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UK bread prices stay low in world rankings
The UK remains one of the cheapest countries in the world to buy bread, with prices in London and Manchester on a par with those in Lagos, Nigeria and Bangkok, Thailand.
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UK bread prices stay low in world rankings
The UK remains one of the cheapest countries in the world to buy bread, with prices in London and Manchester on a par with those in Lagos, Nigeria and Bangkok, Thailand.According to the latest figures from the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), just released exclusively to British Baker, London was 84th ...
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Say it with a cake
Forget Subway’s "We’ve got a Sub for that" and McDonald’s "There’s a McDonald’s for everyone" marketing campaigns, currently doing the rounds. Everyone knows it’s the cake baker that has the monopoly on product personalisation no matter how lunatic the customer request. The beauty of this cake lies in imagining ...
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A cake too far?
For last-minute Halloween inspiration, see a great top 10 list of horror cakes here tinyurl.com/yjacvon with recipes and guides. (The ’Kitty Litter Cake’, however, may be taking things too far!)
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Which? research supports calls for salt reduction
Consumer watchdog Which? said its recent consumer taste test of wholemeal bread showed it was possible to cut salt levels in bread and still deliver good flavour and texture.In research carried out by Which? Magazine, 187 testers tasted 561 slices of branded and supermarket own-label wholemeal bread. Hovis and Kingsmill ...
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Challenging fluctuations on cocoa and sugar prices
Cake and biscuit manufacturers are having to contend with wildly fluctuating sugar and cocoa prices, with little sign that the situation will stabilise in the coming year.Cocoa prices reached a 29-year high of $3,143/tonne last month 17% higher than a year ago and 62% higher than two years ago ...
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Dip, coat or drizzle
KeyChoc has launched new processing machines, designed to appeal to bakers and patissiers.Made from food-grade stainless steel, the machines are suitable for dipping items in chocolate, drizzling chocolate on to cakes or patisserie and coating tray-bakes. The new MM series includes the KeyChoc MM08 Moulding Machine, a table-top-sized processor, capable ...
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Concept success
For long-established bakery chains, the idea of trying something new may seem like risky business, as existing customers will be used to particular products and price points. However, a number of bakery businesses, interested in introducing different and perhaps more premium lines, have come up with new shops ...
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Spice rack: Cumin
Cumin is a spice that is used in many countries around the world, but in particular in India, The Middle East, North Africa and Mexico. It is also added to some European cheeses.It is used either as a seed or ground and is said to be the second most popular ...
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Stiletto cuts to free-from
Mrs Crimble’s free-from range has been refreshed to offer a wider range for consumers and to create a more uniform brand identity. Owned by Stiletto Foods, the free-from foods brand now includes light cheese crackers in Rosemary and Onion, Sun-dried Tomato and Pesto and Original Cheese flavours, as well as ...
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Speedibake’s fresh deal
Norbert Dentressangle, which took over Christian Salvesen in 2007, has been awarded a two-year temperature-controlled storage and distribution contract with baked goods manufacturer Speedibake. Part of Associated British Foods, Speedibake is one of the leading producers of own-brand bakery products for the UK retail and foodservice sector. With turnover of ...
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Delice moves to gluten-free
Delice de France has worked with Fayrefield FoodTech to develop a gluten-free bakery range. Delice said it has seen the category develop, to include not just coeliacs, but consumers who choose to eat gluten-free, due to other health benefits.The range consists of sandwich bread and blueberry and chocolate chip muffins, ...
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Dried fruit pricing
Coconut: It is generally thought there is potentially less of a price downside on coconuts than a larger upside. Demand is also thought to increase as prices, helped by the weaker dollar, have improved.Raisins: The new Californian crop will be about 10% less than last year. In Turkey, post-harvest suggests ...
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Reporting in Education opportunity
For such a successful and progressive industry, we experience surprising difficulties in connecting up with the education sector to sell careers in baking. Among teachers, pupils and parents, the level of knowledge about what we offer in careers is abysmal. A great deal more work needs to be done but ...
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Iba extends large welcome
It was back in the 1960s when Roger Daltrey of The Who first belted out the classic "I can see for miles". It’s the sort of song that pops into your head walking round Iba, the world’s biggest bakery show.And why is it that, in the one place you’d really ...
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Fine Lady sets its sights on the north
Fine Lady Bakeries has announced plans to build a £20m bakery in Newton Heath, east Manchester.Planning permission has been submitted for the site, which would become Fine Lady’s northern base.Joe Street, managing director of the Banbury-based company, said the east Manchester location would offer excellent transport links both north and ...
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Is the FSA ’full of it’?
Salt is yet again top of the agenda at the Food Standards Agency (FSA), with bakers seemingly obliged to stand in a continual firing line. Its new campaign encourages shoppers to look at the labels of foods, such as bread, sandwiches and pizza, and buy those with the lowest salt ...
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Homing in on the harvest
It is the time of year when new wheat crop opportunities present themselves and bakers can benefit from the adroit use of knowledge of the new harvest to achieve effective cost savings on flour and other cereal prices.VolumesEarly estimates indicate a volume of up to 15 million tonnes (mt) for ...
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Mama’s plans for winter
National Cupcake Week’s overall recipe champion Mama’s Cupcakes has launched a new winter range, including its competition-winning Black Forest variety a chocolate sponge laced with kirsch and glacé cherries.Also in the range is My Christmas Cupcake a fruit cake with sherry-soaked fruit, nuts and cherries, topped with marzipan, ...
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Mouthing off
"I missed the Mumsnet question about biscuits: the answer is absolutely anything with a bit of chocolate on it, but trying very hard to cut down"PM Gordon Brown finally caves in by issuing a statement on Twitter after failing to answer the burning question of our times, ’what is your ...