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Visitor profile for Starbucks
What is the profile of the typical Starbucks customer? That was question posed by the IGD in its recent Café Culture report.Using interviews with 1,000 consumers, it looked specifically at the 13% of adults who claimed to use Starbucks regularly. It reports that they are typically younger, more affluent workers. ...
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Greggs’ prices rising 4.5% as costs bite
Retail baker Greggs said this week that its prices were increasing 4.5% a year on an ongoing basis as ingredients’ costs mounted.The company, the UK’s number one bakery chain with 1,353 shops, said cost pressures arising from increases in the price of flour and dairy products have been mitigated to ...
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Alex Waugh, director general of the National Association of British and Irish Millers
It has certainly been a newsworthy couple of months in wheat markets, with prices reaching record levels in September.The markets have also been characterised by volatility, especially in futures markets depending on weather reports and the activities of investment funds. We can expect more of the same in coming ...
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Allied hits back at Warburtons’ report
Allied Bakeries says its Kingsmill brand is actually growing faster than Warburtons, fiercely rebutting claims to the contrary in Warburtons recent Bakery Review 2007.Allied said figures quoted in the review that suggest that Allied’s Kingsmill brand had lost market share across the UK in the year to July 14 are ...
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Green approach pays dividends
Rising utility costs, changing legislation and the increasing environmental awareness of consumers all present challenges for the baking industry. But these issues could equally be viewed as opportunities for businesses to create competitive advantages.Consumer demand for ’greener’ food, for example, has been estimated to add an additional £16.35 to the ...
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Younger shoppers key to high street bakers’ future
High street bakers need to target young consumers, adapting range and approach, to ensure long-term survival, according to new independent research supplied exclusively to British Baker.Currently, retail bakers have a loyal but ageing and low-spending customer base, says the report from Management Horizons Europe, commissioned by ingredients supplier BakeMark UK.The ...
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Northern bakery sales rise
A return to sales growth for its bakery division was one of the highlights for Northern Foods as it reported a 2.6% increase in group revenue for the half-year ended 29 September. Sandwiches and salads also did well, despite slower year-on-year growth due to the unseasonably poor summer weather.Underlying revenue ...
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Bakery worker gets life for murder
A former Fine Lady Bakeries worker has been sentenced to life for the murder of a colleague who died after an argument at work.Imran Shah, 23, was stabbed 11 times at the Fine Lady bakery in Southam Road, Banbury, on 27 November last year. Two stab wounds punctured his lung ...