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Church ire over bakery
Bread and wine have long been seen as a pretty decent pairing - not least since this coupling was cemented when it was put to good use at a certain dinner table some 2,000 years ago. But the biblical significance of this classic bakery and booze combo has escaped one ...
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On the ball
There’s no better symbol of how the world has been turned on its head than the jammy doughnut. At the beginning of last year the poor old ball doughnut was in a sorry state. Sales had been declining for several years, with sexy young newcomers such as iced ring doughnuts, ...
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CBI fears new tax bill
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) is calling for amendments to the Business Rates Supplement Bill, which it fears could result in the burden of extra taxes for businesses.
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Brakes develops savoury tastes
Brakes has added two new products to its savouries and pastry portfolio. Brakes 8-inch Giant Sausage Roll is a ready-to-bake flakey pastry roll containing chopped and shaped pork. Featuring a laddered pattern, which ensures the pastry rises and cooks more evenly, the sausage rolls are available in packs of 40. ...
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Premier plans further push for Hovis brand
Premier Foods has said it will continue its Hovis marketing push in a bid to cement the brand’s turnaround. Alongside TV advertising, the firm plans a big media campaign behind Best of Both at the end of March, followed by the launch of a new range of rolls in April. ...
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The Bread Factory doubles capacity
Doubling its sales has prompted handmade speciality bread and cake producer The Bread Factory to build a new production facility. The wholesale baker, which has been baking breads and morning goods for more than 17 years, needed more space after sales rose in the last two years. The Bread ...
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celebration cake maker of the year
Renshawnapier is proud to continue its support of the industry by sponsoring Celebration Cake Maker of the Year once again. During this difficult financial time, celebrating the best in the industry is more important than ever, says the company. Open to everyone, ranging from small cake-making specialists right up to ...
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a celebration of talent
In these challenging times, it is more important than ever to recognise the passion and hard work of Britain’s best bakers and bakery companies. Times may be tough for some, but we must not forget that there are still a huge number of highly successful people and businesses in the ...
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FSA pushes major chains on health
Major sandwich shops and coffee chains have announced commitments to produce ’healthier’ products as part of a wider project by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) targeting food outlets. Caffè Nero, Greggs, Costa Coffee, Starbucks, Eat, Pret A Manger and BB’s Coffee & Muffins have published commitments, ranging from reducing the ...
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Tchibo plans new coffee offer
The German-owned Tchibo chain of coffee shops, which is pulling out of its 51 high street retailing sites and 100 shop concessions in Sainsbury’s and Somerfield, told British Baker at Café+ that, in three to four months’ time, it would launch a new coffee service to bakery retailers. Tchibo, based ...
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Reporting in Long live local competitions
Where have all the bread and confectionery competitions gone? Down in Kent we still run a county competition each year to find the Champion Kent Baker. The Western Region has been running bread and confectionery competitions for many years. Both competitions are well-supported by bakers from all over their areas. ...
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Consumer tracking
Wheat-free bakery products are more commonplace in Australia than the UK, according to the latest Austrends 2009 Trade report, and there are good growth opportunities available. The report, published by the Australian Trade Commission, provides insight into how Aussie food and beverage producers are delivering innovation within key trends in ...
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Consumer watch How do we get customers to spend more?
Seventy-seven per cent of coffee chain customers are drinking their purchase in the outlet. Those who spend 15 minutes in a coffee chain spend £4.78 per trip on average. However those who spend more than four times longer - at least an hour - only spend 10% more or ...
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Toffee joins Craigmillar line
BakeMark UK has introduced a new Extra Moist Toffee Cake Mix to its Craigmillar cake mix portfolio. It joins the Plain and Chocolate Extra Moist Cake Mix varieties, which can be used for making many types of cake, but particularly cupcakes - a sector which has seen massive ...
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Regular or grande cup size?
If St Anselm’s thought a boozy bakery was bad, heaven knows how they might have reacted had Grand View Topless Coffee Shop - which has opened in the US town of Maine - opened next door. The name captures the essence of what this café has to offer without the ...
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Diary Dates
== 15-18 March == IFE09 Location: ExCeL, London www.ife.co.uk == 26-27 March == BCCC Sector Group Technology Conference Location: Stratford-upon-Avon www.fdf.org.uk/event.aspx?event=1474 == 24 April == IFST Conference on Sustainability Location: UWIC, Cardiff Contact: peter.sampson@albafsc.co.uk ...
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Greggs remains resilient, despite decline in profits
Growth plans for Greggs, the UK’s biggest bakery retailer, are still on track, despite taking a hit on profits due to cost increases and a withdrawal from Belgium, CEO Ken McMeikan revealed to British Baker.
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Greggs remains resilient, despite decline in profits
Growth plans for Greggs, the UK’s biggest bakery retailer, are still on track, despite taking a hit on profits due to cost increases and a withdrawal from Belgium, CEO Ken McMeikan revealed to British Baker. The firm has budgeted for marginal like-for-like sales growth in 2009, after announcing a 7.2% ...
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Pain Delice offers Polar experience
Polarbröd, which translates as Polar Bread, is a Swedish company that produces bread from within an area of the same name in the Arctic Circle. Distributed by Pain Delice, the bread is promoted on healthy credentials, but the company said it does not compromise on taste. The round flat bread ...
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FoB event
The Federation of Bakers’ annual conference will take place on Wednesday 20 May 2009 at the Dorchester Hotel, London. The speakers in the morning session are John Cridland, deputy director-general of the CBI; Dr Susan Jebb, head of human nutrition research from the Medical Research Council; and Scott Clarke, bakery ...