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Exclusive research identifies mega-trends in the industry
Families are "trading up" and returning to the dinner table when it comes to indulgent occasions, according to Rich Products, following extensive market research provided exclusively to British Baker.TNS Worldpanel, which conducted the research, asked 11,000 individuals to compile a two-week food diary twice a year. Participants were asked ...
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Seaweed oatcake a hit
A newly launched seaweed and black pepper oatcake is going down well in the Highlands - and beyond.The oatcake is the brainchild of Lewis MacLean, a former Scotch Pie world champion, who runs MacLean’s Highland Bakery in Forres, which supplies a range of oatcakes to Harvey Nichols, House of ...
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Organic trial
A new ’Better Organic Bread’ project has been launched to boost the country’s organic bread market.The project, organised by the Campden & Chorleywood Food Research Association Group (CCFRA), along with Defra and the Home Grown Cereals Association (HGCA), features milling and baking trials with different wheat varieties in a bid ...
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On tackling over-eating
He may be long gone, but his wisdom lives on. If only he’d been born a century later to guide us through the tough times, we wouldn’t be in the mess we’re in right now... On tackling over-eating: “In Germany a person begins with eating a pound or two ...
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NewsTop toasters: Panda-faced toast
Always at the forefront of toaster technology, Japan has once again come up trumps with Sega Toys’ Pa toaster. If you squint, it looks a bit like a cartoon panda. This marvel hits the market in June. Can you wait?
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Reporting in
Matthew Goodman, policy representative, Forum of Private Business (FPB)High street bakers, already concerned that their trade is being hit by high taxes and the might of large supermarkets, are among the small firms that believe the government is not listening to them.The Forum of Private Business (FPB), which represents small ...
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Time to tighten up on spending
With constant media attention fixated on spreading the message of a looming recession and crashing stock markets, both in the US and UK, many bakers may be wondering, "How does this affect my business?"Analysts warn that 2008 is going to be "a tough year" for businesses, which will affect UK ...
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NewsToaster tags
Toaster graffiti has been, ahem, popping up more of late. Sightings date back to 2002, from New York to Birmingham, and this recent daub was spotted in London. It could be a reference to an early Jamaican precursor to rap music, known as ‘toasting’, or it could be about elevating ...
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“Toastvertising”
Ever wanted to learn more about the history of Spam? Would you like it told to you via the medium of animated scraped toast? You’re a bit weird. But here you go: www.tinyurl.com/yvalfv
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viewpoint
The authoritative research commissioned by Rich Products, using TNS Worldpanel (pg 4), will do little to allay the government’s fears on obesity. It shows a 14% rise in indulgence products over last year! And growth in indulgence has overtaken health for the first time. But it’s good news for ...
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Union fights to save 40 jobs
The Bakers, Food and Allied Workers’ Union resumed talks with management at the Park Cakes bakery in Bolton this week in a bid to stave off 40 job losses.As British Baker went to press, the union was set to hear the company’s response to its proposals for saving the ...
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International activity
The German and Italian baking federations have welcomed new co-operation between their countries’ respective trade fairs - IBA World Market for Baking and ABtech Expo.Both federations and the engineering consortium Sipan have agreed to co-ordinate their trade fair policies "in the interests of all market partners", they said in a ...
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Kerry cuts jobs after buying sandwich firm
All 250 workers at Bernard Matthews’ sandwich business have been made redundant, after it was acquired by Irish company Kerry Foods.Around 150 jobs have been axed with the closure of the company’s Dunstable factory, with the remaining redundancies coming from the van sales business.Frank Hayes, director of corporate affairs at ...
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Upping the ante in Lille
A bit like the Eurovision Song contest, Europe has always taken the Bakery World Cup slightly more seriously than we Brits have done. While our cousins on the mainland Continent take the contest to heart, with national heats and everything, Royaume-Uni has consistently scored ’nul points’.Hardly surprising, given that we’ve ...
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Award reward
A bakery manager at Asda has been promoted after his team won the In-store Bakery of the Year category at the 2007 Baking Industry Awards (BIA).Chris Spoors from Asda in Boldon, South Tyneside, is now the fresh food team leader responsible for bakery, produce, meat, fish and dairy. These ...
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Bakery companies sign up to water reduction scheme
Some of the baking industry’s leading players have joined a scheme to cut water use by a fifth.Premier Foods, Warburtons and United Biscuits are among 21 food and drink companies that have agreed to use less water in manufacturing.The 21 businesses, which between them are worth some £15bn, have ...
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Good year for Skoda bakery
A Kent bakery which produced props for a recent Skoda Fabia advert is celebrating a bumper year after doubling its turnover to £2m, moving to new 15,000sq ft premises and winning contracts with retailers including Asda and Morrisons.The Cake Bake Company in Swanscombe, which makes a wide range of traditional ...
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Organic bandwagon
As demand for organic goods continues to rise across everything from cosmetics to beer, the category has moved firmly from the trendy into the mainstream arena. While bread has not been one of the strongest organic categories, new research shows that bakers can follow the lead of fresh produce and ...
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Jacob Fruitfield to close Dublin biscuit factory
The Jacob Fruitfield Food Group has set out plans to restructure its manufacturing operations, which will lead to the closure of its biscuit factory near Dublin with the loss of 220 jobs.Company chairman Michael Carey regretted the redundancies but said they were unavoidable because the factory at Tallaght had ...