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Short and sweet
The economic winds of change seem to be blowing people’s cookie-buying habits within in-store bakery (ISB) in strangely different directions at the moment. Buffeted by the storms of recession, shoppers have latched on to trusted brands, buying more licensed cookies, while at the same time jumping ship from ’premium’ products ...
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Show off your skills
== baker of the year Sponsored by Vandemoortele ==Judges are seeking a baker who can show a dedication and passion for quality finished products and the willingness to meet the challenges of the current business climate. Entries can be from small or large firms and do not have ...
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Testing times
Athree-year research project, subjecting wheat to a battery of routine and newly devised tests, has identified accurate and rapid methods for bakers and millers to quantify flour’s quality and usability.Dr Eimear Gallagher, Ashtown Food Research Centre (AFRC) Teagasc, Dublin, and Professor Francis Butler, University College Dublin (UCD), headed up the ...
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In my world
Jo Fairley is co-owner of Judges organic bakery and grocery shop in Hastings and co-founder of Green & Black’s chocolate firm with hubby Craig SamsIs success spelt s-p-e-l-t? When we first opened Judges Bakery in Hastings, spelt loaves were a Saturday-only item - but by popular demand, we’re now baking ...
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British Baker makes Twitter debut
British Baker is now on Twitter – the real-time social networking and micro-blogging website that allows people or companies to update their ‘followers’ on their latest news.Twitter has taken the internet by storm and is now being used by bakers as a method of communication with their customers.Among those posting ...
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British Baker makes Twitter debut
British Baker is now on Twitter – the real-time social networking and micro-blogging website that allows people or companies to update their ‘followers’ on their latest news.Twitter has taken the internet by storm and is now being used by bakers as a method of communication with their customers.Among those posting ...
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Costa breaks 900-store mark
Costa Coffee today (Wednesday, 8 April) broke through the 900-store mark as the branded coffee shop sector showed little sign of recessionary slowdown. With the opening of a new outlet in London’s Piccadilly on Wednesday, a spokesperson told British Baker that Costa would be opening 100 stores in 2009, despite initial industry uncertainty about how recession would affect café culture.
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Baker appointed as new Maple Leaf MD
Canada-based Maple Leaf Foods has announced the appointment of Peter Baker as the new head of bakery at its UK operations, Maple Leaf Bakery UK. He will take over the role of managing director, effective 6 April, after Maple Leaf’s parent company Canada Bread announced the departure of previous MD ...
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Craft baker heads up bakery skills delivery strategy
A well-respected baker has been tasked with driving the design of new industry training courses developed by the National Skills Academy (NSA) for Food and Drink Manufacturing, part of sector skills council Improve.Ian Thomson, a second generation Master Baker and proprietor of Thomson’s bakery in Newcastle, has been appointed chairman of the NSA’s bakery steering group, which is made up of leading industry employers and stakeholders.
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British Baker makes Twitter debut
British Baker is now on Twitter – the real-time social networking and micro-blogging website that allows people or companies to update their ‘followers’ on their latest news.Twitter has taken the internet by storm and is now being used by bakers as a method of communication with their customers.
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Greggs scales up waste management
Greggs has been working with recycling and waste management specialist Biffa in order to cut down the amount of waste it sends to landfill.The bakery retailer, currently has over 1,400 shops and uses Biffa for the majority of its recycling. The two will now be trialling new recycling schemes involving the creation of energy from waste, composting and aerobic digestion, as well as other methods of waste disposal.
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Baker appointed as new Maple Leaf MD
Canada-based Maple Leaf Foods has announced the appointment of Peter Baker as the new head of bakery at its UK operations, Maple Leaf Bakery UK. He will take over the role of managing director, effective 6 April, after Maple Leaf’s parent company Canada Bread announced the departure of previous MD Peter Maycock last month.
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BB is now on Twitter
British Baker is now on Twitter – a social networking and micro-blogging website that allows people or companies to update their ‘followers’ on their latest news.
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California dreaming for prize winners
Chester based-bakers craft bakery P&A Davies teamed up with California Raisins at a local Chester radio station, DEE 106.3, to help publicise California Raisins’ £1,000 prize trip to the USA.
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Peck & Strong targets coffee shop market with new factory
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, which the firm has just moved to, comprises a 14,000sq ft bakery and an additional 1,500sq ft, which will be used for office space for its 14 employees.
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California dreaming for prize winners
Chester based-bakers craft bakery P&A Davies teamed up with California Raisins at a local Chester radio station, DEE 106.3, to help publicise California Raisins’ £1,000 prize trip to the USA.P&A Davies was promoting its hot cross buns, made using California Raisins, in a live radio interview between Simon Hazlett, managing ...
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Mey makes play for May Day carbon label
Food brand Mey Selections has become the first Scottish consumer goods company to put carbon labels on its products. Its Luxury Shortbread and two honey products will carry the Carbon Trust’s Carbon Reduction Label in stores from 1 May, and the company’s ultimate aim is to have the label on ...
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Krispy Kreme to launch posh doughnuts
Krispy Kreme UK is continuing to expand its store numbers and is to launch a new patisserie doughnut range in time for Easter.The doughnut specialist is adding three “luxurious” doughnuts to the range, which will be available from 30 March to 10 May, 2009, in all Krispy Kreme stores and ...
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Fox’s workers face prolonged job uncertainty
Workers at two of Fox’s biscuits plants are to face continued job uncertainty following parent company Northern Foods’ announcement to delay the decision over the location of its proposed supersite.