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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.
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New training providers join NSA
Four new training providers have joined the National Skills Academy for Food and Drink Manufacturing, taking the number in the network to 32.
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National Doughnut Week countdown begins
There is less than a month left until the start of National Doughnut Week (NDW), but there’s still time to sign up and get involved. The week, sponsored by BakeMark UK, runs from 9-16 May and gives bakers the chance to benefit from boosting its doughnut sales as well as making money for charity.
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Cookie Man wins waste award
Esher-based bakery, The Cookie Man, has been crowned winner of the Surrey Business Waste Minimisation Award. The privately-owned business introduced two waste minimisation schemes last year and now recycles all food and cardboard waste. As well as preventing around 750 tonnes of waste going to landfill, it will also save ...
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Are you ready for National Craft Bakers’ Week?
It’s not long now till National Craft Bakers’ Week, so make sure you get involved and promote your business. Running from 8-13 June, the aim of the week is to raise the profile of independent craft bakers – ‘The Shop That Never Sleeps’ – and, in doing so, capture increased ...
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Huddersfield bakery explosion leaves one man dead
A Huddersfield bakery is recovering from tragedy after an employee was killed and another badly injured when an explosion at its factory caused part of the roof to fall, starting a fire. The explosion occurred at Andrew Jones Pies bakehouse in Old Leeds Road on Good Friday, only minutes after the 5am shift had started.
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National Doughnut Week countdown begins
There is less than a month left until the start of National Doughnut Week (NDW), but there’s still time to sign up and get involved.The week, sponsored by BakeMark UK, runs from 9-16 May and gives bakers the chance to benefit from boosting its doughnut sales as well as making ...
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New training providers join NSA
Four new training providers have joined the National Skills Academy for Food and Drink Manufacturing, taking the number in the network to 32.The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (Cafre) has become the first organisation to be accredited as part of the NSA in Northern Ireland, and will lead ...
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Next issue 24 April
lInterviewWe visit flour miller FWP Matthews to find out why it is investing in its business, as Paul Matthews reveals the challenges facing the organics marketlSugar & marzipanHow is the crackdown on artificial food colours in the UK and fears over hyperactivity in kids affecting the cake ...
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60-second Sales Pitch
Russell Wheeler, S Black Ltd, Technical sales manager - food ingredients== So, what are Haco Coffee extracts? ==Haco of Switzerland is one of Europe’s leading coffee processors and its coffees are produced from selected, freshly roasted green Arabica and Robusta coffee beans, in their decaffeinated or pure form, available ...
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Ale and hearty
There are few people in the industry more passionate about training than self-styled Geordie Baker Ian Thomson. You’d also be hard pressed to find a baker more single-minded about getting booze into bread, but more of that later. Now sat in the chair guiding the NSA’s bakery steering group, having ...
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Less than alluring
Making a bid to become bakers’ public enemy number one is ageing ex-supermodel (miaow) Cindy Crawford, whose baker-baiting bread abuse was snapped for a photoshoot in the April issue of US women’s magazine Allure. The image of 43-year-old Crawford tearing up a loaf in the mag’s ’anti-ageing issue’ was captioned ...
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Peck & Strong makes jump to much larger site
Devon-based company Peck & Strong is defying the current climate by moving to a new production site, four times the size of its existing one.The new site comprises a 14,000sq ft bakery and an additional 1,500sq ft, which will be used for office space and accommodation for its 14 employees.The ...
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Peck & Strong makes jump to much larger site
Devon-based company Peck & Strong is defying the current climate by moving to a new production site, four times the size of its existing one.The new site comprises a 14,000sq ft bakery and an additional 1,500sq ft, which will be used for office space and accommodation for its 14 employees.The ...
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Bread for April Fools
Bread must have been on the minds of staff writers on publications up and down the country as a bakery theme emerged during a predic-table spate of ’hilarious’ April Fools’ Day spoofs.While BB resisted the age-old temptation to post a made-up tale on bakeryinfo.co.uk, other publications were more than up ...
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In the Archives
Some of our readers inform us that they have been doing a good trade during the very hot weather with their American soda fountains. We are glad to learn this, for a year or two ago, we devoted a good deal of space to up-to-date formulae for American drinks, and ...
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Aulds indulges in desserts
Aulds Delicious Desserts has put two puddings together to create its newest product, Fruit Fusion.The dessert - a combination of a gateau and cheesecake - uses sticky toffee pudding sponge with a layer of orange-infused cheese-cake and cranberry pieces, sprinkled with fruits, including cranberries, cherries and sultanas.Aulds plans four more ...
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The In-Store Bakery Award
In-store bakeries (ISBs) are perfectly placed to meet today’s consumer demands for freshly made food and retail theatre. This is why the In-store Bakery Award is such an important category at this year’s Baking Industry Awards.An integral part of the supermarket offering, the ISB gives consumers an experience to enjoy ...
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Baker heads up top job at Maple Leaf UK
Canada-based Maple Leaf Foods has announced the appointment of Peter Baker as the new head of its UK operations, Maple Leaf Bakery UK. He will take over the role of MD, effective 6 April, after Maple Leaf’s parent firm Canada Bread announced the departure of former MD Peter Maycock last ...
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Baker heads up top job at Maple Leaf UK
Canada-based Maple Leaf Foods has announced the appointment of Peter Baker as the new head of its UK operations, Maple Leaf Bakery UK. He will take over the role of MD, effective 6 April, after Maple Leaf’s parent firm Canada Bread announced the departure of former MD Peter Maycock last ...