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Compass points the way
Compass Group may have recently won the contract to supply catering and hospitality services for staff working at London Heathrow’s new Terminal Five, but, like many of the people who will be using its services, the company is keen that its feet stay firmly on the ...
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Wholly confusing
The Whole Grain Stamp - a nifty little black and yellow food packaging label that has done wonders for the bowels of our American cousins - was launched recently into the UK, in a move that would have our back-page dietician Dr Allinson rolling around joyfully in his grave.Equally chuffed ...
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Reporting in Innovate or die
Chief executiveBakoThe so-called ’mega trends’ of health and well-being, indulgence, convenience and ethical standards have been at the heart of new product development recently, colouring every product launch.In the past 12 months, we have seen some remarkable changes in our industry: rampant commodity markets fuelled by commodity traders; growing populations ...
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Starbucks trims down store numbers
Starbucks is to close around 600 underperforming stores in the US as part of its "transformation strategy". The stores are expected to close over the remaining part of this financial year, and second half of next."In January, we committed to transforming the company through a series of critical and strategic ...
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Warburtons engages in educational venture
Warburtons has launched a ’Learn for Life Centre’ at its Stockton bakery in Teesside to encourage employees to continue with learning and education.Warburtons teamed up with the Bakers Food and Allied Workers Union (BFAWU) to launch the project, with the BFAWU donating around £3,000. It will enable 180 staff from ...
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Energy prices take their toll on milling industry
Flour millers association Nabim has warned that steeply rising energy prices, combined with other rising costs, are having a serious impact on the milling industry and overall grain sector.Alex Waugh, director of Nabim told British Baker that, as the oil price rises to a record level beyond $140 per barrel, ...
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Watson fills sales role
Lawrence Watson has been appointed as head of sales and marketing at Rank Hovis, effective 1 September. He is currently sales director at Bowmans Milling in Hitchin, Herts.Watson told British Baker: "I look forward to joining Rank Hovis in September and also to the challenges of the job in this ...
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Up the function
Over the last year, healthy breads such as whole grain have experienced the fastest growth within the bread sector. The same period has also been marked by the widespread cleaning up of ingredients labels. This all amounts to great news for the shelf-life of the people eating the breads, but ...
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Sandwich guru
Wednesday morning is my favourite morning of the week, not because I get up at 3am, but because, an hour later, I find myself at Billingsgate fish market, right in the hustle and bustle of one of the oldest fish markets in Europe, writes Adam Gilbert.I try to ...
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Your say: letter
I must respond to your News Insight item ’Crunch time for training’ (27 June), to address what seems to be a lack of understanding regarding the important and entirely positive developments currently underway in bakery training in the UK.You say that "a storm is brewing at the heart of bakery ...
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Are they taking the Mannekin Pis?
This little curio popped into our inbox tagged with the eyebrow raising heading: "Belcolade’s chocolate Manneken Pis jets in for 20 Years of Passion celebrations", accompanied by a snap of a nude child made of chocolate.The press release revealed it was to do with Belcolade celebrating 20 years of producing ...
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Mill with a message
Matt Scott knew he faced a battle to make flour sexy when he bought Bacheldre Watermill seven years ago. After all, producing organic and traditional flours from a 16th century Welsh water-powered mill in Powys was, literally, miles away from his former life as a postman in Gosport.Yet he and ...
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Milking your offer
The dairy sector has seen prices of raw ingredients rocket alongside all the other commodities, and the café and bakery retailing sector is no stranger to this. But aside from cost, what issues do bakery retailers and cafés face when it comes to the dairy products they use? Is ...
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Principled packaging
Greener packaging - it’s straightforward, right? Plastics are "bad", while paper and cardboard are "good". Well actually, it’s not quite that simple, and even the experts don’t agree. Landfill, where most of the UK’s waste ends up, is under huge pressure. Space is due to run out within the next ...
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Seasonal seller
Courgettes, also known as zucchini, are a very versatile vegetable with a delicate flavour. Courgettes were not widely eaten in Europe before the 20th century, but have been cultivated in Central America for 5,000 years and are related to watermelons, gherkins and cucumbers. They are plentiful in the summer months ...
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Sweating the system
For some, looking for government support - whether in grants, tax incentives or simply advice and training opportunities - has something of a stigma about it. That is, until they see who else is already benefiting from this type of support.For those in the know, it is a sign that ...
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Coffee Republic: chief executive resigns
Coffee Republic’s chief executive Steven Bartlett is to stand down at the company’s forthcoming Annual General Meeting. The coffee bar chain’s current executive chairman, Peter Breach, will take over the role temporarily while a permanent replacement is found. Bartlett will remain on Coffee Republic’s board in a non-executive role. ...
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Ashers sets its sights on the US
Northern Irish craft bakery Ashers is setting its sights on the overseas market after attending the Summer Fancy Foods Show in New York last week. The trip, organised by Invest NI, enabled Newtownabbey-based Ashers to see how things work on the other side of the pond. The fair, organised by ...
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Orli coffee shop to open in Borehamwood
Restauranteur Avi Avital is to open another Orli Coffee Shop in Hertfordshire. The kosher coffee shop will open in Borehamwood to cater for the needs of the surrounding Jewish community who have previously been making trips to its north-west London branch.Avital currently has Orli coffee shops in Hendon, Edgware and ...
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Neill’s flour secures NI Tesco listing
Northern Irish flour miller Neill’s Flour has secured a deal with Tesco to supply its Jenny Bristow flour range to 36 stores across the province.The Simply Add Milk range was created by Neill’s and celebrity chef Jenny Bristow to "make home baking simple". There are five packs in the range ...