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Mastering fleet tracking
Cheshire-based Roberts Bakery has been working with Masternaut to monitor and manage its 70-strong fleet, which delivers bread and pastry products across the UK. It will be using the latest satellite tracking technology Masternaut Three X’s vehicle tracking service, which provides real-time and recorded data, enabling Roberts to optimise ...
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Raven prepares to take flight from new location
Essex-based cake and dessert manufacturer Raven Patisserie has moved to a new purpose-built production site in Witham.The new premises have been designed to accommodate its "ambitious sales targets for its patisserie and bakery products", according to the firm.Operations director Daren McGrath said the business plans to achieve the growth through ...
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Freeze frame for pasties
West Cornwall Pasty Co has given its customers the chance to buy its pasties in a frozen format to take away and bake at home. The move comes on the back of customer requests to be able to purchase the pasties to eat when they want."For some time now, we ...
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A touch of Genius
By offering coeliacs something they’d struggled to buy before fresh gluten-free bread it’s not hard to see why Genius triumphed in The Innovation Award category, sponsored by Asda, at the Baking Industry Awards last year. The addition of this loaf to the supermarket shelves meant those requiring gluten-free ...
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Great white hope
Got your head around the difference between a latte and a cappuccino yet? No? Well, you’ve got a whole new coffee option to worry about now: the flat white.The flat white is the biggest coffee drink in Australia and New Zealand commonly cited as the centre of cutting-edge coffee ...
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Nut store: Hazelnuts
Also known as cobnuts and filberts, hazelnuts are grown in Europe and America. Inside the shell, the nuts are encased in a dark brown, slightly bitter skin. This is usually removed before it is used in cooking. Put them on a baking sheet in a medium oven for about 10 ...
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Mouthing off
"The girl told me, ’You don’t look over 21. I need to see some proof of age’. I told her I was certain the proof of age laws did not apply to quiche but she said, ’We have to be really strict now and this applies to quiche bought over ...
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Paris in the spring
From March 6-10, Europain will welcome hordes of craft bakers to its popular site at Parc des Expositions near Paris. It will fill almost four halls. And it is certainly not an exclusive craft show indeed, Hall 4 is given over to industrial bakery. But just as Iba leans ...
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Seed pricing
Pine nuts: Pine nut prices have remained at incredibly high levels since the last report with a growing sense of further supply issues as the season progresses. With a weaker sterling, dwindling supply and a strong demand for seeds overall, it is difficult to see where any respite can come ...
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Date set for BIABritish Baker is pleased to announce that the Baking Industry Awards will take place on Wednesday 8 September at the Park Lane Hilton, London. For companies interested in supporting the event, please contact 01293 846595. For information on past awards, see www.bakeryawards.co.uk.Grocery code arrivesThe new Groceries Supply ...
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Europain approachesThe Europain exhibition takes place at Parc des Expositions near Paris, on March 6-10. The largest hall is aimed at craft bakers, but the show is also targeted at industrial bakers as well as confectioners, chocolatiers and patissiers. Adults and students will take part in competitions and there will ...
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Fifteen backs learningTo mark National Apprenticeship Week (1-5 February), the head baker at Jamie Oliver’s Fifteen restaurant in London has teamed up with the Real Bread Campaign (RBC) to highlight the importance of bakery apprenticeships. Kenny Rankin shared his knowledge of artisan bakery with RBC’s project officer Chris Young. He ...
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Pork Farms gets GistLogistics company Gist has been awarded a contract by bakery manufacturer Pork Farms. Gist now collects from three UK sites Market Drayton, Shaftesbury and Nottingham equating to around 2.5 million trays a year.Top of Mind firmsTop food executives are more optimistic about the economic health ...
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In my world
I have long since lost count of how many articles I’ve read, or presentations attended, over the past 24 months concerning skills levels within the baking industry. The message has always been fairly clear and consistent: the number of people who have core and practical baking knowledge are becoming few ...
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Pembrokeshire to rival Cornwall on pasties
A new firm – The Pembrokeshire Pasty & Pie Co – has announced plans to open outlets nationwide, in a bid to challenge the Cornish pasty with its own Pembrokeshire variant. The first outlet will open in Tenby on 1 March, and will be followed by another in central ...
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Ginsters enforces local ingredients message with giant scarecrow
Savoury pastry brand Ginsters has launched a new national television campaign for 2010, as part of its £3.5 million media spend this year.
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Cakes For Haiti fundraiser launched
A cake designer from Surrey has organised a fundraising event – Cakes For Haiti – in order to raise money for the country following the earthquake last month.
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Consumer ‘dismay’ on foreign eggs
Bakery manufacturers using imported eggs in their products could be risking their reputation after new research found consumers were “dismayed” to discover foreign eggs are regularly used in British-made food.
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Hovis’ £5m drive for British wheat
Hovis has launched a £5m television advertising campaign to support its move to using 100% British wheat in its loaves last month.
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Country Style Foods buys Ainsleys’ central bakery
Buyers have been found for the vast majority of Leeds-based Ainsleys, which went into administration in November, with Country Style Foods acquiring the company’s central bakery and brand.