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High stakes in Kensington
The opening of American giant Whole Foods Market’s new UK flagship superstore on Kensington High Street last week promoted a furious burst of razzmatazz from neighbour Marks & Spencer.Playing the "organic and natural foods" interloper at its own game, it went all out to highlight the "exquisite taste, exceptional quality ...
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Inter Link’s rollercoaster ride
A timeline on supplier Inter Link’s website charts its phenomenal growth since it was founded in 1994. It has not been updated since 2005.That year, Inter Link became the UK’s number two cake supplier, with the £12.25m purchase of the Yorkshire Cottage Bakeries Group. The deal was its ninth and ...
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Inter Link timeline
2006Central distribution centre opened in Warrington2005Acquired Yorkshire Cottage Bakeries. Further new factory opened at Shadsworth, Blackburn2004 Acquired Hoppers Bakery. Acquired Polish bakery Cukiernia Mistrza Jana2003 Acquired Soreen2001 New factory opened at Shadsworth, Blackburn.Acquired Newton House Bakery. Acquired Cakes for the Connoisseur. Acquired the ...
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Legislation watch
New regulation on nutrition and health claims will apply from 1 July 2007.Regulation No 1924/2006 of the European Parliament will control the nutrition and health claims made on food and provide consumer protection. Legislation will be unified across the EU.The regulation will provide a list of permitted claims that can ...
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Older shoppers pick wholemeal
Wholemeal bread consumption increases with age, according to a new survey by the Medical Research Council, which found that non-smokers, non-manual workers and Southerners also eat more healthy loaves.Wales has the highest average white bread consumption per week (75g), while the lowest consumption is in London and the South ...
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International activity
The IFT Annual Meeting & Food Expo will take place on 28 July to 1 August, 2007 at McCormick Place South, Chicago.It aims to bring together experts from the baking and food industry, including technologists, scientists, buyers and sellers from all over the world. Visitors will see a variety ...
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European Bakeries forced to call in administrators
Wholesale supplier European Bakeries called in administrators last Friday, blaming the col- lapse of the 47-shop sandwich chain Benjys.Administrator Lee Manning from Deloitte told British Baker that the company was still trading as a going concern, and potential buyers were being shown around. There were two or three strong contenders ...
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M&S tests out new-look bakery
Marks & Spencer is trialling a new bakery format in the shadow of the new Whole Foods Market superstore, in Kensington, London.The new-look ’Bakery & Patisserie’ department is among a number of innovations at its Kensington foodhall. It has a visible bake-off area behind a long chiller cabinet. A range ...
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Panary organises French bakery tour
Bakers can pick up techniques from across the Channel on a week-long French breadmaking tour.Panary is organising the trip, from 1-8 October, offering the chance to observe four different artisan bakers at work in their bakeries, watch their dough handling techniques and their management of sourdoughs, their table skills, and ...
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Bakery focus for RGFC as it sells off fish division
Real Good Food Company (RGFC) is selling its Five Star Fish division to British Seafood for £35 million.This sale leaves the company with bakery, baking ingredients and sugar companies. These include Hayden’s Bakeries, Seriously Scrumptious, Renshaw and Napier Brown Foods.RGFC said this week that it aims to grow both through ...
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Bells rings change
Family-run business Bells of Lazonby has been presented with a prestigious Know- ledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) award, recognising its achieve- ments in category innovation.Founded in 1975, a KTP project is a three-way partnership between: a company, which has a specific and strategic project; a knowledge base - an academic or ...
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Cakes with brakes
Skoda rises to the challenge by creating one very tasty motor, a full-sized replica of its Fabia, made out of cake and confectionery.The New Fabia is ’full of lovely stuff’, according to Skoda and, to illustrate the point, they’ve swapped rivets for raisins, metal for marzipan and spark plugs for ...
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Buyers tipped for Inter Link
Vision Capital and Premier Foods have been tipped as potential buyers for debt-ridden cake company Inter Link, which this week suspended trading of its shares.Inter Link, which has 12 UK bakeries and one in Poland, has seen a rapid decline over the last year with shares dropping from 770p ...
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Fortification’s weak case
The ’robust’ case for fortifying bread with folic acid is distinctly dodgy when one examines the details.We are told that mandatory fortification has reduced Neural Tube Defect (NTD) births in the US. Yet I believe the evidence does not indicate this at all. The US Centers for Disease ...
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Irish craft group introduces range
Artisan bakery group, The Com-pany of Irish Bakers has launched its first range of products, including Irish porter cake and fruit brack.The group includes four artisan bakeries in Northern Ireland and one in Co Donegal in the Republic, with each of the bakeries contributing its own product.Co Donegal-based Gala Bakery ...
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Double deal
Ingredients supplier Cereform has launched a new partnership for the Irish market with Unifood, part of the IAWS group. The new arrangement gives Unifood the right to develop sales of the full range of Cereform products throughout the Irish Republic.As a major ingredients supplier to Ireland’s bakery trade, Unifood specialises ...
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Whole Foods opens doors to London
American giant Whole Foods Market opened its UK flagship superstore on Kensington High Street, London, last week, with bakery a key attraction.A working bakery and bakery display section are the centrepiece in the entrance area of the store, with point of sale boasting that breads are: "made from scratch ...
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Easy levain
"Bakers need to keep developing new products and pushing innovation, otherwise they are really going to suffer under pressure from supermarkets and their low price points," says Fermex’s technical specialist Sara Autton.UK specialist ingredients distributor Fermex, which supplies Lesaffre products, regularly invites clients to its Baking Center as part ...