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Love Coffee is launched
New coffee chain Love Coffee is stepping into the gap left by BB’s Coffee & Muffins, with a goal for 25 outlets by the end of the year.
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Jobs saved as Sunfresh sells
Jobs at Sunfresh Bakers are safe, after bosses bought the business out of administration.Directors Stephen and Mark Taylor bought its assets and goodwill, safeguarding 140 jobs, and will now trade as Taylors the Bakers.
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Tree House Bakery slammed by HSE
The Tree House Bakery set up in Solihull, West Midlands, which has proved a major attraction for adults and kids, has been slammed a ‘dangerous’ by health and safety officials, and threatened with closure.
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Bakery sales growth for Northern Foods
Bakery and sandwiches are among the top three performing categories for Northern Foods, which announced group like-for-like sales were up 1% on last year.
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Greenfield to leave Jackson’s Bakery
Stephen Greenfield is to leave Jackson’s Bakery in April, having already handed over the role of MD to his successor James Watson, announced William Jackson Food Group.Greenfield has been managing director of Jackson’s for the past nine years, in which time the company has seen a number of major investments ...
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Bakery sales growth for Northern Foods
Bakery and sandwiches are among the top three performing categories for Northern Foods, which announced group like-for-like sales were up 1% on last year.In its interim statement for the 14 weeks to 3 April 2010, the firm said trading was strong within its Chilled division, with new sandwich business secured ...
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Warburtons buys North East Bakery site
Warburtons has announced the purchase of North East Bakery’s former site in Newburn, after the retail and wholesale business went in administration in December last year.Joint administrators, Ian Green, partner and Mark Loftus, director of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP had been looking to sell the business and assets of the company, comprising ...
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The search is still on for BBC One bakery family
TV production company Wall to Wall is still on the look out for a baker and their family to take part in a new programme, labelled a “living history experience” for BBC One. Wall to Wall, the makers of Edwardian Country House, Who Do You Think You Are? and New ...
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FSA reveals sat fat plans
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has unveiled the first raft of its recommendations for reducing saturated fat and added sugar in bakery products, following its consultation last summer.It is encouraging the food industry to reduce saturated fat in biscuits, cakes and buns, as well as increase the availability of smaller ...
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Greenfield to leave Jackson’s Bakery
Stephen Greenfield is to leave Jackson’s Bakery in April, having already handed over the role of MD to his successor James Watson, announced William Jackson Food Group.
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Warburtons buys North East Bakery site
Warburtons has announced the purchase of North East Bakery’s former site in Newburn, after the retail and wholesale business went into administration in December last year.
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FSA reveals sat fat plans
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has unveiled the first raft of its recommendations for reducing saturated fat and added sugar in bakery products, following its consultation last summer.
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The search is still on for BBC One bakery family
TV production company Wall to Wall is still on the look out for a baker and their family to take part in a new programme, labelled a “living history experience” for BBC One.
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Popina Book of Baking by Isidora Popovic´ Ryland Peters & Small, £16.99
Isidora Popovic´ ’s debut baking book arrives complete with a front cover endorsement from none other Liz Hurley. But don’t let that put you off. The Serbian-born Popovic´ is the baker behind the niche Popina brand. Established as a market stall 10 years ago, it has since been sold ...
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19 July, 1940: War leads to messy cakes
It will be an offence, after 5 August, 1940, to place sugar on the exterior of any cake, biscuit, bun, pastry, scone, bread, roll or similar article, after baking. It will not be permitted to sell or to buy any confectionery of this kind. In an instruction to trade associations, ...
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GreenPalm raises $4m
Over $4m has been raised so far from the sale of GreenPalm certificates, since the start of the scheme 18 months ago, and there are plans for a European roll-out.The $4m figure equates to the sale of 460,000 certificates, said Bob Norman, general manager of Book&Claim, which operates the ...
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Next issue 9 April
lBaking Industry ExhibitionWe report on the exciting launches found at the UK’s premier bakery exhibition and Food & Drink WorldlFlavouringsHow can you add a bit of zing to your offer? Flavour suppliers give us the lowdownlThe Big InterviewIan Toal, MD of bakery giant Delice de France, on how the company ...
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Bakers join abolition call on upward-only rents
Bakery retailers are showing their support for criticism of upward-only rent reviews, with calls for the practice to be abolished in the UK.The Irish government banned upward-only rent reviews in all new retail leases last month, while the British Retail Consortium (BRC) in the UK is currently gathering evidence from ...
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Aldi boost for Welsh bakery
Cae Groes Bakery in North Wales hopes to double its turn-over as business with super-market chain Aldi takes off.The bakery, which makes bread, morning goods and cakes, has been supplying Aldi for 18 months and won a new contract to supply cakes to the supermarket in autumn 2009. It now ...
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American take on cakes
The Handmade Cake Company has developed its traybakes range with four new or improved offerings all with a North American influence. Now available are Rocky Road, Chocolate Pecan Brownie, Lemon Drizzle and Granola varieties. The traybakes are pre-portioned into 12 pieces and have a recommended retail price of £1.50-£1.90.The ...