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The Waitrose way
Such is the pace of change in the spy vs spy world of supermarket buying, that the greatest delight in developing new products comes in creeping up and mugging a competitor with a category first.So what’s the number one way for a supplier to irk a buyer from Waitrose - ...
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Kate’s Cakes in Wetherspoons dessert
Wetherspoons is to use Kate’s Cakes brownies in its Chocolate Brownie Sundae. Kate’s Cakes has supplied the pub chain with its individually wrapped Chocolate Brownies for the last four years, which will now feature on the dessert menu.
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Scottish baker sells up
Scottish bakery M Corson Bakers, based in Castle Douglas, has been put up for sale as a going concern for £1.25 million.
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Hairy Bikers become Hairy Bakers
TV chefs The Hairy Bikers have been renamed The Hairy Bakers for a BBC2 series screening later this summer. Bike and food-mad duo Dave Myers and Simon King have travelled around the UK, from Cornwall to the Scottish Highlands, speaking to the best professional bakers and pie makers as well as hobbyists.
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Sales boost for Britvic
Britvic enjoyed strong sales growth in the half-year to April. The soft drinks company’s sales for the 28 weeks ended 13 April 2008 were up by 28.6% to £454.7 million, with pre-tax profit up 13.2% to £17.2m.
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Fresha opens first café
An outside catering company based in Exeter is branching out with its first café. Fresha, based in Sowton, Exeter, purchased the new property, situated on the same site as its existing company activities on Sowton Industrial Estate, last week, and plans to open a café there in the first week of September.
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Contactless card roll-out at Coffee Republic
Coffee Republic is to introduce contactless card payment systems in its stores. The decision comes after a four-month trial in five of the coffee chain’s London outlets proved successful. In its Canary Wharf store, one in five transactions were contactless by the end of the trial.
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Finsbury Food makes new appointments
Finsbury Food Group has unveiled a number of new appointments in its development and commercial teams. Annemarie Williams will be taking on the role of new product development manager, which will involve the overseeing of all own label product development and innovation.
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Scottish bakery for sale
Scottish bakery M Corson Bakers, based in Castle Douglas, has been put up for sale as a going concern for £1.25 million. The bakery founded in the 1800s is seeking a buyer due to retirement. It’s main retail site and bakehouse in Castle Douglas and its three other retail shops in Castle Douglas, Dalbeattie and Kirkcudbright are all included in the sale.
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Premier Foods on profit target
Premier Foods looks set to meet its full year profit expectations despite a difficult economic and trading environment. Sales for the Baking & Milling division are approximately 16% ahead year on year for the first half, mainly driven by price increases across its bread and flour range. The company’s trading update also highlighted an increase in group sales by 7% and Hovis’ rejuvenation.
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Wild Bean’s first stand alone outlet
BP’s Wild Bean Café has opened its first stand alone outlet at Portsmouth’s Continental Ferry Port in Hampshire. Wild Bean, which sells ‘gourmet on the go’ food products, has been situated at BP filling stations for the last seven years; this move signals a natural progression for the company. The ...
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150 years young
The Bakers’ Benevolent Society (BBS) celebrated its 150th anniversary with a family open day on Sunday 15 June at Bakers Villas in Epping.Visitors enjoyed a barbecue, children’s treasure hunt, fire engine demonstration, various stalls and music from a number of acts, culminating in a barn dance to a six-piece band. ...
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Abbey Well concentrates
Drinks company Abbey Well, has launched a new fruit beverages range, called Abbey Well Juice. The range, made with juice concentrate is available in apple, orange, raspberry blend, blackberry blend and tropical blend. The apple and orange varieties come in 180ml pouches, the others in 200ml pouches.The juices were developed ...
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Chair for Academy group
Finsbury Food Group’s chief executive Dave Brooks has been elected chair of the National Skills Academy Bakery Steering Group. Brooks was elected at the group’s second meeting on 7 July.The steering group’s next priority is to elect a training provider to operate as the Bakery Academy ...
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BakeMark adopts natural stance
BakeMark has launched a line of icings in response to consumers’ needs for natural colours and flavours. The new Crembel line is free from preservatives and uses the most natural ingredients where possible, said the firm.The icings are available in caramel, vanilla, chocolate and lemon flavours, and have ...
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Kate’s looks after allergy sufferers
Kate’s Cakes has added three new cereal bars to its You Can! range. A Dairy Free Muesli bar, Wheat Free Nut ’N’ choc bar and Dairy & Gluten-free Fruit & Seed bar join the existing range of dairy, gluten, wheat-free and low-fat cakes.The bars come individually wrapped in ...
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Finsbury Foods warns of tough times ahead
Finsbury Food Group (FFG) has warned investors that rising commodity costs and consumer caution could affect its growth rate over the next 12 months.In a trading update, released ahead of its closed period, the company said while it expects earnings to grow over the next year, it is "likely to ...
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The genius of Dr Allinson
We’re not sure what the doctor was getting at when he suggested eating this meal for "good staying power".Sure, long before the days of Viagra, people will have turned to some unlikely aphrodisiacs. But half a large loaf of bread as an appetiser to a swingers’ dinner party? We think ...
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Apple boost from RDA
Organic drinks producer RDA Organic has launched a new range of ’fresh functional superfruit’ drinks.Available in Acai berry, Blackcurrant & Evesse Apple and Blueberry & Evesse Apple, the organic fruit content has been chosen for its high content of vitamins and minerals, as well as its high levels ...
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Aqua Botanica spreads its wellness wings beyond London stomping ground
Independent company Aqua Botanica, has signed a deal with regional distributor JD’s Food Group to enable it to sell its products outside its current London location.The new functional water brand has previously been selling its wellness drinks in a number of cafés in the capital city, mainly initial ’trial’ outlets, ...