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Tunnocks invests in efficiency
Scottish-firm Tunnocks has invested £4m in new machinery to improve efficiency at its Uddingston site, which produces caramel wafers and teacakes.
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Don’t delay, enter BIA today!
Make sure you get your entries in for the Baking Industry Awards before the 7 May deadline. The Awards, now in their 23rd year, celebrate the very best of the British baking industry, and are attended by key players from across the industry.
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Pipers signs pie deal at Lord’s
Devon-based Pipers Farm has signed a deal potentially worth £20,000 to supply a range of bespoke pies to Lord’s Cricket Ground.
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Starbucks and Arla in coffee drink partnership
Starbucks has teamed up with dairy company Arla Foods to launch two new coffee drinks in the UK. Starbucks Discoveries chilled coffees and Starbucks Doubleshot Espresso & Milk are ready-to-drink coffee ranges which will be available in all Starbucks outlets from May. Arla Foods signed a licensing agreement with Starbucks ...
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Organic bakery sales fall
Sales of organic bread and bakery items have plummeted during the recession, according to the latest Organic Market Report.Published today, by the Soil Association, the report revealed that bakery has been one of the hardest hit categories with sales down 39.8% during 2009. Organic biscuit sales fell by 19%.Looking forward ...
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Belvita biscuit hits breakfast market
Capital FM radio presenters Johnny Vaughan and Lisa Snowdon are fronting a new £3m marketing campaign to promote Kraft’s new Belvita Breakfast brand - a range of biscuits targeting the breakfast market. Claimed to be the only breakfast biscuits in the UK, Belvita biscuits are made with whole grains and ...
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Belvita biscuit hits breakfast market
Capital FM radio presenters Johnny Vaughan and Lisa Snowdon are fronting a new £3m marketing campaign to promote Kraft’s new Belvita Breakfast brand – a range of biscuits targeting the breakfast market.
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Pipers signs pie deal at Lord’s
Devon-based Pipers Farm has signed a deal potentially worth £20,000 to supply a range of bespoke pies to Lord’s Cricket Ground.The pies, which retail for £4.95 each, are made from scratch in the company’s Cullompton kitchen with meat from local farms that has been hung to improve flavour and texture.Available ...
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Uniq ups food-to-go sales
Convenience food group Uniq has announced its first quarter group sales were up 4.2%, compared to the first three months of 2009.Its food-to-go sales, which include its sandwiches wraps and deli-fillers business, increased 12.5%, which the firm said reflected its business wins in 2009, which included £15m worth of new ...
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Uniq ups food-to-go sales
Convenience food group Uniq has announced its first quarter group sales were up 4.2%, compared to the first three months of 2009.
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Local stores fall down on quality and choice
Bread is one of the most commonly bought items from local stores, but shoppers are often disappointed with the shops’ quality and choice, according to a new report from YouGov SixthSense.
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Starbucks and Arla in coffee drink partnership
Starbucks has teamed up with dairy company Arla Foods to launch two new coffee drinks in the UK.
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Organic bakery sales fall
Sales of organic bread and bakery items have plummeted during the recession, according to the latest Organic Market Report.
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9 September, 1938: A weighty sack
One of the features of the Baking Exhibition is the fact that bakers from all over the world congregate there. The British Baker stand seems to be the meeting place of all the interesting folk in the bakery world, and it is well for those of us who have to ...
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Hovis spends £2m on breakfast promotion
Hovis hopes to persuade more people to have toast for breakfast, by reminding them of the health benefits of Hovis Wholemeal.Its new £2m campaign will communicate healthy and filling breakfast ideas, with new brand ambassador, Olympic cyclist Victoria Pendleton, fronting the promotion.Hovis marketing director Jon Goldstone said: "People asso-ciate a ...
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Next issue 23 April
lBakers’ ReviewAll the latest regulatory guidance and vital trade updates from the National Associationof Master BakerslWhat Makes a Winner?Georgi Gyton visits Glastonbury-based Burns the Bread to find out why they were worthy winners of the Customer Focus Award at BIA ’09lSmoothies & JuicesWith consumers on the look-out for healthyoptions, how ...
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Scottish bakery invests £500k in modern site
Highland-based Nevis Bakery has more than doubled capacity after investing £500,000 in a move to larger premises, enabling it to meet growing demand for its premium biscuits, shortbread and loaf cakes.The Fort William-based bakery has two shops and supplies wholesalers and small supermarket groups. It moved to a modern 11,400sq ...
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Reporting in Rising above its station
Kirk HunterChief executive, Scottish Association of Master BakersScottish bakers have been reaching for the blood pressure tablets lately. The reason? An ill-tempered outburst by Sunday Times food journalist Allan Brown (28 March) against Scotland’s much-loved Scotch Pie.Brown doesn’t care that bakers have worked hard over many years to raise standards ...
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Country Fresh aims for bakery arm expansion
Fresh produce supplier Country Fresh is looking to build up its new bakery arm into a £1m operation in the next two years.The business based in Dereham, Norfolk, recently set up its own on-site organic bakery at its head office in Hockering, with the intention to supply all its own ...
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Dean’s pursues ambitious targets
Aberdeenshire shortbread and biscuit producer Dean’s is seeking to increase its turnover by £3m to £10m by 2012, following a re-launch of its core biscuit range this spring.The firm, based in Huntly, is hoping to grow its customer base both within the UK and internationally, and has a number of ...