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November - April Highlights in the coming months include the CCFRA course on Wheat, Milling and Flour Quality and the Baking Industry Summit on Corporate Social Responsibility
November17 - 18 November, 2007Bread Matters FundamentalLocation: The Village Bakery, Melmerby, Penrith, CumbriaContact, tel: 01768 881899Andrew Whitley22 Chorleywood Bread ProcessLocation: CCFRAContact, tel: 01386 842104 (The Training Department)24 - 25 Basic BreadmakingLocation: Cann Mills, DorsetContact, tel: 01722 341 447Email: info@panary.co.uk28 - 29 Understanding Wheat, Milling and Flour QualityLocation: CCFRAContact: ...
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Piemen await verdict in Scotch pie contest
Tension is mounting among the 70 entrants to the annual World Scotch Pie championship as they wait for the winner to be crowned on November 29.Entries from bakers and butchers - 69 from Scotland and just one from England - were scrutinised by a panel of judges at Lauder College ...
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UK Bakeries hopes for a sale
UK Bakeries, a family-owned wholesale bakery based in Leicester specialising in baps and rolls, has called in administrators, blaming increased demand for wraps.The business was established in 1939 as G W Kirton & Sons, employing approximately 60 people. It was acquired in December 2002 and changed its name to ...
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Swedish bakery
Scotland’s first Swedish bakery is to open at a multi-million pound development on the site of Edinburgh’s former Royal Infirmary.Award-winning Swedish baker Jan Hedh will be overseeing the opening of the business called Peter’s Yard, which is a joint venture with Swedish businessman Peter Ljungquift and two Edinburgh-based partners. The ...
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A Week (and a bit) in the Life
Tuesday 2 OctoberAfter 28 hours of travel to LA via Orlando, I finally make it to LA to meet up with Steve McCaughey, the latest recruit to the new product development team at Rich’s UK. The purpose of this lightning trip is to learn some lessons from Rich’s US associates ...
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McDonald’s enjoys sales boost
Fast food chain McDonald’s has announced that global comparable sales in its restaurants rose by 6.9% in October.In Europe, sales were up 6.4%, while in Asia, the Middle East and Africa comparable sales rose 9.4%"We are leveraging our menu variety and value," said McDonald’s chief executive officer, Jim Skinner, ...
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Sandwich sales are boosted by consumer focus on health
The expansion of sandwich bars and the trend for healthy eating has turned sluggish performance in the sandwich market between 2002 and 2006 into an estimated 9% rise in the last year, says a new report.Research from Mintel estimates the market will be worth more than £4 billion this calendar ...
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Firms fined on safety breaches
Fines totalling £33,500 have been imposed on two firms after a lorry driver was crushed to death at the Allied Bakeries site in Glasgow.Graham Meldrum died after being struck by a faulty tail-lift on his truck while unloading in July 2005. He was trapped for an hour before his ...
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Briefs
n Three armed robbers wearing balaclavas stole cash from a bakery in Long Melford village, Suffolk, last week. The men threatened staff and customers at The Patisserie with what is believed to be a shotgun and a baseball bat.n Baking expert Dan Lepard has written around 50 new recipes for ...
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Pret rolls out range for Christmas season
Sandwich chain Pret A Manger says it expects to sell around 70,000 Christmas Lunch special sandwiches a week over the eight-week festive season, after rolling out its Christmas range last week.The sandwich, featuring turkey breast, pork and herb stuffing, fresh leaf spinach, crispy onions and mayo on malted wholegrain bread, ...
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Consumer watch
I don’t often go into bakeries. I usually just shop in Sainsbury’s for cost and convenience.I don’t even shop at the Sainsbury’s in-store bakery, as I would think that these products would be more expensive.I’m quite predictable with the bread that I buy and usually just get Best of Both ...
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Directors’ duties
Directors have powers to take majority business decisions on behalf of companies. As such, various duties are imposed on them to ensure that the companies’ interests are protected.The Companies Act 2006, which will be fully in place by October 2008, codifies directors’ duties into a statutory statement of seven general ...
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Gâteau Opéra
T his is a classic, multi-layered, coffee and chocolate flavoured cake or slice, which appeared in Paris in the 1930s. It was created in honour of the Paris Opera House. It has a very good shelf-life, as it is made in a slab and can be cut to any ...
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Premier hit by ’higher’ price rises
RHM owner Premier Foods claimed this week that its British Bakeries division had been the most efficient of the big plant bakers in putting up its bread prices to cover rising costs, but that its comparatively higher prices had hit sales volumes.In a trading update, the company said it had ...
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viewpoint
T he sandwich market is really buoyant and heading for a 9% rise this year, according to research from Mintel (pg 4). Certainly, the choice on offer from bakeries, coffee shops and supermarkets is phenomenal. The variety of breads, flavours of filling and healthy-eating options are all terrific. But there ...
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Is NPD bakery’s achilles heel?
You may be surprised to know that research carried out as part of the Cereals Industry Forum (CIF) has shown that the cereals industry in the UK has a weakness when it comes to new product development (NPD) and innovation. After all, those companies closest to the consumer, such as ...
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M&S additives aim
Marks & Spencer says it is on target to remove 99% of artificial colours, flavours and preservatives from its bakery products by January 2008, as the retailer steps up its commitment to its Plan A corporate social responsibility strategy.Bakery category manager Gail Richards also told British Baker that 400g loaves ...
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Unifine set to expand range after takeover
Royal Cosun, parent company of Unifine Food & Bake Ingredients, has bought the French food ingredients specialist Caullet and its exporting business Caulinter for an undisclosed sum. Negotiations had been underway since May.Simon Solway, managing director of Unifine Food and Bake Ingredients (UK), said the Caullet portfolio, including glazes, fondants ...
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Allied stabilises sales
Associated British Foods (ABF) said it had "stopped the rot" at its Allied Bakeries business as it posted preliminary results for the year to 15 September this week.The plant bakery business relaunched its flagship Kingsmill brand in February, which improved sales volumes and helped "stem decline in market share" raising ...