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Let the judging commence
The deadline for getting your entries in for this year’s Awards has now closed, and judging is busily under way. Panels of judges for each of the categories will be whittling down the entries to find the top three contestants in each field. The shortlisted three will then be invited ...
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Deregulation to happen
Legislation covering wrapped bread weights is set to be scrapped in the UK next year, after an about-turn by the European Parliament.An amended version of the EU Nominal Quantities directive, voted on last month and just published, will deregulate weights and sizes for all pre-packed products, except for wines ...
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SAMB discusses industry pressures
At the Scottish Association of Master Bakers conference, which took place over the May Bank Holiday weekend, Stanley Smith, convenor of the SAMB technical committee, told delegates that pressures in the industry had changed in 2007 from being legislation-based to being supermarket- and industry-led.Smith cited nine different methods of ...
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Hot topics
From bread weights to salt to carbon footprints, a special FOB panel, representing a cross-section of the industry, discussed the pros and cons for the bakery trade.Chairman Sylvia Macdonald, edi-tor, British Baker [SM]: Should bread weights be deregulated?Joe Street, managing director, Fine Lady Bakeries [JS]: I’m fairly ambivalent about it ...
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Vandemoortele investment
Belgian food group Vandemoortele said last month that it is to invest more than E70 million throughout this year, "in an aim to drive forward continued capacity growth and efficiency improvements".The group is planning to fill up to 113 new vacancies. "We are making significant investments in staff, brands and ...
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Your letters
In spite of Andrew Whitley’s claim, in his letter (11 May), that he is not attacking "the whole milling and baking industry", he persists in suggesting our industry is not only dishonest about materials and techniques, but is also guilty of mendacity and a cynical manipulation with selective additions of ...
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Doughnut Week targets £40k as bakers rally to the cause
More than 700 bakers and businesses took part in the recent National Doughnut Week, sponsored by BakeMark UK. Money is still being collected, but it is hoped to raise up to £40,000 in total.Campbell’s bakery of Crieff, in the Scottish Highlands, was one of the bakeries which joined in the ...
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Don’t chase your own tail Don’t waste time fretting about things that never materialise, advises Tony Phillips... who also throws in a few choice observations on qualifications
Getting older has few compensations; bits and pieces you never knew you had start to ache and a great deal of time is spent between the doctor’s surgery and the chemist, getting prescriptions for ailments that I’m sure they had never even invented when I was young.Another consequence is that ...
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Questions remain over folic acid
The detail of how folic acid will be added to baked goods remains unclear despite the Food Standards Agency (FSA) board’s decision last week to recommend mandatory fortification to health ministers.The FSA hopes to decide at its next board meeting in June whether folic acid should be added at the ...
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Restructure at Allied
Allied Bakeries is restructuring its UK mainland business into eight regional business units to improve service levels and efficiency.A budget of several million pounds has been allocated to put in place the new devolved structure over the coming months, MD Mark Fairweather told British Baker.Eight local bakeries will serve the ...
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Credible appeal
The organiser of the Great Taste Awards - set up to showcase the best of the UK’s fine foods including bread and cakes - has taken the bold step of going toe-to-toe with supermarkets over premium labels, such as Tesco Finest and Sainsbury’s Taste the Difference, which he claims may ...