designed for inclusion in lunchboxes or eating on the go. Cookie Buttons will be available in three varieties: choc chip shortbread (2.7% saturated fat), double choc fruit (3.3%) and fruit and oat (1.6%). "The palm-oil ...
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Baker wins Pie Awards
Walkers Charnwood Bakery was awarded the Supreme Champion title for its pork, chicken and ham creation, at the British Pie Awards, held recently.Produced for Waitrose, the pie was awarded first place in the cold savoury category, before also being crowned Supreme Champion.Leicester-based Walkers Charnwood also won the Melton Mowbray Pork ...
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London baker causes stir on TV series
Maher & Sons Bakery is to feature in the new series of Mary Queen of Shops, to be broadcast from 7 June on BBC2.It is expected to make unmissable viewing, as national news-paper reports have suggested that retail guru Mary Portas and bakery owner Angela Maher did not see eye ...
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The British Baker Open Letter
British Pie Awards are a tremendous achievementI feel I must write to congratulate Stephen Hallam, Ian Hartland and their fellow members of the Melton Mowbray Pork Pie Association on the excellent organisation of the recent British Pie Awards, which took place on 19 May in the most beautiful and ...
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Make the most of your Craft Bakers’ Week
National Craft Bakers’ Week (NCBW) is just around the corner, so make sure you have all your point-of-sale (POS) and promotional materials at the ready, and posters up in your windows.Running from 7-12 June, the week looks set to boost the sales of craft bakeries across the country, and generate ...
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Community bakery plans pre-Christmas opening
A community bakery hopes to open its doors before Christmas, after raising thousands of pounds from local shareholders.Dunbar Community Bakery has negotiated an agreement in principle to lease a shop on Dunbar high street in East Lothian and convert it into a working bakery. The group has raised more than ...