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Partial MBO for ’solid’ Peter’s Food Service
Savoury pastry manufacturer Peter’s Food Service was acquired by its management and NBGI Private Equity this week, in a £20 million buyout.Peter’s currently employs 640 staff across two divisions throughout Britain and has an annual turnover of £53 million. It produces more than 100 million pastry products every ...
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Richemont heads meet up
Nine members of the Richemont Club of Great Britain, led by club president Trevor Mooney, recently attended the annual meeting of Richemont presidents in Croatia.Ten countries were represented during the visit, which started in Zagreb, where lunch was hosted at a Festival of Bread and Pastry. The meeting of presidents ...
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Magic with marzipan
Once upon a time, in the Middle Ages, a Venetian baker’s daughter was helping her father blanch and chop almonds to mix with a large portion of cake dough.But the girl was in love and, lost in her own romantic thoughts, she used too many almonds for the small portion ...
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Packaging watch
The Village Bakery in Melmerby, Cumbria, has announced that it will package its bread range in biodegradable and compostable bags.Lindsay Williams, Village Bakery marketing manager, said: "Our entire range is organic and we are working hard to make all our cardboard packaging recycled and recyclable, so we are ...
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Viewpoint
Boils need to be lanced, ears need to be unwaxed and tongues need to be bitten. That’s the rather messy - and painful-sounding - scenario facing those charged with bringing the disparate elements of the industry together to create a unified voice for skills training, following turning-point talks between student ...
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Conference cancelled
Improve has cancelled the conference due to take place today, Tuesday, October 30 at the Bakers Hall in London. It will be rescheduled to take place during the Baking Industry Exhibition in April 6-9 at Birmingham NEC. Further details will be announced when the new date and time is confirmed.
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Aga sells foodservice and bakery arm for £260m
Equipment company Aga last week agreed a £260m sale of its foodservice and bakery equipment division to Italian manufacturer Ali SpA.The division, which includes Mono Equipment, Miller’s Vanguard, Williams Refrigeration, Falcon Foodservice and AFE Serviceline in the UK, is set to run as before with no changes to management structure.Aga’s ...
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Aga sells foodservice and bakery arm for £260m
Equipment company Aga last week agreed a £260m sale of its foodservice and bakery equipment division to Italian manufacturer Ali SpA.The division, which includes Mono Equipment, Miller’s Vanguard, Williams Refrigeration, Falcon Foodservice and AFE Serviceline in the UK, is set to run as before with no changes to management structure.Aga’s ...
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The Carbon Trust adds loan boost
New research by The Carbon Trust has revealed that lack of time and expertise to measure and reduce their carbon emissions is preventing the UK’s small and medium businesses from achieving business energy savings.While 63% of SME senior managers and directors surveyed realised they could reduce their carbon emissions through ...
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The Carbon Trust adds loan boost
New research by The Carbon Trust has revealed that lack of time and expertise to measure and reduce their carbon emissions is preventing the UK’s small and medium businesses from achieving business energy savings.While 63% of SME senior managers and directors surveyed realised they could reduce their carbon emissions through ...
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Understanding is all
Knowledge is power was the message from Tesco’s in-store bakery category manager at the autumn British Society of Baking (BSB) conference. Neil Franklin, who probably has more of both these commodities at his fingertips than many others in the baking industry, said suppliers are not employing supermarket sales data enough.Franklin, ...
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Understanding is all
Knowledge is power was the message from Tesco’s in-store bakery category manager at the autumn British Society of Baking (BSB) conference. Neil Franklin, who probably has more of both these commodities at his fingertips than many others in the baking industry, said suppliers are not employing supermarket sales data enough.Franklin, ...
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Energy impact analysed
While competing claims and methodologies are being bandied about, one research team has been toiling away to nail down the carbon impact of products specific to bakers by developing a supply chain framework for measuring CO2 emissions from plough to plate. The results suggest that the bakery chain can operate ...
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Energy impact analysed
While competing claims and methodologies are being bandied about, one research team has been toiling away to nail down the carbon impact of products specific to bakers by developing a supply chain framework for measuring CO2 emissions from plough to plate. The results suggest that the bakery chain can operate ...
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Bakers’ Fair hits Bolton
More than 400 bakers and food-to-go retailers from all over the country travelled from as far afield as Devon to the Bakers’ Fair North West on October 14.The show, held at Bolton Arena in the shadow of Bolton Wanderers’ stadium, kicked off at 9am on Sunday morning. And the queue ...