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No weak Link
Back in 2005, McCambridge’s chairman, Michael McCambridge, was quoted in the Irish Times as saying: "McCambridge is linked almost exclusively with brown bread and we want to keep it that way." Two years later, it acquired the second-biggest cake manufacturer in the UK, in the shape of Inter Link Foods. ...
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Product news
Tyrrell’s Potato Chips has launched a seasonal variety - Garden Herbs. The launch blends four classic herbs - basil, thyme, rosemary and oregano - to give "delicately balanced yet flavoursome" crisps.Tyrrells is also releasing regular seasonal favourite Summer Barbecue in time for the warmer weather.Tyrrells grows its own potatoes ...
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Obituary
Dan O’Donohoe (63) of Foxrock, Dublin, who collapsed and died suddenly at the beginning of April, was a well-known figure in the Irish baking industry, writes Hugh Oram.In the late 1970s, he was managing director of plant bakery Bolands in Dublin. But trading and union restrictions on plant bakeries at ...
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Sayers’ review
Sayers Bakery in Liverpool has begun talks with union officials over 150 redundancies, as it carries out an operational review which it said was "triggered by the worldwide escalation of raw materials and soaring energy and fuel costs".In a statement, the company confirmed that it had entered a 90-day consultation ...
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On salt
Learned, dapper and with a bowel to set your watch by, healthy-eating prophet Dr Allinson was over a century ahead of his time and a self-proclaimed authority on everything from farting to skinny dipping. Here’s his vital advice on kids’ salt intake. On salt: "Civilised man has accustomed himself ...
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In Short
== Improve changes NI apprenticeship ==A new apprenticeship for Northern Ireland has been endorsed by Improve, the food and drink sector skills council. As in the rest of the UK, separate apprenticeships for bakery, meat and poultry processing, and food and drink manufacture, will be replaced in the province ...
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== BB’s juicy deal ==BB’s Coffee & Muffins has taken a controlling interest in juice bar, Juice Junction, which has eight stores in Ireland and two in the UK. BB’s plans to incorporate the Juice Junction offer alongside its New Zealand Natural premium ice cream range within its cafés and ...
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== Gates boost for wheat ==Microsoft founder Bill Gates is throwing his considerable financial clout behind efforts to develop rust-resistant varieties of wheat. Gates and his wife, Melinda, have given Cornell University in the US a grant of $26.6 million (£13m) to screen for rust at facilities in Kenya and ...
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Show us your va-va-voom
Bakers and confectioners are advised to get their skates on if they want to take part in this year’s Baking Industry Awards, as the deadline, Friday 16 May, is fast approaching. The Awards have a category to suit everyone, so there’s no excuse not to have a go.Just think! You ...
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Finsbury puts ‘free-from’ market firmly on agenda
The Finsbury Food Group has strengthened its operations in the ‘free-from gluten’ market with the £8.9 million acquisition of Yorkshire Farm Bakery (YFB) and A&P Foods. YFB is a major manufacturer of gluten-free breads as well as rolls and cakes and is located on a freehold site in Hull. A&P ...
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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 period from Monday, visiting ...
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O’Briens expands in Scotland
Franchised sandwich bar chain O’Briens will open three new cafés in Scotland this spring. O’Briens has opened a café in Glasgow-based shopping centre Silverburn, and plans to open one in Kilmarnock and another in Gretna by the end of May, bringing the total number of Scottish franchises to 45. ...
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CSM buys Harden Fine Foods
Bradford-based Harden Fine Foods, which supplies mini-bite flapjacks, brownies and cakes to in-store bakeries in supermarkets as well as restaurants and coffee shops, has been bought by CSM NV for £6.4 million. The Netherlands-based firm already owns BakeMark UK and Kate’s Cakes.
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Costa moves to sustainable sourcing
Costa Coffee is to source its entire coffee supply from sustainable farms. From September 2008, at least 30% of the coffee used in Costa’s Mocha Italia blend – which forms the base of its coffee drinks – will come from Rainforest Alliance certified sources. It will then gradually work towards a 100% sustainable sourcing policy.
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Finsbury Foods ’Gluten-Free’ Acquisition
The Finsbury Food Group has strengthened its operations in the ‘free- from’ gluten market with the £8.9 million acquisition of Yorkshire Farm Bakery (YFB) and A&P Foods.YFB is a major manufacturer of gluten-free breads as well as rolls and cakes and is located on a freehold site in ...
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Finsbury buys Yorkshire Farm Bakery
The Finsbury Food Group has strengthened its operations in the ‘free-from’ gluten market with the £8.9 million acquisition of Yorkshire Farm Bakery (YFB) and A&P Foods.YFB is a major manufacturer of gluten-free breads as well as rolls and cakes and is located on a freehold site in Hull. A&P shares ...
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Greggs names new chief exec
Greggs has appointed Ken McMeikan – currently retail director at Sainsbury’s – to be chief executive of the group. He will join the board of the bakery giant on June 1.Sir Michael Darrington will retire at the end of July after 24 years as managing director of Greggs but will ...
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Greggs names new chief exec
Greggs has appointed Ken McMeikan – currently retail director at Sainsbury’s – to be chief executive of the group. He will join the board of the bakery giant on June 1.Sir Michael Darrington will retire at the end of July after 24 years as managing director of Greggs but will ...
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Greggs names new chief exec
Greggs has appointed Ken McMeikan – currently retail director at Sainsbury’s – to be chief executive of the group. He will join the board of the bakery giant on June 1.Sir Michael Darrington will retire at the end of July after 24 years as managing director of Greggs but will ...