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Starbucks to develop local stores
Starbucks is to give its UK stores a facelift in a bid to make them more local and less global.The coffee shop chain is reviewing its approach to store design, and aims to put a bigger focus on "local relevance and environmental responsibility".Darcy Willson-Rymer, MD Starbucks UK and Ireland, said ...
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Dream machine for dishes
Winterhalter has launched a new series of warewashers, which have been designed around caterers and retailers’ dream features. The UC Series combines under-counter dish and glasswashers and claims to produce better results with lower running costs.Winterhalter commissioned research and built a website - my-dream-machine.biz - to compile feedback on what ...
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The end of a sticky situation?
As more bakeware hits the market offering claims of coatings that make greasing of tins wholly or partially redundant, is non-stick bakeware making release agents defunct for bakers? And if so, are there potential cost savings for bakers investing in non-stick bakeware compared to using release agents?Non-stick coatings range from ...
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Europastry on track for export growth
Spanish firm Europastry is to open a commercial subsidiary in the Netherlands to widen its distribution links in Europe.The new site will serve markets in Germany, Belgium and Northern Europe, to which it already distributes. The firm, which produces part-baked bread and frozen pastries, also has subsidiaries in Portugal and ...
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Warburtons grows Farmhouse Loaf range
Warburtons has added an 800g Brown Farmhouse Loaf to its range. The new loaf builds on the success of the firm’s White Farmhouse Loaf its 800g variant is the fifth best-selling bread SKU in the UK with sales growth of 34% versus last year (AC Nielsen, w/e 11.7.09). "The ...
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Fiendishly tempting treats
Premier Foods has launched its Halloween range, which includes a number of new products. Mr Kipling Fiendish Fancies are an orange and black version of the popular French Fancy, which sold well last year. Also available will be new cake bars from Cadbury Cinder Toffee ...
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Improve seeks views on qualification
A call has been put out to employers to give their views on a new bakery qualification being developed by food and drink sector skills council Improve.
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So you want to improve your offer?
As a bakery shop how many times have you wanted to change, improve or review your offer and didn’t have a clue where to start?The best place to begin is with what you are currently doing and, most importantly, getting right: look at what is selling well, with good margins ...
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Make more of malt
The UK baking industry faces mounting pressure to reduce costs. Pressure is coming from the consumer and the retailer, but equally importantly, pressure is coming from within its own organisation to ensure survival in these difficult times. Finding ways to reduce costs and make more profit are key drivers.PremiumisationIn developed ...
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Tubs showcase pastries
Sharp Interpack has launched a new range of bakery ’tubs’ or ’chests’. These have been designed specifically for products such as pastries, cookies and cakes and are available in four different depths: shallow, medium, semi-deep and super-deep. They are made from 60% recycled APET and offer ...
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Spice rack: Poppy Seeds
Poppy seeds are cultivated from Papaver Somniferum and are used to flavour breads, rolls, cakes and pastries in Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cookery. They have a nutty aroma and taste, particularly when roasted. Poppy seeds can be added to many recipes, either as an integral part of the recipe or ...
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Seed Pricing
Pinenuts: The market continues to go from bad to worse. There has been some respite over the past month when there were offers of Pakistani pinenuts, however many manufacturers find these more oily with generally a shorter shelf life than the Chinese. There is increasing demand for a product that ...
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Report:
The results of a study recently published in the Nutrition Journal revealed that eating rye breakfasts can suppress the appetite during the period before lunch. The aim of the study, conducted by Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, was to investigate subjective appetite for the eight hours after a rye bread ...
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Cupcake contestFollowing last week’s successful first ever National Cupcake Week, don’t forget to send in your entries for British Baker’s cupcake window display competition. Winners of the best cupcake-themed display, to promote the week, will win the fantastic prize of two tickets to the prestigious Baking Industry Awards in 2010. ...
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Pret director tributesPret A Manger’s former commercial director Simon Hargraves has died from cancer. Tributes in Sandwich & Snack News spoke of his popularity in the office, his ability to make work a pleasurable experience and his high standards and intuition.Lion Eggs onlineBakers who want to source British Lion Egg ...
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Equipment from 1913The Beamish Museum is working on reconstructing a 1913 bakery and is trying to find old bakery equipment from 1900-1914 that might still be around. If you can help them out or have any equipment you could donate, please contact Kate Reeder on 0191 370 4009 or email ...
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M&S sandwich dealChilled and frozen food producer Uniq has awarded NFT a three-year contract to distribute sandwiches to Marks & Spencer. Uniq produces an average of 250,000 units a day, which NFT will deliver through its network. NFT is a provider of logistics solutions within the food retail and manufacturing ...
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The spell of spelt
Spelt bread, with its slightly nutty flavour, is rapidly winning consumer approval because of its perceived health properties.Spelt is a very old kind of flour, first produced around 5,000 BC. It survived into medieval times and much of its heritage was protected by millers and bakers in Eastern Germany and ...
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In my world
S-l-o-w-l-y, there are changes afoot in the baking world. And when I say s-l-o-w, that’s exactly what I mean. Ever since the Chorleywood process (or ’no time dough method’) was developed in 1961, bread-baking has been revolutionised, dramatically speeding up a process which had existed for millennia. Suddenly, a raft ...
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Wholegrain is good for your waistline?
The intake of higher levels of wholegrain and cereal fibre in older adults has been linked to lower total body fat, in a study by the American Society for Nutrition.