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Bakels hot cross buns
This uses Baktem Blue (used at 20% on flour weight) for fermented buns, a ready-to-use crossing mix and a ready-to-use bun glaze. Baktem Spiced Bun Concentrate, a ready-spiced mix (25% on flour weight), is also available.Ingredients kgFlour4.000Baktem Blue 20%0.800Yeast0.200Water2.240Currants1.000Sultanas1.000Peel (if required)0.038Bun spice flavour0.035Total9.3131. Mix all ingredients together (conventional mixer: 15 ...
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Bakers and retailers see positive festive sales
Consumers appear to have dug deep into their pockets this Christmas, with the industry reporting sales holding up well over the festive period compared with the previous year.Craft baker John Smith, with two shops near Aberdeen, told British Baker: "Christmas trading was very good ahead of last year. The ...
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Northern Foods sees ‘good growth’ in bakery
Northern Foods has announced a solid Christmas trading performance, with “good growth” in its Bakery and Chilled divisions.
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Supplier seeks fruitful return from bakery
Dried food supplier Community Foods is looking to increase its foothold in the bakery ingre-dients market with the appointment of a new managing director and the installation of a new fruit-soaking line. Martin Rome, formally of Whitworth’s, recently took up the position of MD and was joined by another former ...
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Bidwells highlights gap for ’local’ bread in capital
Supplies of local and regional bread cannot keep pace with demand in London due to the lack of an effective distribution network, according to a new report, which recommends setting up a regional hub to tackle the problem.Outside caterers, gastropubs, work canteens and coffee shops ranked bread as the number ...
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Greggs pips Subway to mantle of biggest retailer
Greggs held on to its position as the country’s largest bakery retailer by the narrowest margin in British Baker’s expanded BB75 league table for 2010.The chain currently has 1,419 UK shops, just 10 more than sandwich chain Subway. The latter opened 125 sites last year, closing the 119 store gap ...
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Bread sales boosted as snow blights Britain
Bread sales spiked in the past two weeks as snow covered the UK and the population stocked up on loaves amid media reports of panic-buying.A spokesman for Sainsbury’s said sales of bread were up 15% in the first three days of January’s snowfall. Tesco’s bread supplier similarly noted a rise ...
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Scottish company bucks downturn
Lees Foods has defied the recession and announced record sales in 2009, up 13% on 2008. The parent company of Lees of Scotland and Waverley Bakery saw sales from continuing operations hit £18.2m for the year to December 2009, compared to £16.1m for the comparable 2008 period.In its trading update, ...
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Fit for purpose: Style can’t be everything
Richard Hamilton of HamiltonBIG, a creative retail and brand consultancy, reflects on style and substance in shop designThe look of the store obviously needs to reflect your own personal ambitions and being guided by a store designer is certainly of benefit. But of course I would say that. To ...
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Caught in the Web
Jesus appears on a naan bread (again)... http://bit.ly/5HEwH4 Yet more geeky Star Wars cake creativity... http://bit.ly/8IS04K How do you make a cake worthy of Elvis’ 75th birthday (he’s still alive, you know)? http://bit.ly/8B2Qk7 Can you really sell a cupcake for $10,000? Er, no... http://bit.ly/8431Vi Why ...
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Chappell’s collapses in run-up to Christmas
Melton Mowbray pork pie company Chappell’s Fine Foods has gone into liquidation just six months after it was taken over by a new owner with ambitious plans to expand sales.The factory in Wigston, Leicester, closed suddenly before Christmas, leaving its 12 employees out of work and its customers frantically searching ...
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Heinz feeds need for choice
Heinz Foodservice is to offer Heinz SqueezMe! sauce pods in a variety pack from February. The 80-pod pack will be made up of five different sauces 20 Heinz Mayonnaise, 20 Heinz Garlic Mayo, 20 Heinz Tartare, 10 HP Brown and 10 HP BBQ.Tal Drori, brand manager for Heinz Foodservice, ...
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Country-of-origin labelling creates confusion
New research commissioned by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has revealed that there is a low level of consumer engagement with, and understanding of, country-of-origin labelling (COOL).
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CSM cupcakes
This recipe combines CSM’s Craigmillar-branded Extra Moist Cake and Crembel Lemon Fudge Icing.Easter Cupcake baseDeposit Craigmillar Extra Moist Cake Mix in Plain or Choc into a cupcake tray lined with paper cases. Bake at 190°C for approx 12-15 minutes.ToppingOnce cool top with melted Craigmillar Natural Colour & Flavour Lemon Fudge ...
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Macphie cupcakes
These premium Easter-themed cakes use Macphie’s Genoese Mix and 5th Avenue icing and offer a high profit margin.ToppingSugar and chocolate sprinkles1. Mix 500g Chocolate Genoese Mix and 70g margarine for 1 minute on a slow speed. 2. Add 200g water and mix for 1 minute on slow speed, scrape down, ...
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Dried fruit pricing
Coconut: Prices remain at reasonable levels. Given the general bullishness across the market and with coconut in increasing demand across a variety of applications, pricing is more likely to rise than to fall.Raisins: Prices should have weakened further than they have, yet origin sellers remain cautious in the hope that ...
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An eye towards Easter
You don’t have to wait until September’s National Cupcake Week to capitalise on the cupcake craze, which shows no signs of slowing. In fact, cupcakes saw sales volume growth of 13.7% and average prices per pack increasing by 7.2% (TNS Superpanel, 52 w/e 4 October 2009). "There is still potential ...
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In the market for... Long Fermented Sourdough
Sourdough is typical of artisanal baking: the art of encouraging wild yeast cultures to ferment just at the right time and for so long you could probably read War and Peace. I have worked with many bakers who are so proud to boast of starters that have been in the ...
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Wenzel’s trials kiosk format in tube station
London chain Wenzel’s has opened a trial kiosk outlet at London’s Baker Street station this week as it explores new routes to market. The 600sq ft outlet, which opened on 14 January, sells a range of food-to-go items and is open from 6am to 9pm, seven days a week.The 16-shop ...
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Kingsmill taps into taste for oats
Kingsmill has spotted a gap in the market and filled it with a new smooth loaf, baked with oats and wheat, branded Oatilicious. The firm said it has looked to what’s popular within the breakfast cereal market and has applied it to bread. "Oat-led products, combining the goodness of wholegrain ...