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Scottish bakeries create healthier Scotch pies
Scottish bakery companies McGhee’s and Pars Foods expect to sell half a million of their new reduced-fat Scotch pies in the next year, after launching the product at the Scottish Cup Final at Hampden Park stadium.The pies, which are branded McGhee’s ’Wi’oot the greeze’, are made with turkey instead of ...
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Mathiesons Foods buys up Scottish bakery firm
by Georgi Gyton Newly-formed bakery firm Mathiesons Foods Limited is already making plans to streamline operations at its three bakery production sites in Scotland.
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Funded Irish bakery folds
A Belfast bakery has closed down less than two years after moving to a new 16,000sq ft factory, which was part-funded with government money.Co Antrim-based Miller’s Bakery, which supplied retailers with speciality breads, was forced to close earlier this month with the loss of 42 jobs. In a statement, owners ...
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Greggs homes in on southern bakery site
Bakery retailer Greggs has revealed that it has found a piece of land which it believes is the right location for its planned new bakery in the south.Chief executive Ken McMeikan told British Baker that plans for a new bakery site in the Wiltshire area was on the agenda at ...
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TSOs to test salt levels in craft bakery breads
Trading Standards Officers (TSOs) will spearhead a project to test the salt levels of bread in craft bakeries across the UK and provide advice on how to reduce salt content in products.Working in conjunction with the NAMB, the Local Authorities Coordinators of Regulatory Services (LACORS) has secured funding from the ...
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How to get the most out of your bakery offer
By Max Jenvey of Oxxygen Marketing Partnership, a strategic management agency that works on brand development in the bakery, foodservice and convenience retail sectors More facts, insights and selling strategies in from Café+ Live included how to set up a successful food-to-go (FTG) offer. First of all, who ...
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Reporting in Beyond the election
Matthew Goodman,Policy representative, Forum of Private BusinessI’m glad that’s over! The election, I mean. Votes have been tallied, majorities calculated, negotiations completed and we have a new Government, and, as I write, the Cabinet ministers are being appointed as part of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition. When the dust has settled ...
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Maison Blanc strikes multiple deal
French boulangerie and patis-serie chain Maison Blanc has announced that it has won new business with Sainsbury’s.The company has just deve-loped a new dessert range for the supermarket, which will go into 350 stores under the brand name Maison Patisserie. It will be the first time the firm has supplied ...
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Brand clinic: Stale retail
Don Williams, CEO of brand specialist Pi Global, reckons that in both the US and the UK lessons on how to create excitement in retailing grocery brands need to be learnedI’m writing this from America and if there is one thing about this country that I love it is ...
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Commoditisation danger for gluten-free breads
A leading gluten-free bakery supplier has warned that the category could become commoditised if supermarkets continue to push their own-label products.Nutrition Point which owns DS (dietary specials) bread and Trufree snacks and biscuits believes gluten-free faces a similar predicament to mainstream bread 10 years ago, before value and ...
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Traditionals with a twist BROWNIES by Fiona Burrell
A traditional American recipe, brownies have caught on in a big way in the UK. With the arrival of coffee shops on every high street, brownies came too.Traditionally, the basic brownie had nuts in it, such as walnuts or pecans, but these can equally be substituted with fruit or pieces ...
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New rules on ID cards
ID cards can now be provided as proof of the right to work in the UK. Before an employee starts work, you must ask them for documentary evidence of their right to work in the UK. Employers who cannot prove that they have done this – for example, by keeping copies – risk a fine under the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.
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Cheap sarnies cause concern
Cheap and ’recession-busting’ sandwich ranges threaten to undermine consumer perceptions of quality and value for money in the category, according to a new report from the British Sandwich Association.The report found that while the UK market has grown by 3.6% in the last year to reach a value of over ...
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Walkers Charnwood crowned supreme pie champion
Walkers Charnwood Bakery walked away from Melton Mowbray with an armful of accolades, including Supreme Champion, at the British Pie Awards on Wednesday.
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Check your waste line
If you’ve used sales predictions and discounted food that’s nearing it’s sell-by date, but there’s still stacks of unsold sandwiches and cakes, then there’s only one thing for it: chuck it away.Most councils offer a paid-for commercial waste collection,while there are plenty of smaller disposal companies around, but food waste ...
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Is green your colour?
By its very nature, baking is an inefficient use of energy: baking requires the highest temperatures (200-240°C); bread is a low-density product (90% air); and the occupation ratio in an oven is generally very small.Then there is the energy required for the preheating of the oven, as well as extra ...
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Délifrance reveals results of company integration
Just over one year on from Délifrance’s acquisition of Le Pain Croustillant and Sofrapain from Premier Foods, the integration is now complete.Délifrance UK MD Ian Dobbie, told British Baker: "We have had good support and investment from parent company Nutrixo, which also owns Grand Moulins de Paris, Moul-bie, and other ...
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If your lease is due to expire there are several issues to be considered
Is the lease a ‘protected’ business lease? The law protects business leases on expiry of their term, unless the provisions are excluded in the lease. This is known as Security of Tenure.
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CSM mixes offer variety
Bakery ingredient specialist CSM United Kingdom has launched two new, improved Craigmillar Creme Cake Mixes, suitable for muffins, sheets and loaf cakes, so bakers can create variety from a single mix. The resilient crumb structure means cakes slice cleanly and inclusions are held evenly throughout the batter. Both mixes meet ...
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Dried fruit pricing
Raisins: With provisional prospects looking increasingly optimistic for both optimal Californian and Turkish new crops from August, raisin pricing over the next four to five months will be largely determined in California, by their ability or willingness to compete with Turkey.Sultanas: Recent weeks’ sales are some 30% lower than for ...