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Warrens’ staff gain on-the-job NVQs
Warrens Bakery staff have become the first to get a new-style qualification without spending time in the classroom, doing coursework, or exams.Forty-two of the Cornish company’s store managers and assistant managers have just finished an NVQ Level 2 course in Food Manufacture Retail and Service Support Skills, with assessment based ...
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Richemont Club competition winners announced
The winners of this year’s Richemont Club of Great Britain competition have been announced, following judging at Bakers’ Fair in Manchester over the weekend.
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FSA launches major consumer campaign on salt
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has kicked off a massive campaign to educate consumers about the ‘hidden salt’ in foods such as bread, sandwiches and pizza.
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Finsbury Foods announces new CEO
Martin Lightbody has stepped down as chief executive of Finsbury Foods, with immediate effect, as the Group announces an improved second-half performance in its full-year results. Lightbody will be replaced by chief operating officer John Duffy and will assume the position of non-executive chairman following the firm’s Annual General Meeting on 25 November.
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Finsbury Foods announces new CEO
Martin Lightbody has stepped down as chief executive of Finsbury Foods, with immediate effect, as the Group announces an improved second half performance in its full-year results.Lightbody will be replaced by chief operating officer John Duffy and will assume the position of non-executive chairman following the firm’s Annual General Meeting ...
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Aryzta reveals falling revenue in Food Europe
Aryzta revealed its UK and Irish business has been hit the hardest by the recession, as the Switzerland-based firm announced revenue losses in its Food Europe division.In a statement announcing its full year results for the year ended 31 July 2009, the firm, which focuses primarily on speciality bakery, revealed ...
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Waitrose to ramp up convenience bakery offering
An increasing number of Waitrose bakery products look set to hit the market as the supermarket announced plans to increase its presence in the UK convenience market.
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CASH hits out at salt in free-from bakery
Consensus on Salt and Health (CASH) has hit out at supermarket free-from products, which it claims contain a much higher salt content than their standard alternatives.Research carried out by CASH analysed the contents of 71 supermarket own-label products in ‘free-from’ ranges (gluten, wheat or dairy-free), and compared them to the ...
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Waitrose to ramp up convenience bakery offering
An increasing number of Waitrose bakery products look set to hit the market as the supermarket announces plans to increase its presence in the UK convenience market.Through a development of new formats and channels, Waitrose aims to make its stores “accessible to more customers”. It plans to ramp up its ...
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FSA warns of fraudulent inspectors
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has put out a warning to operators of food businesses, to be aware of fraudsters that visit food business premises claiming they are from the FSA.The fraudsters claim they need to carry out an inspection and then extract substantial amounts of money as a fixed ...
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FSA warns of fraudulent inspectors
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has put out a warning to operators of food businesses, to be aware of fraudsters that visit food business premises claiming they are from the FSA.
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Aryzta reveals falling revenue in Food Europe
Aryzta revealed its UK and Irish business has been hit the hardest by the recession, as the Switzerland-based firm announced revenue losses in its Food Europe division.
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NewsNational Cupcake Week star part 1
Forget the world’s biggest cupcake, Sayers and Hampsons devised the world’s smallest cupcakes or so they claimed. A Guinness Book of Records entry has never actually been recorded. The cake measured only 3cm in height and was 1.5cm in diameter.
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NewsNational Cupcake Week star part 2
It’s not often that British Baker gets picked up by political bloggers. It turns out that the humble cupcake is all that’s needed to make the link. These colourful Tory-themed cupcakes were posted last week on a Conservative blog www.torybear.com, with the following caption: "There is only one way to ...
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Fit for purpose: Part 3 - the customer journey
There is a simple rule in retail design that, for many years, has been a bit of a design myth: it’s the so-called Right Hand rule. Several food retailers have adopted this rule as the starting point of creating a successful customer journey and it is as simple as it ...
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Brands given added bite
Finsbury Food Group plans to extend its share of the snacking cake category by extending the Toffee Crisp and Munchies confectionery brands.It has launched new Nestlé Toffee Crisp and Munchies Mini Bites in Tesco and Morrisons and plans to further extend distribution. Toffee Crisp Mini Bites are a crispy cereal ...
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Waitrose agrees deal to sign up Duchy Originals
Waitrose has joined forces in a new agreement with Duchy Originals that will give the supermarket the exclusive right to originate, manufacture, distribute and sell Duchy products.Waitrose aims to more than double the current range of 200 products to around 500, and will pay a royalty to Duchy Originals on ...
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James Allan grows retail estate with East End deal
Torrance-based James Allan Bakers has acquired all bar one of East End Bakery’s retail estate as part of the continued expansion of the Scottish firm. Five out of East End’s six shops were purchased for an undisclosed sum as the Inverclyde-based business was reportedly on the verge of going into ...
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Appointments
Sarah MorrisGiles FoodsThe new national sales executive at chilled and frozen bakery products manufacturer Giles Foods is Sarah Morris, who has worked in the food industry for most of her career.In her new role, Morris will be responsible for looking after customers and developing the company’s business with wholesale distributors, ...
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In the BB archives
One of our friends in the South of Scotland has sent us an announcement of a novel fashion of advertising his bread. He announces to his customers and all others who wish to give his batch bread a trial feeling confident that his bread has no equal in the ...