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Warburtons set to tackle the foodservice sector
Warburtons, which was exhibiting at the Convenience Retailing Show from March 1-3, revealed to British Baker that it is targeting the foodservice sector for the first time, working with FusionFSM, a firm that offers a strategic service for suppliers interested in entering the market. FusionFSM’s MD Peter Green told British ...
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Fresh twist for rugby man
What do you do if you’re an England international rugby player who has just been banned for two years after being busted for cocaine abuse? Suddenly finding himself with a lot of free time on his hands, South African born 26-year-old prop Matt Stevens is said to be planning on ...
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Fruit pricing
Coconut: Origin coconut prices have eased over the past 1-2 months, although these declines have been largely offset by the stronger dollar. Demand for coconut should pick up in the run-up to Easter. Raisins: Although Turkish raisins are scarce and still trading at a widening premium over Turkish sultanas, their ...
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La Pizza points to pockets
La Pizza has launched a range of Tascas - folded soft bread pockets - which can be used to create sandwiches with a difference. The manufacturer of frozen part-baked pizza bases, dough balls, tear-and-share garlic bread and speciality breads has introduced three new items: Ceasar Tasca, containing cracked pepper and ...
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Mouthing off
"In my profession, my taste buds and sensory skills are crucial. My 18 years of experience enable me to distinguish between thousands of flavours. My taste buds also allow me to distinguish any defects" - Gennaro Pelliccia, taster for Costa Coffee, who has insured his taste buds for £10m ...
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Report
The latest National Statistics on UK milled wheat and flour production, from Defra, revealed an increase of 2.9% in the total wheat milled in the UK, for the crop-year to date (starting July 2008), compared to figures for the 2007/08 crop year. Total flour production was also up 3.9% for ...
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Supplier shows off serve-overs
Equipment and products supplier Country Choice was promoting its serve-over format at Café+ as part of its Bake&Bite Café concept. Part of the Brakes group, Country Choice’s food-to-go concept enables retailers to prepare products, such as sandwiches and baguettes, in full view of the customer, capitalising on the trend for ...
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The wholegrain truth
The breakfast cereals industry was quick to fully capitalise on the potential for marketing the health benefits of wholegrain. In contrast, bakery is only now truly catching up, with a glut of wholegrain wrapped bread launches in recent months. Kingsmill is the latest bread brand to kick off a major ...
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Welsh wizards
Despite the fact that the founders of The Village Bakery in Coedpoeth, North Wales, came from a plant background, the business was founded on craft ideals and principles. These have always been important to the company and no doubt played their part in the company scooping the Rank Hovis-sponsored Craft ...
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Patisserie UK folds after losing Costa contract
Lees Foods’ Patisserie UK subsidiary has been placed into administration after attempts to sell it as a going concern proved unsuccessful. Patisserie UK, a bespoke manufacturer of coffee shop round cakes, loaf and tray cakes, desserts and biscuits, suffered due to the loss of a major customer - Costa Coffee ...
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Aryzta blossoms with half-year health
Aryzta has announced a healthy performance in its half-year results. Adjusted profit rose by 14.6% within its food division with underlying revenue increasing 6% for the six months to 31 January 2009.The global specialist bakery company saw operating profit grow 11% to E64m in its Food Europe division, which includes ...
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Federation of Bakers’ conference details
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 ...
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EC considers restricting healthy-eating claims on salty bread
The Federation of Bakers is keeping a “watchful eye” on European proposals to restrict healthy-eating claims on breads that exceed a certain level of salt.The European Commission hopes to confirm proposals by the spring, which would cover the level of salt that bread can contain in order for it to make health claims such as ‘high in fibre’.
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Competition entry venue change
There has been a change of venue for the entries from the London and South East Region leg of the California Raisin Bread Competition 2009.Entries need to be taken to the National Association of Master Bakers’ head office in Ware, Hertfordshire – and not BAKO London as stated on the ...
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ABIM critical of new B2B labelling rules
A leading bakery association is taking steps to limit the impact on its members of "bureaucratic and needless" European regulations for food enzymes, which introduce, for the first time, compulsory labelling of ingredients on business to business (B2B) packages. The Association of British Ingredient Manufacturers (ABIM) said that, ...
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Aryzta blossoms with half-year health
Aryzta has announced a healthy performance in its half-year results. Adjusted profit rose by 14.6% within its food division with underlying revenue increasing 6% for the six months to 31 January 2009. The global specialist bakery company saw operating profit grow 11% to E64m in its Food Europe division, which includes the Delice de France, Cuisine de France and Heistand brands. Operating profit was up 25.9% to E34.3m in its Food North America division, which includes the La Brea Bakery and Otis Spunkmeyer brands, and up 50.9% to E0.9m in its Food Developing Market division.