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Promotion power
By Max Jenvey of Oxxygen Marketing Partnership, a strategic management agency that focuses on business and brand development within the bakery, foodservice and convenience sectors.Everyone seems in such a rush these days, but thankfully the majority of bakery customers still enjoy a well-earned rest and a sit-down with their favourite ...
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Seed pricing
Pine nuts: These have had one of the worst seasons on record. The reduced Chinese crop, together with the failure of supplemental Russian and Siberian material to make it across the border into China, combined to create a massive shortage in a season that saw exponential growth in the development ...
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The improved quality of UK harvested wheat and barley crops this year could have implications for UK supply and demand balance with potentially less availability for millers, according to the HGCA’s latest cereals report. However, this compares to a poor season in 2008 and the results should also be placed ...
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Ultimate see-through toaster
Last year, in our tireless efforts to bring you news of toaster innovation, we reported on one concept ’see-through’ toaster that was essentially two panes of heated glass. We scoffed then at the litany of design flaws, from the danger of burning your fingers to the impossibility of cleaning it. ...
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Warburtons revampWarburtons has been in talks with brand agencies ahead of an identity overhaul, according to marketingmagazine.co.uk. The brand is to refresh its identity and packaging, and will be the first major revamp in more than 10 years, it reported.McVitie’s sat fat cutUnited Biscuits has cut a further 50% saturated ...
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Sodium reductionMarket research expert Mintel has revealed that sodium reduction features in its 2010 global Consumer Packaged Goods predictions as "the next major health movement". Mintel director of trends and innovation David Jago said the difference with sodium reduction was that it is being "pushed by food companies and health ...
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Gallani to leave BCCCBarbara Gallani is to step down from her position as sector manager for the Biscuit, Cake, Chocolate and Confectionery Sector Group and take up a new role. From January 2010, she will be the new director of Food Safety and Science at the Food and Drink Federation.Greggs ...
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Big supply dealDistribution company JJ Food Service has struck a multi-million pound deal, which will see it supply ambient, chilled and frozen products to Cooks the Bakery stores across the UK. The open-ended contract, worth £4m per year, covers 72 Cooks stores, previously supplied by 3663.Muntons’ investmentMuntons Malted Ingredients has ...
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Wild White winner
It may be the current tagline for a certain brand of crisps, but the words ’simple is better’ could just as aptly be applied to Hobbs House Bakery’s prize winning loaf at the Baking Industry Awards 2009. Established in 1920, family firm Hobbs House has long been in the business ...
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In my world
Tom Herbert is a fifth-generation baker and director of Hobbs House Bakery, a multi-award-winning craft bakery, based in GloucestershireWell, we’ve nurtured our sourdough for a long, long, time. It was already very old when we started using it 25 years ago and it has risen the dough of some of ...
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Ginsters uses technology to bring bakery to classroom
Students studying the Diploma in Manufacturing and Product Design (MPD) can now gain access to Ginsters’ Callington Bakery without leaving their classroom, thanks to online video conferencing technology.
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Sandwich chain Henry Healy’s shops for sale
Glasgow-based sandwich chain Henry Healy’s five former shops are now up for sale after the business went into liquidation in October.
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NewsStarbucks opens first new-look store
Starbucks has opened its first “bespoke” store in Conduit Street, London, as part of a strategy to roll out locally-inspired coffee shops across the UK.
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Ainsleys forced to call in administrators
Craft bakery chain Ainsleys of Leeds has been forced to call in administrators after attempts to find a buyer for the struggling business failed.The 29-shop family bakery firm employs 263 full and part-time staff, and approximately 30 temporary agency workers across its shops, the bakery in Sheepscar, Leeds and its ...
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NewsThe Big Bakery Debate
Consultation meeting with the Food Standards Agency (FSA) over saturated fat and calorie reduction in baked goods
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Big Bakery Debate consultation document now online
The Big Bakery Debate has now taken place and the consultation document, which has been sent to the Food Standards Agency (FSA), is now available to download as a free white paper on the bakeryinfo.co.uk.
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High-carb low-fat diets could improve mood
A high-carbohydrate, low-fat diet could improve your psychological state, according to research recently published in the Archives of Internal Medicine journal. The study also revealed no difference in weight loss when compared with a high fat, low carb diet, similar to the Atkins diet.The study was carried out on 106 ...
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NewsStarbucks opens first new-look store
Starbucks has opened its first “bespoke” store in Conduit Street, London, as part of a strategy to roll-out locally-inspired coffee shops across the UK.The coffee chain announced in September this year its aims to focus more on “local relevance and environmental responsibility”. The look of the outlet has been created ...
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Northern Foods’ major plant investment leads to job losses
Northern Foods has announced it is to plough £26.5 million into its Fox’s Biscuits brand in an investment that could see new automated technology replace hundreds of jobs.In order to “ensure it has the most appropriate biscuit facilities to remain competitive”, Northern Foods will introduce automated technology at its Batley, ...
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Northern Foods’ major plant investment leads to job losses
Northern Foods has announced it is to plough £26.5m into its Fox’s Biscuits brand in an investment that could see new automated technology replace hundreds of jobs.