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Improve launches interactive website
Improve has launched an interactive website at www.improveltd.co.uk The site features the latest updates from the food and drink industry, plus up-to-date Labour Market Intelligence, developments on Qualifications and Learning Frameworks, and useful advice on how to secure a job in food and drink manufacturing. Other interactive features include the ability to debate on key industry issues, gain insight into the thoughts of industry leaders, post comments and sign up for news alerts. Improve has also added a new area – ImproveSkills – which focuses on the key developments of Improve within the skills arena.
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Peter Hunt business to close
Bolton-based manufacturer Peter Hunt is to close, with the loss of 200 jobs. Hunt’s was part of the Lyndale Group, which went into administration last month. While part of Lyndale’s business was saved in a management buy-out, Hunt’s, which makes pies and pasties, was left without an owner.Dermot Power, business ...
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J2O yank your chain
J2O is sponsoring a series of comedy nights during, linking the brand with the critically acclaimed stand-up tour, ‘Yanks Your Chain’. The brand, which has experienced strong growth over the last 12 months, is hoping to feature in the fun of summer.The tour will feature the likes of Pablo Francisco, ...
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Best Bakeries’ business bought
South Wales’ company Best Bakeries, which went into administration on 4 June, has been saved by a management buy-in.New company Megans Bakery has bought the business, re-opened the factory in Hirwaun and taken back around half of Best Bakeries’ former staff. Megans has three directors – Best Bakeries’ former bakery ...
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Flurocarbon buys Prestige
Flurocarbon Holdings has bought bakeware manufacturer Prestige Industrial.Prestige, a bakeware manufacturer, supplying the UK and Europe, was previously a subsidiary of BI Group Plc, a parent corporation for an international group of engineering companies.BI had suffered a general reduction in sales of bread tins and baking trays over the past ...
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Sales strong for Finsbury
Sales remain strong for Finsbury Foods according to a trading update released on 2 July, in advance of the company entering its close period. The company has said it is pleased to confirm excellent growth in all its subsidiaries, with sales from the second half of the year much higher ...
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Handmade opens new site
The Handmade Cake Company, officially opened its new factory in Gardner Road, Maidenhead, in a double celebration to mark its 25th Birthday. The new premises which is only a mile and a quarter down the road from its old one, now gives the company the extra space they need and ...
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Revamp for Rowe’s
Cornish baker Rowe’s is refitting and rebranding its 16-shop bakery retail chain. The shops will get new fixtures and fittings, and a new fascia, replacing WC Rowe signage with the simpler ‘Rowe’s’.Marketing manager Paul Pearce said the company’s immediate focus is to grow the retail, rather than supply, side of ...
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New labelling system at The Co-operative
The Co-op group is to roll out an in-store labelling system for its bakery products following a successful trial. Pre-printed labels were replaced with a print-as-you-bake function as part of a pilot scheme in 10 stores, with results showing a range of improvements. Costs and wastage were cut due to ...
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Tough times hit Brace’s Bakery
Brace’s bakery will be making some of its staff redundant as it restructures its business in response to challenging market conditions. The redundancies could hit staff across both of its plants in Crumlin, Newport in south Wales. A spokeswoman said: "The slowing economy and increasing manufacturing costs, such as spiralling fuel and wheat prices for us, has been well-publicised. There has been a huge impact on business and we are no exception. "We have had to review our costs and restructure some parts of the business and, as a result, unfortunately there will be several redundancies across the business over the next few weeks. "At this time, we are considering all vacancies within the business so that we may re-deploy the people affected and avoid a redundancy situation, if possible." Brace’s said redundancies were a last resort for the business.
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Asda sells 50p bloomer
Asda is to sell its large white bloomer for 50p as part of a cut-price promotion this weekend.The 800g bloomer – which usually retails for £1.09 – is one of 10 products being sold for 50p until Sunday. Other goods include fruit, salad ingredients, own-brand sausages, eggs and butter. Asda ...
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Ainsleys grows delivery fleet
Leeds-based bakery chain Ainsleys’ delivery service has grown from a single van a year ago to a fleet of 10 this month and has recorded turnover of £1.5 million, according to sales and marketing director James Ainsley.He told British Baker that the Ainsley Delivers vans had been “very successful” and ...
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Kate’s Cakes launches free-from products
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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Proper Cornish to supply Sainsbury’s
Proper Cornish Food Company, has won a major contract with Sainsbury’s, which will see them supply the supermarket with a Taste the difference, Traditional Cornish Pasty. The pasty, handmade in Cornwall, will be available in stores nationwide from summer, and has been produced using locally sourced ingredients where possible. Commenting ...
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Selenium project results ’encouraging’
Research on fortifying UK wheat with selenium through the use of fertilisers has been encouraging, according to project leader Dr Martin Broadley.The project, dubbed BAGELS, is a “farm to fork” project sponsored by DEFRA and aimed at establishing whether selenium-containing fertilisers can be used without damaging the environment.According to the ...
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Welsh food skills group launched
Ingredients supplier Beacon Foods has joined forces with a group of academics and food industry professionals with the aim of developing food industry skills within Wales.The new group, Food Industry Skills Strategy Group, will oversee and direct the Food Industry Skills Project. Other members in the group include leading food ...
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McDonald’s introduces regional pricing
McDonald’s is to vary the amount it charges for food depending on the location of each outlet. The changes are being implemented in response to increasing prices of products such as bread, milk and beef. A spokesperson for McDonald’s told British Baker: “McDonald’s food bill is increasing and like other ...
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Baking Industry Awards: early-bird offer ending
The last day for early bird booking for the 2008 Baking Industry Awards is Monday 30 June, so make sure you book your table now! The early bird offer means tables cost £1,600 plus VAT for a table of 10 (normally £1,750 + VAT) and £1,920 for a table of ...
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FSA action on irradiated yeast
The Food Standards Agency has taken action to stop the sale of a number of products which contain dried irradiated yeast from China, in breach of UK regulations. The products recalled include some batches of Snacks Unlimited’s Weight Watchers Smokey Bacon Corn Bites and Burton’s Snackrite Mini Cheese Thins, Mini ...
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National forum for bakery trainers
Major bakery trainers have pledge their support for a national Colleges and Trainers Forum.The meeting will take place at Sheffield College on 30 June. Acting chairman and organiser Chris North, a bakery lecturer at the college, told British Baker that bakery training has reached a crunch point, with confusion over ...