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Seasonal seller
There are many varieties of plum available. Some are sweet and are suitable as dessert fruits and others are tart and can be made into jams or chutneys. Either type can be used for baking. There is a variety of skin colours from green and yellow to dark red and ...
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Charity karting event for bakers
The charity karting event, in support of the Baker’s Benevolent Society, and sponsored by Rank Hovis, will be taking place on Thursday 18 September. It will be held at the Daytona Karting track in Milton Keynes between 10.30am and 4pm.The overall winners of the Kart Grand Prix 2008 will be ...
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Braces ’dough-nate’ funds
Family baker Braces is offering charities, schools and community groups across the south and south-west of England donations to mark its 106th birthday. The Bread for the Community Birthday Fund is offering local organisations, who are unable to benefit from large national funding sources, the chance to apply for a ...
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Hollywood breads in Waitrose
Bakery author Paul Hollywood has begun supplying a new branded range of six traditional breads including brioche into 11 London Waitrose stores and Harrods.Hollywood, who started up a new artisan bakery in Aylesham, Kent, in March 2007, will also launch a range of hearty loaves this week based on old ...
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Coke Zero Zero Seven
Coca-Cola Zero has teamed up with Sony Entertainment and huge movie franchise James Bond in a deal that sees the brand working with the next 007 film, Quantum of Solace. The brand, originally dubbed ’bloke coke’, will be supporting the film release with a through-the-line advertising campaign and promotional ...
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Tories: no to traffic light scheme
A Tory government would ditch the traffic light system of food labelling favoured by the Food Standards Agency and seek voluntary agreements with industry to tackle obesity, shadow health spokesman Andrew Lansley said last week.Speaking to the Reform Think Tank he said he would support EU-wide proposals for mandatory front-of-pack ...
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Bakels: new MD
Paul Morrow, MD of British Bakels has appointed Ian Dobbie as new MD designate from October 1. Dobbie, who currently heads up the UK division of Delifrance, takes over full responsibility at Bakels from Jan 1.
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Brooks steps down from Finsbury Food Group
Dave Brooks, the chief executive of major own-brand premium cakes supplier Finsbury Food Group, who steered the business into its number two position within the UK cake industry, is to step down from his role with effect from 29 September. Brooks will be replaced by major shareholder Martin Lightbody, previously group strategic development director, who owns 26.6% of the company, following Finsbury’s acquisition of Lightbody Celebration Cakes in February 2007.
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Warburtons fibre boost
Warburtons is kicking off a national promotion of its wholemeal range this September, in order to give the nation a ‘fibre boost’. It is also launching a mini online drama called ‘The Seeds of Love’ featuring its Seeded Batch Loaf. Warburtons’ Fibre Provider campaign follows on where its 2007 campaign, ...
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NewsWarburtons fibre boost
Warburtons is kicking off a national promotion of its wholemeal range this September, in order to give the nation a ‘fibre boost’. It is also launching a mini online drama called ‘The Seeds of Love’ featuring its Seeded Batch Loaf.
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Sara Lee & Heinz equipment for sale
Former Sara Lee and Heinz Foods’ processing facilities are to be offered for sale by tender. The entire contents of the food processing machinery located at the former confectionery manufacturer Sara Lee a world-renowned manufacturer of baked goods and confectionery are being offered by Pro Auction, as well as Sara Lee bakery equipment for pizza processing and sauce manufacturing from the former Heinz plant in Grimsby.
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New module for Bakery School website
Online training provider The Bakery School is adding a further module to its 40-module bakery training portfolio. The module Training Matrix will go live on 5 September. Designed to support the employer or supervisor, the module will help them to set up a simple matrix system for bakery training, in ...
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Starbucks launches Clover Coffee in US
Starbucks will be introducing a new collection of coffee in selected stores in the US. Clover Crafted Small Batch Coffees will arrive in 10 Seattle stores, before expanding to its Boston and San Francisco markets in the coming months.“After acquiring the Coffee Equipment Company in April 2008, we asked a ...
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Warburtons’ Seeds of Love
Warburtons is kicking off a national promotion of its wholemeal range this September, in order to give the nation a ‘fibre boost’. It is also launching a mini online drama called ‘The Seeds of Love’ featuring its Seeded Batch Loaf. Warburtons’ Fibre Provider campaign follows on where its 2007 campaign, ...
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Machinery for sale by tender
Former Sara Lee and Heinz Foods’ processing facilities are to be offered for sale by tender. The former United Kingdom bakery processing facilities at Sara Lee Bridlington and Heinz Foods Grimsby are to be offered for sale by tender on 24 September 2008.The entire contents of the food processing machinery ...
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Masked raider targets Oliver Adams shop
Staff at a branch of Northampton-based bakery retail Oliver Adams have been robbed of £600 at gunpoint by a masked raider.The shop, in Wellingborough Road, Northampton, was raided at 1.30pm on Saturday 9 August as three women assistants were behind the counter. Assistant manager Kelly Hill said that the robber ...
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Greggs appoints new general manager
Greggs has appointed a new general manager for the Midlands. Ian Bagnall will be responsible for the 168 shops located in the Midlands as well as the company’s bakery operations in Birmingham.
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Consumer caution hits Greencore
Greencore has revealed a 7.5% reduction in turnover to $284m (£225m) for the four months to the end of July, blaming “a notable deterioration in consumer sentiment in the UK since June” and the strength of the Euro against the pound.The convenience food and ingredients business said that excluding acquisitions ...
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Irish coffee chain to expand
Esquires Coffee Houses is to expand its Irish franchisee network by opening three new cafes in Dublin, Cork and Naas in County Kildare by the end of 2008.Irish Master Franchisee Tony McVerry said: “Esquires is now well positioned in Ireland to maximise growth opportunities by targeting traditional high street locations, ...
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New food and drink diploma
Food and drink manufacturers are being encouraged to invest in the future of young talent by supporting a new qualification. The Diploma in Manufacturing and Product Design has been developed by five skills councils representing manufacturing employers in the UK, including Improve. The diploma, to be launched in September 2009, ...