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The start of the new almond season harvest is two months away and the news continues to support earlier forecasts that the Californian harvest is looking good. The forecast at the end of June was 603,000 tonnes.Current almond crop availability appears to match the steady demand and prospects of such ...
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Deadline looms in Inter Link talks with McCambridge
Talks aimed at securing the future of cake company Inter Link are expected to reach a conclusion next week.By next Monday, 23 July, it is understood that Irish firm McCambridge will announce whether or not it will buy the troubled business, which has nine UK bakeries and one in ...
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FSA: ’diet not linked to income’
Eating healthily is not linked to a high level of income, according to a report released by the Food Standards Agency (FSA).The Low Income Diet and Nutrition Survey, published on July 15, found no significant link between income and dietary patterns. Diet-related problems were consistent across the population, regardless of ...
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’Fat tax’ idea dismissed by health and industry experts
Research published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health last week suggested that 3,200 lives per year could be saved if the government imposed a ’fat tax’.It called for VAT at 17.5% to be levied on certain foods. The report, backed up by research at Oxford and Nottingham Universities, ...
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Real Good MD steps down
The Real Good Food Company said it is "confident current market expectations will be met", as MD John Gibson stepped down.Stephen Heslop, MD of its bakery and baking ingredients divisions, assumed executive responsibilities for the group upon Gibson’s departure on 11 July.A pre-close statement said that sales in the bakery ...
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Efficiency... or lack thereof
Recently I read in my daily newspaper that the government considers that mini-brothels would be a good thing. That is just typical of politicians and civil servants - they know nothing about the economies of scale, yet they dare lecture us on efficiency.The civil service and local government are ...
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Face to face...
Q What is Délifrance? A It is the bakery arm of parent company Nutrixo which also owns Grands Moulins de Paris, the French miller. We are 50% owned by French farming co-operatives and 50% by employees. Délifrance manufactures its own goods, using its own flours and specifications. The ...
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Flour prices soar higher
The price of flour is to rise substantially. Miller Rank Hovis announced on Tuesday of this week that it would be increasing the price of its bread-making flours by £68.75 per tonne (£1.10 per 16kg) and the price of its soft flours for making cakes and biscuits by £53.13 ...
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Turning on the heat
Family-owned miller Bowmans was established one year after the end of the Crimean War, the denouement of which saw a rush of grain returning on to world markets; the outcome was a dramatic fall in grain prices that sent the US into a three-year depression. Compare that to today’s dwindling ...
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Oakdale hits rocks for second time
Oakdale Bakeries, renamed Bakesense Bakeries, has called in administrators for the second time this year.With sites in Doncaster and Wigan, over 200 jobs remain uncertain. The company makes mince pies, tarts and fruit pies.Glenn Bancroft, co-owner, acquired Oakdale Bakeries from administrators in March. Last week, he told British Baker ...
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Ingredients watch
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has decided not to class goji berries as a novel food, which means food manufacturers can continue to use them in products.The berries, which are used in bakery products from companies such as The Village Bakery in Melmerby and Daylesford Organic in Gloucestershire, were investigated ...
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Shaken and stirred
With two months to go until the big event, it’s time to reveal the theme of this year’s Baking Industry Awards at the Grosvenor House Hotel...James Bond!There’s a distinctly Bond-like slant to this year’s entertainments. Race Aston Martins around a Scalextric Racing track, sponsored by Sonneveld, for the chance to ...
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International activity
Israel faces a bread crisis, as bakeries have stopped producing government-subsidised, price-controlled bread.Unless the government allows them to put up the price of the subsidised bread, bakers will not be able to afford to make it because of the price hikes in worldwide wheat.Last week, the government refused to raise ...
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Joint approach
I would like to express support for both the opinion expressed in Viewpoint and by John Gillespie’s essay - "We need to speak with a united voice or be ignored altogether" - in the 29 June edition of British Baker.In addition to technical, legal and industry promotion issues, one of ...
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Tell Bakemark your Doughnut Week tale
How did you get involved in this year’s National Doughnut Week? Bakers with a story to tell should get in touch with BakeMark UK via alison@bdb.co.uk or tel 0161 925 4700.Send in news and photos of your fundraising activity for possible use in the 2008 publicity campaign.BakeMark UK will donate ...
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JULY - OCT Highlights in the coming months include the CCFRA’s course in Baking for a Healthier Diet and Panary’s second Bakers’ Tour in France
14 - 15 Gluten-Free BakingLocation: Bread Matters CumbriaContact, tel: 01768 88189914 - 15 Continental, Italian and French breadsLocation: Cann Mills, DorsetContact, tel: 01722 341 447email: info@panary.co.uk18 Kingston & District Master Bakers Association meeting(with speaker Tony Phillips and a three-course meal)Location: Crown Hotel, Chertsey, SurreyContact, tel: 01932 345486 (Linda Clarke)/01483 ...
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Costa set for Balkans move
Whitbread has signed a 15-year franchise deal to launch 100 Costa Coffee outlets in the Balkans over the next five years.Under the agreement, Delta, the Serbian retail group, will open and operate stores in Albania, Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Slovenia and Serbia. The first nine outlets under the agreement will ...
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O’Briens sets out bold growth plan
Sandwich bar chain O’Briens revealed this week it plans to have 80 more shops and business canteens in the UK bearing its brand by the end of this decade."We are already the market leader in Ireland and Scotland. Now we plan to be the market leader in England and Wales," ...
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UK bread price rises up the world ranking
UK supermarket bread remains among the cheapest in the world, latest figures from the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) indicate.The data, supplied exclusively to British Baker, indicates that UK supermarket bread is cheaper than that on sale in supermarkets in countries including Bangkok in Thailand, Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, Lagos ...
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Briefs
n The Scottish-based Baguette Express sandwich bar has opened its first English outlet in Halifax, taking its number of outlets to 16. Billy Stenhouse, and his brother, Robin, launched the Baguette Express franchise last year. It plans to opens its second English sandwich bar in Carlisle, Cumbria, and predicts having ...