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Sainsbury’s reaches 100% British flour target
Sainsbury’s 400 in-store bakeries are now using 100% British flour, sourced with the help of farming co-operative Camgrain, announced the supermarket.Following work with Camgrain on converting its flour, the switch has been completed a year ahead of Sainsbury’s target.Sainsbury’s claimed it is now the only supermarket to source ...
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Bakeries needed for BBC2 turnaround series
BBC2 series Mary Queen of Shops is on the look out for an independent high street bakery to feature in its third series.The popular television series features retail guru Mary Portas helping independent shops to make a success of their business.The third series is to focus on the ...
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NZ reviews folic acid fortification
Plans for mandatory fortification of bread with folic acid in New Zealand could be abandoned, after the government said it was taking advice on the issue.Bakers have lobbied hard against fortification, due to come into effect in September, since the country’s previous Labour government announced the plans in 2007. The ...
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ADM launches premium flour from Castleford
ADM Milling has launched a major new premium flour brand.Castleford is a 100% stone-ground wholemeal flour, made at ADM’s mill of the same name near Wakefield, West Yorkshire. ADM marketing manager Melanie Somerville told British Baker: "This is a significant launch for ADM. The new brand of flour uses only ...
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Basin aims for cleaner results
Mechline has launched a Polycarbonate WS1 Wash Hand Basin, to replace stainless steel wash hand basins, which has a lower carbon footprint. Made from high-grade polycarbonate ABS plastic, the basin is available in white and grey, is durable and has an optional splashback.SaniTru antimicrobial additive, embedded in the basin material ...
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Burning ambition for Star Wars fans
Stop The Week has had its share of toaster stories over the past year, but we feel it our duty to let you know about the latest must-have gadget for Star Wars fans - just in case there are any of you out there in the bakery world!Lucasfilm ...
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In the BB archives:
It is not uncommon practice for a family baker who runs short of bread to obtain some from a fellow-baker to tide him over in an emergency. An instance of this came to our notice a few days ago, and it was not necessary for the fact to be pointed ...
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Goswell’s bagel business heads north
The new owners of Goswell Bakeries’ bagel business have moved production from Canning Town to north London and are considering various options for growing the business, including developing new products and launching a branded range.AA Bakeries International, set up by Goswell’s former general manager Alan Weston with business partner Laquet ...
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Eco bags get Crazy style
Crazy Bags’ new range is being targeted at bakery retailers as an eco alternative to plastic carrier bags. The non-woven polypropy-lene tote bag is available in six colours - magenta, red, white, black, reflex blue and green - and is 100% recyclable. The firm says the bags are "the ideal ...
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Welbeck Bakehouse to commence production
Artisan bakery The Welbeck Bakehouse fired up its wood-burning oven for the first time last week, making a range of organic handmade sourdough breads and offering bakery courses.The new bakehouse is situated on the Welbeck Estate in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, which has a farm shop, café and gallery. It is ...
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Bakels extends concentrates
Ingredients supplier British Bakels has launched a new range of premium roll concentrates, designed to enable the production of a wide range of soft rolls, such as hamburger baps and finger rolls, while providing cost savings.The Baktem Super Roll Concentrate (5%) is in paste form, while Premium Roll Concentrate (5%) ...
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In my world - the craft baker
What will bread look like in the future? And what is the best thing since sliced bread? These are questions I’ve made it my quest to answer. And where better to start than pre-history?I recently spent a morning with Jacqui Wood, in her Bronze Age settlement, making bread in a ...
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Porter takes expertise to vanilla beans
Porter Foods has launched a new vanilla bean paste range, suitable for professional and home baking.The range can be used in cakes, ice-cream and drinks and was recognised as a Fresh Ideas award winner at this year’s International Food Exhibition. The paste sachets with vanilla seeds provide a longer shelf-life ...
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Belgian firm continues with steady expansion
Belgian bakery and café chain Le Pain Quotidien has opened a store in Parsons Green, west London - its third new outlet in the capital this year.The company is also on track to open another in Covent Garden in September, which will bring its number of shops in the UK ...
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Book Review: Pie - A Global History
Reading the bit of blurb on the back cover stating that: "The seventeenth-century ’Mermaid pie’ was a way of flirting with the idea of cannibalism", you wouldn’t be blamed for wondering what sort of book this was. It is in fact an all-encompassing look at the world of pies in ...
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Real Bread campaigns for support
The Real Bread Campaign plans to recruit more craft bakers to its cause by launching a practical guide on how to cut additives in commercially made loaves.Raising support among craft bakers will be a key responsibility for a new National Lottery-funded campaign co-ordinator, due to be appointed shortly, said campaign ...
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Jobs saved as Coombs Hampshires finds buyer
Leicestershire bakery chain Coombs Hampshires has been bought out of administration for an undisclosed sum, saving up to 150 jobs.The business and assets have been purchased by Adam Baxter, who had been running the bakery with his father, Keith, prior to its collapse. However, six of its 26 stores are ...
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Ovens move as Interbake buys IBE
Production of Thomas Collins Vectair Ovens has moved to Lancashire, following Interbake’s acquisition of Independent Bakery Equipment (IBE).Interbake director David Dunne told British Baker that he decided to buy the Bristol-based company, which has a history dating back to the 1890s, because its ovens are energy- efficient and well-suited ...
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It’s a wrap for cakes
Country Choice has launched a new range of thaw-and-sell wrapped cake slices under the Bake & Bite retail brand. The cakes are being targeted for impulse purchases and can be displayed in one of Country Choice’s impulse confectionery units. They are available in six flavours: carrot cake; iced cherry & ...
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Keen interest in troubled Coffee Republic chain
Coffee Republic’s holding company, Coffee Republic plc, has gone into administration follo-wing the closure of 10 out of the 20 Coffee Republic (UK) Ltd-owned stores, which has resulted in 66 redundancies.The failure of the holding company comes after its subsidiaries - Coffee Republic (UK), Coffee Republic Franchising and Goodbean - ...