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Marzipan knits
You are surely dying to know the answer to the question ’how do you combine the twin retro obsessions of cupcakes and knitting in one fell swoop?’ Well bait your breath no longer, because the answer lies with marzipan, as witnessed at veganyumyum.com. These cupcakes were baked ...
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Landlord takes a sweetener
It’s a time-worn tradition for rock stars to stipulate indulgent treats in their contracts to perform gigs - or "riders" as they’re known - and their left-field demands often come to light under headlines like "Madonna insists on 50 cupcakes arranged in shape of her star sign, Leo" (not true, ...
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Magical mixers
Mixer manufacturer Diosna has launched two new products for bakers. The PSPVW Spiral Mixer features special tooling, which enables it to stir, mix and beat in all pastes, batters, creams and butter for the cake-making and dessert industries.The mixer is controlled by a touchscreen, and programmes for different recipes ...
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What’s new?
Three Fuji Alpha 6flow-wrappers equipped to create press-to-close reclosable zipper packs have recently been installed in bakeries - two of the machines are being used by a manufacturer of speciality bread products while the third is handling a premium sliced loaf, supported in a tray.What’s so good about that?The ...
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Whatever you want, if tailor-made horizontal flow-wrapping machines and automatic feeding systems are your thing.I like my tailoring bespokeThen SynchroPACK/SynchroFEED would be the company for you. They manufacture a complete range of modular and fully electronic flow-wrapping systems and feeding and handling systems to integrate process equipment with the flow-wrapper.I ...
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An easy way of packaging shortbread fingers - one of the trickier bakery and confectionery products to wrap because they are brittle and tend to crumble during the packaging process. The system is based around the Redpack P325 flow-wrapper, which is found in many bakery and confectionery production units.Do explainThis ...
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Ilapak’s latest packaging machines offer several energy-saving features, including greater thermal efficiency of sealing jaws and rollers and the use of energy recuperation systems in the motor drives.Is that all?Be patient. There’s also a user-friendly operating system to reduce errors, plus an electronic platform capable of ...
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Warburtons’ Tasty options
Warburtons has extended its 600g loaf range with two new products - Tasty White and Tasty Grains & Seeds.Tasty White is a soft white loaf, while Tasty Grains and Seeds is a white loaf with a mix of seeds as well as malted wheat flakes, sunflower seeds and brown ...
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Smooth Sale-ing
Despite the fact the recession is impacting the sales of juices and smoothies, bakers can still market these products to their advantage by focusing on trends that remain strong, such as health. The Americans seem to be ahead of the UK on this one, with many bakery and juice bars ...
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== Illegal workers found ==Nine men and one woman were identified as working illegally at the Anglo-Austrian Patisserie in Wimbledon on 15 April, in an operation by The UK Borders Agency. The bakery’s owner has been served a notice of potential liability for employing someone without the right to work, ...
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== Cooplands’ donation ==Cooplands of Doncaster has been inspired to raise money for The Children’s Hospital in Sheffield by five-year-old Grace Sellers, granddaughter of Cooplands’ sales administrator Helen Hulme. Grace is being treated for kidney cancer at the hospital. Cooplands has already raised over £3,000 and the money will be ...
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== Shortlist revealed ==The shortlist for the FreeFrom Food Awards has been announced, with categories including bread and bread mixes, and cakes, muffins and sweet biscuits. The awards, sponsored by Livwell, are to take place on 12 May, during allergy week. The shortlist is available to view at freefromfoodawards.co.uk== Bakery ...
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== Big harvest on cards ==According to the International Grain Council’s latest market report, the 2008/09 harvest is expected to be another bumper year for global wheat production, with estimates of 688m/t. However, over the next three months, the weather will be crucial in determining the quality of the wheat.== ...
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Wholesale success for fine food firm Lewis & Cooper
Fine food retailer Lewis & Cooper’s move into wholesale looks to be paying off after its fruit cakes and biscuits were listed at 11 National Trust shops and retailer Lakeland ordered 11,000 of its plum puddings. The Northallerton-based shop, famous for its plum puddings and fruit cakes, launched its wholesale business in October, targeting delis, farm shops, restaurants and cafés.
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Shops reopen after fire tragedy at Andrew Jones Pies
Andrew Jones Pies’ two shops have reopened and a new factory has been sourced following a tragic explosion at its factory on Good Friday, which left one man dead. The explosion happened at Andrew Jones Pies bakehouse in Old Leeds Road, Huddersfield, only minutes after the 5am shift had ...
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Shops reopen after fire tragedy at Andrew Jones Pies
Andrew Jones Pies’ two shops have reopened and a new factory has been sourced following a tragic explosion at its factory on Good Friday, which left one man dead.
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Wholesale success for fine food firm Lewis & Cooper
Fine food retailer Lewis & Cooper’s move into wholesale looks to be paying off after its fruit cakes and biscuits were listed at 11 National Trust shops and retailer Lakeland ordered 11,000 of its plum puddings.The Northallerton-based shop, famous for its plum puddings and fruit cakes, launched its wholesale business ...
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Illegal workers arrested at Wimbledon bakery
Nine men and one woman were “encountered” working illegally at the Anglo-Austrian Patisserie in Wimbledon last Wednesday (15 April). The UK Borders Agency sealed the exits of the bakery on the Hazlemere Industrial Estate, before entering the building. Forty people were questioned and employees’ documents were checked and nine men ...
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CSM bakery profits take a hit
Bakery products supplier CSM’s profits have been hit due to pressure to reduce selling prices, according to its first quarter trading update. Netherlands-based CSM, which owns BakeMark UK, saw volumes in bakery supplies down 3.8% compared to Q1 of 2008, with “the more luxury pastry items particularly affected”. Sales in ...
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Rowe’s finds reggae rhythm
Cornish bakery Rowe’s has revealed that its new Reggae Reggae Chicken Pasty is now outselling its Traditional Steak variety – a first in its history.The Reggae Reggae Chicken Pasty was launched at the start of the year in over 300 Sainsbury’s stores nationwide. It has been developed using Reggae Reggae ...