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Landmark ruling on agency staff
Thousands of agency workers will be entitled to greater employment rights following a tribunal that ruled in favour of a group of Polish workers in the food processing industry, saying they should be considered employees rather than self-employed.The workers, who worked at Welsh Country Foods in Winsford in Cheshire, were ...
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viewpoint
Allied Bakeries is restructuring into eight regional business units - it makes a lot of sense, economically and of course environmentally. Supplying more products locally will save on food miles and allow for regional variations (pg 4).It is the shape of things to come as the environment moves from the ...
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ABF takes share in Jordans
Associated British Foods (ABF) has announced that it is to acquire 20% share capital of Jordans, the breakfast cereal and cereal bar business.The family-run W Jordan & Son, has three manufacturing sites and a head office in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire. It had sales of £81m and gross assets of ...
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International activity
Anuga, the 286,000sq m international trade fair for food and beverages, is to take place in Cologne, from 13 to 17 October 2007.It has 10 specialised trade shows under one roof, and will be hosting Anuga Bread & Bakery, Hot Beverages, which attracted 377 exhibitors and 46,851 visitors in 2005. ...
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BSB sets out its agenda
’The Tesco Approach to Baked Products’ and ’Managing Change in a Family Business’ will be among the topics addressed at the British Society of Baking conference in October.Speakers at the event, which takes place on 8 and 9 October, include Nigel Doughty, MD of bakery chain Paul UK, food broadcaster ...
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Waterfield scoops top prize at Baking Industry Awards
John Waterfield, managing director of Lancashire craft bakery chain Waterfields, scooped the prestigious Baker of the Year prize as British Baker held its spectacular 20th annual Baking Industry Awards this week.The James Bond-themed event, hosted by actress Joanna Lumley, took place on Monday, 17 September, at the five-star Grosvenor House ...
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Baked range launch for TV chef
TV chef Antony Worrall Thompson has launched a licensed range of baked breadsticks and croutini, now on sale through supermarkets Morrisons, Waitrose and Booths.The new products are manufactured by the croutons, croutini and breadsticks specialist, Bradford-based Trilogy Foods."My food range is all about the best taste from the ...
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Summer sees mixed results for bakers
Craft bakers say they put up their prices due to rising costs for ingredients such as flour and butter, following a mixed summer’s trading.Gary Reeve of Salisbury-based Reeve the Baker said sales were up between 5-8% as the cooler wea-ther meant people went to the high street rather than the ...
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Briefs
The owner of a bakery infested with flour beetles and covered in mud has been fined £3,700 for breaching food hygiene laws.Maxime Barrowcliffe of the Village Bakery, Magdalen Road, Exeter, was also ordered to pay £1,097 costs by Cullompton Magistrates Court.n Gent’s pie shop and bakery in Standish, Lancashire, ...