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== Brooklands winners ==Sugarcraft students at Brooklands College in Surrey triumphed at the UK’s culinary competition, Hospitality Salon Culinaire, taking two gold, three silver and four bronze medals. Lecturer Jane Hatton, who guided them on their wedding cake decorating work for the competition, said she was very proud of their ...
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== Promise for naan ==Arnaouti Pitta Bread Bakery, Herts, has won an award for its Eastern Promises design and print for its speciality naan breads and snack naans. Jefta Kon Lakovich, chief executive of Arnaouti, said the top web design was printed on a 45-micron high-barrier film and ran ...
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== Greencore stays solid ==Greencore announced it had "performed solidly" during the last year, according to its recent interim management statement. The firm said Convenience delivered a solid performance in 2008, with sales up 8.3% after currency conversions. However, Greencore warned consumer pressure has resulted in weakened demand for some ...
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Subway steps up
With five outlets opening every week, any figure pinned on the number of Subway stores around the country is always going to be out of date before it is published. But by the beginning of February, the total in the UK and Ireland topped 1,400 - and the chain reckons ...
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Kerrs to open new £1 million bakery
Kerrs Bakery is celebrating its tenth anniversary by opening a new £1m factory in Motherwell, with annual turnover predicted to reach more than £2m this year. The wholesale business - one of the main producers of Caramel Cake in Scotland - manufactures a wide range of long-life handmade cakes, as ...
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Brothers combine Indian and bakery
Combining Indian food with a traditional bakery offer is proving a hit with customers of Hurst Bakery & Provisions, based in Berkshire. Owned by brothers Jitu and Duras Miah, it produces bread, rolls, cakes, morning goods and sandwiches – but Indian food is also on the menu. The brothers bought the 78-year-old shop as a going concern in 2006 and wanted to offer something that other companies didn’t. The pair’s restaurant-owning background means they can serve up curries, naan bread and samosas to custmers, which Jitu says is proving a success.
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Brothers combine Indian and bakery
Combining Indian food with a traditional bakery offer is proving a hit with customers of Hurst Bakery & Provisions, based in Berkshire. Owned by brothers Jitu and Duras Miah, it produces bread, rolls, cakes, morning goods and sandwiches – but Indian food is also on the menu. ...
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Walkers retains Carbon Reduction label
Walkers has become the first food company to retain its Carbon Reduction label, after reducing its carbon footprint by 7%.The snacks brand was also the first to display the Carbon Trust’s Carbon Reduction Label in March 2007 when it committed to cut its carbon footprint by 3% by 2009. Companies ...
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fresh! launches new slimline sandwiches
fresh! naturally organic has launched a range of ‘credit crunch munch’ slimline sandwiches to tempt more consumers to go green.Ryan Varga-Clark, responsible for marketing, said they were an alternative to the brand’s more substantial filled sandwiches and should appeal to those cost-conscious shoppers who were not usually tempted to buy ...
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Warburtons’ new Lunch Rolls
Warburtons has launched a new range of Lunch Rolls. The product comes in three varieties – white, wholemeal and grains & seeds – and has a more ‘hand-crafted’ look, according to the company.Sarah Miskell, category director at Warburtons, said: “Currently, 28% of bakery is consumed at the in-home lunch occasion ...
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Kerrs to open new £1 million bakery
Kerrs Bakery is celebrating its tenth anniversary by opening a new £1m factory in Motherwell, with annual turnover predicted to reach more than £2m this year. The wholesale business - one of the main producers of Caramel Cake in Scotland - manufactures a wide range of long-life handmade cakes, as well as short-life cakes with a 12-14-day shelf life.
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Walkers retains Carbon Reduction label
Walkers has become the first food company to retain its Carbon Reduction label, after reducing its carbon footprint by 7%. The snacks brand was also the first to display the Carbon Trust’s Carbon Reduction Label in March 2007 when it committed to cut its carbon footprint by 3% by 2009. Companies have to reapply for the label after two years.
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Student bakers’ conference announced
The Alliance for Bakery Students and Trainees’ (ABST) Annual Conference is to take place over the first May Bank Holiday weekend.Students and members of the baking industry are encouraged to take part in the three-day event, from 2-4 May 2009, to be held at the TLH Leisure Resort in Torquay, ...
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FSA to discuss Welsh bakery
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) Wales, is to hold a second co-hosted seminar for Welsh bakery businesses, looking at the issue of saturated fat reduction. The seminar will be held on 4 March at FSA Wales’ Cardiff office in Wood Street, in association with the Food Industry Centre at the ...
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FSA to discuss Welsh bakery
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) Wales, is to hold a second co-hosted seminar for Welsh bakery businesses, looking at the issue of saturated fat reduction. The seminar will be held on 4 March at FSA Wales’ Cardiff office in Wood Street, in association with the Food Industry Centre at the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (UWIC).
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Veggie brand Cranks to highlight healthy credentials
Vegetarian brand Cranks has given its products and website a facelift to emphasise its healthy credentials.Its range of premium products, including sandwiches, bread and salads, now display a ‘Real Feel Good Recipes’ strapline, using black and bright-coloured packaging.The products, which are sold in coffee shops and supermarkets, have been repositioned, ...
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Starbucks to sell instant coffee
Starbucks has launched packeted instant coffee in a bid to give consumers a caffeine hit of its high-street brand at home.Via Ready Brew hits stores in Seattle and Chicago early next month and goes on sale in London Starbucks stores from 25 March before rolling out in the autumn. Retail ...
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Directors consider future of Patisserie UK
The future of Patisserie UK’s place within Lees Foods’ group of companies has been put into question by directors, following a “disappointing” performance in 2008.According to a trading update, Patisserie UK suffered due to the loss of “a major customer” last year. Directors were said to be considering Patisserie UK’s ...
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Student bakers’ conference announced
The Alliance for Bakery Students and Trainees’ (ABST) Annual Conference is to take place over the first May Bank Holiday weekend. Students and members of the baking industry are encouraged to take part in the three-day event, from 2-4 May 2009, to be held at the TLH Leisure Resort in Torquay, Devon. The conference will include the live judging of bakery and confectionery competitions, banquets, live bands and the AGM.
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’Traditional bread’ sales break £200m in ISBs
Last year saw the revival of traditional bread and rolls selling through supermarket in-store bakeries (ISBs), with sales of traditional breads breaking through the £200m barrier.The latest IRI sales data, (52 w/e 27 December 2008), shows that traditional rolls soared by 23%, while traditional bread was up 15%. Growth outstripped ...