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Get involved in National Doughnut Week 2009
The sponsor of National Doughnut Week, BakeMark, is encouraging all bakers to get involved and help raise money for The Children’s Trust.The next fundraising week will take place from 9-16 May, 2009, and will be the 25th anniversary of the initiative, which raises money for specific care, education and therapy ...
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UBUK updates for 2009
United Biscuits (UBUK) is making several changes to its product range. The go ahead! brand is to be relaunched in 2009, with a £3m campaign aimed at capitalising on the trend for healthier snacks. UBUK will also increase the prominence of the brand’s green colour scheme and plans to use ...
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Next issue 30 January
lTop 50 Bakery RetailersGreggs CEO Ken McMeikan tells us why the nation’s biggest bakery retailer is storming ahead with store openingslWhat makes a BIA winner?WC Rowe reveals how it balanced retailing with supermarket own-label supply to scoop 2008 Supplier of the YearlMeet the buyerFancy yourself as ...
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Greggs sees third year at head of Top 50 league
Greggs has topped British Baker’s Top 50 Bakery Retailers’ league table for the third year running, keeping closest rival Subway at bay.The 2009 list shows Greggs opened 50 shops last year, bringing its tally to 1,403 at the end of the year, and making it the biggest bakery retailer in ...
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Organix aims for children
Food company Organix has launched a range of organic biscuits for children. The No Junk range is now available in Sainsbury’s and Waitrose, after initially launching in September 2008 in Morrisons and through the Ocado website.The range includes: No Junk Organic Gingerbread Gang, Organic Orange Cookie Bites and Organic Cocoa ...
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In the archives
The power of the spoken word! In the world of today, with its telephones, microphones, gramophones and talking films, the importance of good speech is increasingly impressed upon us. The selling power of the spoken word may be far above that of the written word. Masters of the art of ...
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In my world: the craft baker
Well, what a year 2008 has been. Shops up and down the high street have been, and are being, shaken and shaken. If the high street were a tree, then you could say that the dead branches have broken off, the leaves have long blown away and as for the ...
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Baker Hansen bans handsets
As the UK gets set to relax rules on patients using mobile phones in hospital wards, bakers on the other side of the globe are doing the opposite - by banning mobiles in bakeries. The Australian reported on one, Sam Hansen, who has taken the bold step of banning mobile ...
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BB links with NAMB for Bakers’ Review pages
From 30 January, British Baker will be publishing Bakers’ Review in partnership with the National Association of Master Bakers (NAMB).Bakers’ Review will feature once a month within the pages of British Baker, covering the latest industry, legislation and regulation news, as well as general advice on issues affecting craft ...
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Ronde des Pains targets UK bakers
French flour company Moul-Bie is planning a major increase in the number of craft bakeries taking part in its Ronde des Pains marketing and merchandising scheme in the UK.The company, part of French miller Grands Moulins de Paris, hopes to raise membership of the scheme in the UK from ...
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Research reveals missed opportunity for bakers
Latest figures for bread, cakes, cookies and morning goods sold through high street bakeries paint a mixed picture of people visiting bakery shops more frequently and buying more products, but spending less.The research showed that, in the 12 weeks leading up to the pre-Christmas December spike, people visited bakeries ...
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Morrisons to offer ’significantly more jobs in bakery’
Morrisons is to expand its workforce by 5,000 in 2009, including new recruits in bakery.The additions form part of the supermarket’s continuing store space expansion plans. In December, the retailer announced that it will acquire 38 Co-operative Food and former Somerfield stores, increasing the number of its smaller-format shops.Around 4,000 ...
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RGFC blends Renshaw business with Napier
The Real Good Food Company’s (RGFC’s) two principal businesses Renshaw and Napier Brown Foods are to amalgamate. The London office of RGFC has already closed and consolidated in Liverpool alongside the renamed renshawnapier.Renshaw is a leading manufacturer of marzipans, fondants, ready-to-roll icings, baking chocolate and jams, while Napier supplies sugar, ...
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Nescafé broadens coffee remit
Nescafé has launched a bigger coffee offering for retailers who want to make more of their coffee sales. Go Large has been designed by Nestlé Professional to meet consumer demand for larger hot beverage sizes.A new 16fl oz cup is now available, which is 7fl oz more than a regular ...
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Cooplands extends offer into wholesale business
Bakery chain Cooplands (Doncaster) is planning to expand into wholesale for the first time, after being awarded a BRC rating. The company was recently audited against BRC issue 5 and awarded a Grade B.Previously, the firm had only manufactured products to sell in its 75-shop estate, but has worked with ...
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New Zealander cashes in on a pitta Messiah
British Baker leaves no stone unturned in its quest for bakery enlightenment, which makes it all the more edifying to discover that heavenly powers now may be choosing bakery products as their vessel.It was with great pleasure - and no small measure of piety - that we followed the progress ...
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Challenge of the fittest in tough times
Last year was a tough year for high street retailers, with the shock demise of iconic high street brand Woolworths perhaps best capturing the turmoil facing traders. Bakery retailers were just recovering from runaway commodity, ingredients and utilities prices at the start of the year, when the economy went berserk ...
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Consumer watch Men and children first?
As we all know, the out-of-home market has grown substantially over the last 10 years and both chains and independent outlets have enjoyed a period of high consumer "affluence". But what happens when finances get tight and the first thing to be cut is discretionary spending, such as the out-of-home ...
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Dawson Foodservice makes Comenda-ble dishwasher
Dawson Foodservice equipment has launched a new dishwasher for 2009. The Comenda XLC has been designed for coping with the washing-up needs of medium or large catering operations. It can be used to wash plates, cutlery, glasses, cups, trays and bake-ware.The unit is able to personalise cycles to meet specific ...
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Comment
"Salt will continue to be a major industry issue in 2009. The Federation of Bakers is very concerned that the new Food Standards Agency (FSA) targets likely to be set for 2012 will be technically impossible for the industry to achieve. The Federation is committed to an ongoing constructive dialogue ...