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Fairtrade’s fair game
So you’ve undertaken a green audit, embarked on an energy efficiency plan and explored eco-friendly packaging. How else can you make your business more ethical? Consider looking more closely at the core of your business - at the products you sell.How can you be sure that the coffee in your ...
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Flour power
In December 2006, Mike Thurlow, miller and tenant of Letheringsett Watermill in north Norfolk, won the UKTV Local Food Hero Award. One of the judges, celebrity chef Gary Rhodes, described him as "the nation’s favourite" and thousands of internet voters clearly agreed.He had already been crowned East Anglian winner - ...
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Ishida handles sticky foods
Ishida Europe has introduced a new range of ’Screw Feed’ multi-head weighers, which enable the automatic handling of fresh ’sticky’ products such as seafood and meat. The design incorporates rotating corkscrews with the familiar circular multi-head layout, replacing traditionally used radial feed troughs.The weighers are specifically designed for products ...
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No sloppy Giuseppe
You don’t want to mess with Giuseppe Mascoli’s oven. The Neapolitan pizza owner prides himself on his E9,000 (£7,085), handcrafted specimen. "I had it made by an artisan in Naples," he says. "Then put on an industrial trolley and shipped over on a container. It’s a very particular oven."For the ...
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Greggs shops see healthy half-year sales
Greggs has published a strong set of results for the half-year to June.The bakery retailer’s group sales for the 24 weeks to 14 June 2008 were up by 7.7% to £276m. Pre-tax profits, excluding exceptionals and property, dipped 4.3% to £14.1m. Managing director Sir Michael Darrington said rising ...
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Sandwich guru
Over the past months, we have been working flat out at the Soho Sandwich company, making thousands and thousands of sandwiches for many of the very special events that have taken, and are taking, place up and down the country during the summer, writes Adam Gilbert.The particular favourite event that ...
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Hovis to reinstate little loaf
Premier Foods is adding four loaves to Hovis’ 400g range to tap into a "key growth sector".The move will see the return of Hovis’ Little Brown Loaf - a traditional unsliced loaf, embossed with the Hovis brand name and premium packaging.Hovis marketing director Jon Goldstone said: "The Hovis Little Brown ...
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The quest to invest
A combination of the credit crunch, high raw materials price inflation and low business and consumer confidence makes this a testing time for owners looking to finance an early or mature phase of expansion in the food sector.Shaun Galloway, finance director at pie and pastry manufacturer Ginsters, says: "It’s far ...
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Made to measure
Originally, pizza dough was cooked outdoors on hot flat stones. Not entirely practical or indeed desirable in this HACCP age we live in, but you don’t have to brave the British weather to produce excellent pizzas. There are options to suit you, from counter-top to conveyor models. Here are just ...
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Meiko takes out the waste
Meiko UK has added Disaperator food waste disposers to its range of warewashing appliances.The disposers have been designed around the need for quick and hygienic removal of food waste from preparation areas. The range, which includes bench-mount, sink bowl fitting, free-standing cabinet type and trough-mounted models, can be used in ...
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Mouthing off
"Consumers are showing signs of fatigue of celebrity marketing. The cult of celebrity has reached a crossroads - over-exposed celebrities have saturated the market and ageing populations mean that the growth audience is shrinking."Marketers must therefore pursue new tactics to avoid the pitfalls that are associated with ...
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Pizza ovens suitable for Neapolitan-style pizzas
[http://www.benier.co.uk] (Milton Keynes, Bucks) | [http://www.cater-bake.co.uk] (Knowsley, Merseyside) | [http://www.equipline.co.uk] (Uxbridge, Middlesex) | [http://www.jestic.co.uk] (Tunbridge Wells, Kent) | Pizza Plus Foodservice chris@pizzaplus.fsnet.co.uk (Preston) | [http://www.servequip.co.uk] (Croydon, Surrey)
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Passion play
Passionate People, Passionate About Food’ is Rotherham-based Maple Leaf Bakery’s slogan. This passion, along with a huge pride about what it does and what it has achieved, were the main instigators behind the company’s decision to enter last year’s Baking Industry Awards and the reasons behind its Bakery Manufacturer Of ...
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Reporting in
== Terry Sharp Head, Baking & Cereals Processing Department CCFRA ==There is an old joke. A managing director is telling his human resources department that times are hard and there will be no money for training. Cut to a year later and he is saying that business is much better, ...
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Seasonal seller
Damsons, a sub-species of plum, were first cultivated around the Syrian capital city of Damascus and, as such, are also known as the Damascus plum. They were brought to Britain by the Romans and then introduced to North America by English settlers. These small oval fruits, with a dark blue ...
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All the fun of Bakers’ Fair
Don’t waste time - register now for Bakers’ Fair North - the UK’s only regional exhibition for bakers, cafes and related businesses.Taking place at Sheffield’s Don Valley stadium on 19 October, this year’s fair - organised by British Baker’s owners William Reed Business Media - has something for everyone.The fair ...
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Beijing store for Costa
Costa Coffee has opened its first store in Beijing, to coincide with the start of the 2008 Olympic games. The Costa store, located in the Shang Di Shopping Mall, will be the first opened under a joint venture between Costa’s parent company Whitbread plc and the Beijing Hualian Group.
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Royal thumbs up for Brockleby’s
Organic pork pie maker, Brockleby’s, has been given the royal thumbs up.Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, paid a visit to the Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire-based company’s stand during a visit to Warwickshire’s Royal Show and decided to take one of its pies back for Prince Charles to sample.Charles is no stranger to ...
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Hot event for coffee industry
Four hundred of the most influential top executives from across the European coffee and foodservice sector will gather at a major industry event to discuss the latest trends and key issues in the fast-growing branded coffee chain market.The event, called The European Coffee Symposium 2008, is to be held in ...
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Proper Cornish in Spar deal
Bodmin-based handmade pasty manufacturer, Proper Cornish Food Company, has secured a contract to supply its pasties and sausage rolls to Spar stores across the south west of England. The new chilled, ready-to-eat range of pasties and sausage rolls is now available to 300 Spar stores across the region through West ...