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Wheat quality up, but questions raised over supplies
The improved quality of harvested wheat 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.
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Wheat quality up but questions raised over supplies
The improved quality of harvested wheat 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.In the final Cereal Quality Survey of 2009, the HGCA revealed that British wheat and barley crops have been better ...
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Ainsleys is forced to call in administrators
Ainsleys of Leeds has been forced to call in the 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 van sales operation.
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Irwin’s boosts turnover by £1m
Northern Irish bakery Irwin’s has added £1m to its turnover in the past year, after launching smaller loaf sizes of its key brands.The company launched 400g and 600g versions of its Nutty Krust brand for the first time last year, followed by 400g Sandwich and Hi-Fibre loaves in April ...
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Impless acquires Irish arm of O’Briens chain
The Irish arm of the sandwich chain O’Briens has been bought out of liquidation by Impless, a newly formed subsidiary of Irish fast food group Abrakebabra Investments (AIL).The chain, which was put into examinership the equivalent to administration in the UK in July this year, was put into ...
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New categories added to Scotch Pie competition
The World Scotch Pie Cham-pionships have been revamped and several new categories added, in an effort to give bakers and butchers wider exposure.The 2010 awards, to be announced later this month, will see the reintroduction of the Sausage Roll Category, as well as the addition of five new Speciality Savoury ...
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BB’s retail estate shrinks following administration
The number of BB’s Coffee & Muffins stores in the UK is expected to nearly halve after going into administration last month, prompted by two years of trading losses.
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It’s a family affair
Some of the best-known bakery businesses in the UK have started, and continued, as a family business. Bakery retailer Greggs began life as a family venture, and Warburtons is still one. So what makes family-owned firms so special? A new study into the UK business sector, carried out by Warwick ...
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In the BB archives
A Welsh correspondent has sent us a menu in which the dishes are described in Welsh. We have many good friends in the Principality, but they have to condescend to write in English when they communicate with us. Passing the City Temple the other day, we observed an announcement in ...
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FSA plans out its second wave of attack on sat fats
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) will launch a second wave of saturated fat posters early in 2010, as part of a renewed campaign to reduce saturated fat intake, following a drive to target pastry earlier this summer."We intend to come back to saturated fat as a campaign probably in ...
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Snack attack!
We all talk about meal occasions, dashboard dining and grazing, but there is a huge opportunity to increase our daily sales by a third. Did you know that 30% of our customers visiting cafés, bakeries or convenience stores are looking to enjoy a snack in between meals? Our colleagues at ...
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L’Aquila tops off bakery
L’Aquila, an importer and distributor of Mediterranean vegetable ingredients, has launched a new range designed to fill or top lunchtime bakery snacks, including pizza, focaccia and sandwiches.These include: borlotti baked beans in a rich Italian-style tomato sauce; semi-dried spinach; chargrilled Italian aubergines and courgettes; Sicilian caponata; and Sicilian cherry tomato ...
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Holland’s brings out ’Best Ever’ range
Holland’s Pies has launched a ’Best Ever Authentic Recipe’ pies and puddings range, which is now available to retailers throughout the region. The range includes meat pies, potato and meat pies and steak & kidney pudding. The ’Best Ever’ range of frozen products now has deeper fillings and more chunks ...
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Spice rack: Black pepper
Peppercorns are the fruit of a flowering vine grown in South India. The peppercorns are harvested and dried before use. Different varieties available are green peppercorns, which are the immature fruits, white peppercorns, which are the centre of the peppercorn with the black husk removed and black peppercorns, which are ...
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Brand clinic: Can government hurt brands?
Brands are sensitive, delicate things even the most robust ones. Treat them inappropriately and without the care they need, and they’ll suffer. Remember Mr Kipling, when the packaging forgot about the brand? Remember Tropicana in the US recently, when a design disaster caused sales to plummet? Some memories might stretch ...
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Brits’ love for coffee shops continues
The UK’s love affair with coffee shops shows no sign of abating with the number of stores in the UK up 7% in 2009 more than double the rate of increase compared to last year. According to the Local Data Company, the number of coffee shops in the UK ...
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Cooplands reveals its bullish plans for growth
Cooplands (Doncaster) is aiming to double in size over the next five years under new chairman Chris Peck.
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Reporting in FSA salt campaign is unhelpful
Since the Food Standards Agency’s (FSA) salt reduction campaign began in 2004, the Federation of Bakers (FoB) has worked closely with the FSA to ensure all of its targets have been met across all bread. Since then, salt in bread has been reduced by more than 30%, with 180 tonnes ...
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My Career
How did you get into baking?My twin brother started a catering course, so I decided to do something different and chose a full-time two-year bakery course at Tameside College in the mid-1970s before going to Hollings College, where I did a technician certificate in bread and confectionery, and then finally ...
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Innovation centre opened
A food and drink innovation centre has launched in London, with bakers high up on the priority list for business support.The Park Royal Food Inno-vation Centre, at Dephna House in north-west London, offers free technical, business and marketing support to food and drink production SMEs in London. However, places are ...