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A Positive approach to labelling
Positive ID labelling has developed a new multi-purpose label that can both carry printed data and indicate when pre-packed foods have achieved the correct temperature. The label is printed with a special ink strip that remains invisible until it changes to black at the specified temperature, ensuring the ...
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Call to arms
One small step for bakers (or a few steps upstairs to the conference rooms at Baking Industry Exhibition), one giant leap for baking kind. What last year appeared a challenge at one time as unlikely as putting a man on the moon - getting the baking industry to speak with ...
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Around the show with... Tom Herbert
Piping bags that pipe themselvesIt’s such a great idea, we can’t believe it’s not been done before. This piping bag system allows you to pipe an ingredient through the nozzle without having to squeeze the bag. The pipe - a rubber tube that is under pressure - is simply released ...
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Aulds negotiates a move
Scottish bakers Aulds is consulting with its 150 employees at its Greenock factory about a possible move to a new manufacturing facility 16 miles away in Inchinnan, as its current plant is outdated.In a statement the company said that all the staff had been guaranteed continuity of employment if the ...
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NewsThe plant baker
According to the food pundits, the snacking agenda for the year ahead is healthy eating. Well I have a problem with healthy eating; it’s all so negative, so depressing - you can’t eat this, you can’t eat that. It’s ’free-from’ this and ’low in’ that and definitely none of the ...
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NewsNappy baker’s happy
You may remember, three weeks ago, when Stop the Week featured a story on [http://www.baby-cakes.co.uk], which makes its cakes from unconventional ingredients: nappies. Well, owner Miranda Hart got in touch to express her delight at the coverage, and concurred that the concept would have struggled in the BBC’s ...
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From Humble beginnings
With a trained chef as a mother to teach her cookery from an early age and a father who worked for Lloyds Bank providing commercial nous, it’s perhaps not surprising that Gemma Parker has ended up running an increasingly successful cake-making business in Norfolk.Parker gained inspiration through her ...
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BIE is rated a success
Exhibitors and visitors alike expressed satisfaction over the Baking Industry Exhibition (BIE), which took place at Birmingham NEC on 6-9 April. Many standholders have already signed for the next show, which will take place in two years’ time.As well as many ingredient and machinery stands, the student competitions, supported by ...
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BIE showing in style
Visitors to the Baking Industry Exhibition 2008 (BIE) not only had access to 120 exhibitors, but could also take advantage of a range of innovative features.The latest equipment and machinery was showcased at a fully-functioning demonstration bakery, which churned out a variety of products from doughnuts to muffins during the ...
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Meiko does its bit for planet
Warewashing company Meiko UK has taken the first step in implementing a carbon offset programme for every road, air and freight mile undertaken on behalf of the company. Several of the firm’s energy, chemical and sustainable kitchen food waste products will automatically qualify for ’footprint points’ that convert into pounds ...
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NewsBook review
With a title like ’Fantastic Party Cakes’, cake maker extraordinaire Mich Turner’s latest opus, which features a gushing endorsement from alpha male chef Gordon Rammo on the cover (the f-words must have been edited out), could equally be strapped with the anti-Yorkie tagline: ’It’s not for boys’.This collection of dainty ...
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NewsGroom boom
Aspiring brides have literally been left on the shelf at a Nottingham bakery. Paul Brown, owner of Sweet Success bakery, told a British Baker journo that the company has been busy making wedding cakes for gay men’s civil partnership parties. But the high demand for groom figurines has left a ...
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Coca-Cola’s profits boost
Coca-Cola’s first-quarter sales and profits show an increase on the same period last year.Pre-tax profits for the three months to March 28 were up 13% on the first quarter of 2007, to $1.9 bn (£954m). Sales were up 21% to $7.4 bn (£3.7bn).President and chief operating officer Muhtar Kent said: ...
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Workplace coffee boosted by high street trends
Instant coffee from traditional vending machines or via the kettle is increasingly becoming a thing of the past, as consumption of higher-quality coffee in the workplace booms, fuelling value growth of the market, according to new research.In its report, UK Coffee at Work, Allegra Strategies said that spending ...
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NewsCryptic bready quiz
See if you can match up the crypric clues to types of bread. And, yes, some of the answers made us groan too. 1. Grandmother 2. Morsel mine 3. Harbour seabird 4. Do you like to dance? 5. Satchel ...
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Carr’s recoups margin in food business
Carr’s Milling Industries, the Cumbrian-based agriculture, food and engineering firm, has seen a 45% rise in half-year profits.Profits for the 26 weeks ending 1 March jumped to £5.17 million, up from £3.57m in 2006. Carr’s revenue increased by 46% to £162m and adjusted operating profits rose 41% to £6.43m.Meanwhile, the ...
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Country Choice takes on rival in NI
UK bake-off and food-to-go giant Country Choice is planning to take on rival Cuisine de France (CDF) on its own turf, by entering the Northern Irish market, which the latter dominates.A team of 12 key Country Choice staff will be blitzing the market over a two-week ...
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Coca-Cola UK’s sales pitch
Now - 10 casesRetail at 0.95 ex VAT:£194.04Cost at £7.99 per case:£79.90Profit:£114.14 per weekProjection - 20 casesRetail at £0.95 ex VAT:£388.09Cost at £10.99 per case:£219.80Profit:£168.29What it’s worth1 outlet= an extra £2.8k per year profit5 outlets= £14k10 outlets= £28k20 outlets= £56k40 outlets= £112k
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Wheat comment
Uncertainty is likely to remain in the market for the remainder of the old wheat crop marketing campaign, and weather is now critical for the new crop. Analysts are expecting a record wheat crop for 2008/09. In the meantime, the new crop forwards market is broadly tracking old crop movements ...