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Mercury Packaging acquisition
Food packaging company Certiforms has been acquired by packaging manufacturer, Mercury Packaging.The deal is part of Mercury Packaging’s expansion plans, enabling the company to offer enhanced printing capabilities, production efficiencies and technical expertise to a number of industries and allow it to increase its focus on the baking industry as ...
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Welcome to Bakers Review!
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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Greggs enjoys Christmas sales boost
Greggs’ like-for-like group sales rose 5.3% over the Christmas period according to a trading update released today. Sales growth for the four weeks to 3 January 2009 was higher than in previous months. In the 28 weeks to 27 December 2008, the bakery chain’s like-for-like sales increased by 3.9% and it saw a total sales increase of 6.6%.
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Greggs enjoys Christmas sales boost
Greggs’ like-for-like group sales rose 5.3% over the Christmas period according to a trading update released today.Sales growth for the four weeks to 3 January 2009 was higher than in previous months. In the 28 weeks to 27 December 2008, the bakery chain’s like-for-like sales increased by 3.9% and it ...
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Jammie Dodgers partner Comic Relief
Burton’s Foods is hoping to raise £160,000 for Comic Relief with the help of its biscuit brand Jammie Dodgers. The company has announced a partnership between Jammie Dodgers and Red Nose Day, as well as the launch of a new out-of home snack variety. From 29 January, two pence from ...
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Warburtons’ loaf gets fruitier
Warburtons has revamped the recipe for its Fruit Loaf with Orange so that it now provides one portion of fruit for every two slices. The new recipe loaf will be available from mid-January and is to be relaunched in redesigned packaging in order to highlight the extra fruit content as ...
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Welcome to Bakers Review!
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 bakery businesses.
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Pret go contactless
Pret A Manger has become the latest company to adopt contactless payment systems. The high-street sandwich chain is to launch the integrated system following a successful seven store trial in London. The system allows customers to pay for items totalling £10 or less by swiping their card across a contactless reader, and has been designed to save customers time and cut queues. It will be rolled out across Pret’s remaining 171 stores and the process is set to be complete by April 2009.
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Coffee chains set to expand despite gloomy economy
The rapid growth of the UK branded coffee chain market of recent years is expected to slow only slightly in 2009 and will break through 5,000 outlets by 2012, according to new data published by Allegra Strategies. Its UK Coffee Shop Market report, published December 2008, claimed that the current economic downturn had only a limited effect on trading performance this year, with only 19% of consumers questioned saying they visited outlets less frequently.
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Maple Leaf price fixing allegations investigated
Canada Bread Company, the parent company of the UK’s biggest bagel supplier Maple Leaf, is investigating allegations that an employee at its UK bakery operations, Maple Leaf Bakery, may have sought to influence the pricing of a competitor, Mr Bagel. These allegations have led to the suspension of the employee, while an investigation is carried out with the support of external legal counsel. Lynda Kuhn, senior vice president, communications and consumer affairs at Canada Bread told British Baker: “We certainly see these as serious allegations and we’re treating them as such. We’re proceeding very quickly to understand the facts and would like to resolve the issue as soon as possible.”
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Green award for Honeyrose
Honeyrose Bakery has been rewarded for its environmental efforts with a Green Business of the Year Award. The accolade was received by the London-based organic bakery at the 2008 Park Royal Business Awards, which took place in London on 25 November.The Royal Park industrial estate houses over 2,000 companies, but ...
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California Raisins’ innovation competition
California Raisins is inviting bakers to take part in its 2009 Innovation competition. It aims to find the most innovative new products that have been created using California Raisins, California Raisin paste or California Raisin juice concentrate.The product can be anything at all as long as it contains California Raisins. ...
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Waitrose opts for convenience
Waitrose has opened its first food shop in a convenience format in Trinity Square, Nottingham, which will stock freshly made baguettes, sandwiches and salads as well as freshly made bread.The 5,815sq ft outlet is the first of a four-branch trial of the new format. The second shop is due to ...
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Get involved in National Doughnut Week
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 for the charity, which raises money for specific care, education and therapy ...
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Hovis takes Nimble leap
Premier Foods has announced that its Nimble brand will come under the umbrella of Hovis from January 2009. The lower-fat and calorie bread is to be rebranded as Hovis Nimble, with a supporting £1m advertising campaign to start in the New Year.Premier believes the change will benefit both brands, especially ...
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Honeyrose win green award
Honeyrose Bakery has been rewarded for its environmental efforts with a Green Business of the Year Award. The accolade was received by the London-based organic bakery at the 2008 Park Royal Business Awards, which took place in London on 25 November. The Royal Park industrial estate house over 2,000 companies, but Honeyrose was picked out for its attitude to local sourcing and sustainability and its strict environmental production controls.
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Waitrose move into convenience sector
Waitrose has opened its first food shop in a convenience format in Trinity Square, Nottingham, which will stock freshly made baguettes, sandwiches and salads as well as freshly made bread. The 5,815 sq ft outlet is the first of a four branch trial of the new format. The second shop is due to open in Bristol in spring 2009.
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Award-winning pork pie
Brockleby’s Organic Melton Mowbray Pork Pie has scooped an accolade in the Local Foods category at the Quality Food Awards in London. Based in Asfordby Hill, Melton Mowbray, in Leicestershire, the company reached the number one spot with its pork pie - the only organic Melton Mowbray Pork Pie around.
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Register for National Doughnut Week
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 for the charity which raises money to help provide specific care, education and therapy for children with multiple disabilities.
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Hovis adopts Nimble brand
Premier Foods has announced that its Nimble brand will come under the umbrella of Hovis from January 2009. The lower-fat and calorie bread is to be rebranded as Hovis Nimble, with a supporting £1m advertising campaign to start in the New Year.