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To refer specially to the fact that bread has been made entirely by hand does not create any impression - at any rate, favourable - on the public of today, who associate the use of machinery with almost every conceivable manufacturing process. The public also associates improved hygienic standards with ...
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Glitzy Las Vegas theme chosen for awards event
The glitz and glamour of Las Vegas will come to London’s Grosvenor House hotel for this year’s Baking Industry Awards.The awards, to be held on Monday, 15 September, kick off with a special reception, followed by a three-course meal and wine, before the results are announced and celebrity presenter Kate ...
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In my world: the craft baker
Tom Herbert a fifth-generation baker and director of Hobbs House Bakery, a multi award-winning craft bakery based in south GloucestershireWow, what a week! I feel like a balloon being bent and twisted into a shape at the hands of the Almighty,Costs rise and squeeze, we find some efficiencies and ...
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Megans reveals plans for former Best Bakeries
The new owner of the former Best Bakeries business in South Wales has pledged to "bulldoze" the current site in Hirwaun, as part of plans to modernise the business. Healthier products and expanding business within Wales are also priorities for Megans Bakery, which has bought the business from administrators Grant ...
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Plans for Bakers’ Fair take shape
The Bakers’ Fair is to take place on Sunday, 19 October 2008, at Sheffield’s Don Valley Stadium. As the UK’s only autumn exhibition for progressive and professional independent bakery companies, cafés and coffee shops, it comes at a time when key purchasers will be making final decisions about the Christmas ...
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New York City bakery businesses see trans fat ban come into force
Bakers in New York City have been banned from using any kind of trans fat. The ban, which applies to all foodservice establishments in New York, has been phased in since last year, with the first phase applying to fry oils and spreads.The ban, which came into force from 1 ...
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Bakery pleased with way cookies crumble
Biscuit maker Island Bakery is adding a new fruit offering to its range, as well as updating its packaging. Apple Crumbles are to join its existing range of organic biscuits, and contain chunks of apple, oats and juice and a sprinkling of cinnamon."It has been an absolute joy working with ...
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Ring my bell
It seems fitting that Asda’s Boldon Colliery got the gong for best in-store bakery at BIA07 - gongs being something of a recurring theme at Asda’s in-stores. Remember the advertising campaign earlier this year, featuring Victoria Wood ringing a bell to tell customers that freshly baked bread was on-shelf - ...
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Waitrose cakes boosted by packaging revamp
Waitrose has seen a "phenomenal" uplift in sales of its packaged cake lines, following an overhaul of pack design, the addition of new lines and changes to recipes, including a complete switch to free-range eggs.Cakes buyer Sam Witherington said the revamped range, which launched into stores on 19 May, has ...
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Délifrance tempts with sweet brioche
French bakery manufacturer, Délifrance UK, has added a hazelnut and chocolate-flavoured brioche to its range. The product has a chocolate filling with crushed hazelnuts and is produced using French flour. It is ready to thaw and serve in two hours and is sold in packs of 30.Délifrance UK’s category manager, ...
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Holding a bun to your head
Here’s a great candidate for our regular shop design feature Interior Motives. One café in a strife-ridden suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, has been decked out like a military post. Patrons at Buns and Guns can enjoy scoffing ’Terrorist Bread’ to the sounds of gunfire, blasted over the speakers. Other delights ...
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Japan sources emergency butter
Japan is to import 5,000 tonnes of emergency butter supplies from Europe, New Zealand and Aus-tralia, in response to a serious shortage. Bakeries and supermarkets are among businesses that have been experiencing shortages, due to a decrease in milk production following an unusually hot summer. Farmers have been asked to ...
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Peter Hunt stops trading as no buyer is found
More than 200 staff have been made redundant at the Peter Hunt bakery, after it ceased trading on 7 July.Administrator BDO Stoy Hayward (BDO) has been unable to find a buyer for the Bolton-based business, since parent company Lyndale Group went into administration in June. BDO had initially ...
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Carford’s counter move
The Carford Group’s new Lincoln CTI Countertop impinger oven (1300 Series) has digital controls that allow for easy programming, said the firm.It is small enough to sit on most commercial countertops, and has a new front-controlled reversible conveyor direction switch.The CTI also has a 16-inch-wide conveyor belt and a 20-inch ...
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Carr’s raises profit prediction
Carr’s Milling Industries has raised its profit forecast for the year to 30 August 2008.The milling and machinery giant said it had continued to enjoy strong trading since its last update on 27 May.In a statement, Carr’s said its board has upwardly revised guidance, with full-year profits expected to be ...
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Cornish firm spruces up shop chain
Cornish bakery Rowe’s is refitting and rebranding its 16-strong chain of shops. The stores will get new fixtures and fittings, and signage will change from WC Rowe to the simpler ’Rowe’s’.Marketing manager Paul Pearce said the move was part of the company’s plans to grow the retail side of its ...
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Chatwins moves over to Fairtrade
South Cheshire bakery, Chat-wins, has made the switch to Fairtrade in all its 20 coffee shops and four lounges.The family bakery, which hadn’t previously used Fairtrade products, now serves Fairtrade teas, filter coffee and fresh ground coffee, as part of its pledge to offer "quality with justice".One of the towns ...
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Whose squeaky clean image is now covered in flour?
Whose fruity smile was used to beguile? Who learned the ropes promoting soaps? Yes it’s the gorgeous, glamorous Sara Reid of Rank Hovis - advertising Pears soap in 1972, aged 31/2.
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Rank Hovis consults on mill closure
Rank Hovis, part of Premier Foods, is in consultation with employees about the proposed cessation of milling and pac- king at its Rotherham Mill in South Yorkshire.Garry Sharkey, head of wheat procurement, told British Baker: "Last week we announced consultations to end milling at the site in early September and ...
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Coffee, the Italian way
Last month saw the London opening of an Italian coffee chain that harbours ambitions to reassert Italy’s easily overlooked status as the godfather of espresso - since its position was usurped around the globe by Starbucks and its bastard (in the nicest possible way) offspring. I know what you’re thinking: ...