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Caught in the Web
l Why use a bed when you can sleep on inflatable toast?... tinyurl.com/dhjokz l What the cast of cult TV show Lost looks like in cake form... tinyurl.com/d47q47 l You’ve got a sandwich, you’ve got an office scanner, now put the two together and you have... scanwiches.com ...
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Italian coffee chain has designs on UK market
An Italian coffee shop chain hopes to bring ’la dolce vita’ to the UK, with a plan to open its first store in London later this year.The 50-strong La bottega del Caffè is currently opening a new store every month across Italy and wants to replicate its success ...
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EC health claims criteria ’flawed’
Consumer lobby group Which? reckons several bakery products could legally carry health and nutritional claims if proposed EC regulation gets the thumbs-up.The EC’s regulation (EC) 1924/2006 on Nutrition and Health Claims on Foods was passed in May 2006 and aims to ensure foods comply with specific nutritional criteria or ’nutrient ...
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Optimistic coffee outlook
Coffee shop bosses are optimistic that cautious customers will soon be returning for their regular caffeine fix again.Despite tough trading during the last six months, executives expect conditions to begin improving in the next few months, although they don’t anticipate full recovery until at least the middle of next year.Allegra ...
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Consumer watch
By Georgina Wild, marketing manager for market research firm him!Do you think that all customers know exactly what they want when entering a retail outlet? Well 31% of customers walking into a coffee chain tell him! that they do not know what they are going to buy, so there is ...
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Uniq sees sales continue to fall
Marks & Spencer sandwich supplier Uniq reported falling sales in the first three months of the year, down 4.9% on the same period in 2008.The European chilled convenience food group blamed a slow- down in its markets and the later timing of Easter for operating losses that were slightly lower ...
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Upper Crust trials station kiosk format
A new Upper Crust prefab wheel-in kiosk has gone on trial at London Bridge station, as parent SSP experiments with formats.Upper Crust brand manager Britta Ashu told British Baker that the kiosk will be fully finished off-site, before being positioned just outside the station. The London Bridge pilot does not ...
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Lower UK margin mix hits Maple Leaf earnings
Ontario-based Canada Bread’s UK subsidiary, speciality bread and bagel manufacturer Maple Leaf Bakery UK, has seen a drop in earnings for the first quarter to 31 March, 2009.The decline has been put down to "a lower margin product mix" due to the more pronounced effect of the recession in the ...
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Face the Fats
It is an unfortunate fact that bakers are being driven to manufacture products with less choice of margarines and fats and are being called upon, more than ever, to use their innovative and creative skills to turn bland ingredients into tasty, attractive bakery products. Saturated fats are the latest target ...
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HGCA points to importance of provenance
New research commissioned by the Home Grown Cereals Authority (HGCA) has revealed that the bakery sector is under-playing the provenance card in product marketing.Based on interviews through seven focus groups, the research found that bread and morning goods fell behind the brewing and dairy industries over perceptions of provenance claims, ...
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Mouthing off
"An investigation by Which? shows that a single Tesco jam doughnut contains 5.7mg [of saturated fat]"- Really? Just six thousandths of a gram of sat fat in a doughnut? Telegraph reporter Kate Devlin digs deep for her story on saturated fat in food by lifting a typo straight off ...
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Natural talent
The Village Bakery in Melmerby is an organic operation in every sense of the word. Producing a wide range of bakery products, including wheat, gluten and dairy-free organic ranges, its commitment to standards and innovative branding won over the judges at last year’s Baking Industry Awards, which saw it take ...
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What’s new?
Well, newish - it was first shown last year at Europain in Paris and at Interpack in Düsseldorf. This industrial bread line from Rondo is designed to meet the trend for making bread from a dough band. Dividers have dominated for many years, but some industrial bakers have been turning ...
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What’s new?
Flexibility seems to be the order of the day. The new Vemag dough divider line by Reiser claims to offer greater weight accuracy, versatility and adaptability to handle a range of breads, rolls, buns and English muffins.== Great, because I’m a tweak freak ==Then this is for you. The ...
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What’s new?
The 2009 version of this small automatic dough dividing and rounding machine is on the market. The König Mini Rex is now available to through European Process Plant featuring enhancements to the design of the dividing and rounding system, which mean the weight range has been extended to 13g-140g.== Is ...
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Spice rack: Saffron
Saffron is a very expensive spice that comes from the saffron crocus. In order to obtain 500g of saffron, approximately 250,000 flowers are harvested by hand. Luckily, since it is so expensive, a small amount goes a long way. It is best to buy it in filament form but it ...
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Reporting in
== Matthew May ==Steering Group representative, Alliance for Bakery Students and TraineesThe world seems a relatively gloomy place at the moment, what with the global economic downturn, swine flu and the like. So let’s highlight one or two positive things happening in our industry right now.Firstly, the ...
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In Short
== BIA deadline: 15 May ==The Baking Industry Awards deadline has been extended to 15 May. There are 11 categories to enter. Morrisons has joined the sponsors with Artisanal Bread Product of the Year, so if you are a craft, artisan or speciality maker of artisan breads, please enter by ...
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== Doughnut Week ==National Doughnut Week kicks off tomorrow (9 May), so craft bakers should make sure they have all your promotional material on display and your doughnuts at the ready. The week, which runs until 16 May, raises money for charity The Children’s Trust, while boosting doughnut sales.== SAMB ...
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== Ulrick & Short gains SA accreditation ==Ulrick & Short has been awarded Soil Association accreditation to help its customers go organic. The clean-label ingredients company can now launch its new organic range under its own brand name. The company says the accreditation will benefit not only the company, but ...