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Beaney’s holds its nerve
Chris Beaney must be one of the few people left in the country with a good word to say about the banks. The owner of Beaney’s Bakery in Strood, Kent, who is also currently President of the National Association of Master Bakers (NAMB), recently secured generous financial backing from his ...
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Beaney’s top tips
l It pays to have several suppliers, so you can negotiate better deals. We buy our flour from ADM, Heygates and Marriages - it keeps them on their toesl Join the NAMB. The members’ discount on building insurance alone covered my membership fee.l Recognise what is working in the business ...
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Bigberry goes natural
Devon-based Bigberry, part of Extreme Drinks, is to launch its new look smoothies, available in Pineapple & Pear, Acai & Strawberry and Raspberry & Mango varieties. They contain no artificial colourings, preservatives, stabilisers or sweeteners and are packaged in 100% recyclable 250ml bottles.Co-founder Lee Wilson said: "Bigberry smoothies are pasteurised ...
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UK bread prices drop down the world rankings
Anne BruceThe UK has dropped down the world rankings of retail bread prices, despite price increases in bread over the year, putting the UK in line with those in the developing world.According to latest data from the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), released exclusively to British Baker, London and ...
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Callebaut sees ongoing sales growth
Chocolate and cocoa manufacturer Barry Callebaut has reported continuing sales growth for the first three months of fiscal 2008/09. The firm’s sales volume grew by 2% and sales revenue rose by 7.2% in local currencies. However, growth in the reporting currency - CHF (Swiss francs) - was up by only ...
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Ishida captures more data
Ishida Europe has developed a new data capture system for checkweighers in order to help production reporting procedures. The Ishida Data Capture System (IDCS) records data from packs weighed by up to 100 checkweighers and stores it on a secure database. It offers a range of reporting options, as well ...
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Extra work on cards as ’gluten-free’ laws change
New requirements for the content of products labelled as ’gluten-free’ could mean extra work for bakeries, following the announcement of new EU regulations. The new rules, which will apply to foodstuffs specifically produced for people intolerant to gluten, will have to contain less than 20 parts of gluten per million ...
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Cornish champion
Cornish baker WC Rowe had never competed for a Baking Industry Award before, but a mixture of curiosity, pride and belief spurred them on and 2008 saw the company triumph in the Bakery Supplier of the Year category. Distributing branded and own-brand to all the major multiples - Asda, Tesco, ...
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Starbucks’ woes continue with further store closures
Starbucks has announced plans to close a further 300 under-performing stores - 200 in the US and 100 internationally. However, details have yet to be released on whether UK stores will be affected. Starbucks is the fourth-biggest bakery retailer in the UK, behind Greggs, Subway and Costa, according to the British Baker’s Top 50 league table of bakery retailers, based on store numbers in 2008; it opened 99 stores in the UK last year.
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Reaseheath on course
Nantwich-based Reaseheath College has teamed up with Chester University to launch a bakery course aimed at baking industry professionals.The Professional Certificate in Bakery Technology comprises three, 12-week modules, covering bakery science and technology; bakery products composition and manufacture; and bakery processing and engineering.Each module requires around 200 hours of study ...
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Vandemoortele divests soya division
Vandemoortele has decided to focus on its bakery (frozen bakery products) and lipids (fats and margarines) divisions and is preparing to sell off its soya foods division, Alpro.The Belgian group’s bakery and lipids divisions make up 80% of its turnover, and it has said it wants to "further expand ...
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Springing into Easter
In the blink of an eye Christmas is gone, it’s the New Year and the time of resolutions - eat less, drink less, and yes, now spend less. At some point between Christmas and the New Year the left-over mince pies do their disappearing acts to make way for the ...
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Exchange tactics
It’s not just British holiday-makers accustomed to flashing their cash on the Costa Brava that are crying into their bottles of San Miguel. The dramatic fall in the value of the pound just before Christmas, which saw it reach close to parity with the euro, is also worrying news ...
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Fact file
l Sveba-Dahlen makes rack ovens, deck ovens, pizza ovens, tunnel ovens and provers of all sizesl The company is privately-owned , employing 125 people. It has 50 distributors. Annual turnover is E28ml It is one of the biggest suppliers to the in-store sector across Europel It exports worldwide and has ...
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National Starch takes on fat
Ingredients supplier National Starch Food Innovation has launched a new speciality starch for the reduced-fat cake market. This can be used by bakery manufacturers to create cakes using up to 75% less margarine, butter or shortening.It has been designed to meet the challenges bakers face in producing products with reduced-fat ...
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Food in the news
The Food Standards Agency has been warning consumers not to eat certain peanut butter products from the US, due to a salmonella outbreak. There have so far been 474 reported cases across 43 different states. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a list of recalled products including various ...
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Future view
Costa’s head of product development, Beverley Philips, shares her hopes and thoughts for the year aheadWith 2009 shaping up as a year of economic difficulty, it could prove challenging for retailers to convince customers to spend on non-essentials. For my team and I, this year will be about ensuring our ...
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Future view
Martin Clayton, bakery specialist at Morrisons, shares his thoughts on the supermarket’s goals for 2009At Morrisons we have the largest number of craft food specialists anywhere in the retail sector. This year we’re strengthening this position and launching a far-reaching programme to train new craft food specialists, including bakers, and ...
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Tributes to a streetwise gentleman
Tony died peacefully on Saturday 17 January 2009, following a short battle with a brain tumour, first diagnosed in August 2008.Born in Swanage on 7 May 1933, Tony married Barbara in 1964 and, together, they ran nine fabric shops from Newbury to Eastgate Street, Gloucester, having started the business with ...
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At a glance
History: First opened in 1936 by Chris’ father, before Chris joined in 1968. Chris’ son Douglas is also a baker, working at The Cavan Bakery in Hampton, MiddlesexNumber of shops: Three in Kent - Strood, Gillingham and SnodlandNumber of employees: 17, including six in production and two van driversRetail/wholesale split: ...