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Hoshizaki
The full range of Hoshizaki’s compact counter fridges and freezers are now available with drawers. Depending on storage requirements, doors and drawers can be supplied.The fridges and freezers are constructed entirely from solid stainless steel with 304-grade stainless steel interiors, promising long-term durability and efficiency, says the company.Temperatures are adjustable ...
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Polin
Polin has introduced the Multidrop Junior into the UK market.The depositor is versatile, with the ability to manage a wide selection of products including muffins, swiss roll, Viennese, meringues, sheet cakes, cookies and choux buns/éclairs to name a few.It has the ability to handle up to 30 ...
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Soreen sale rumour refuted
Inter Link Foods has dismissed press reports that it is to sell its malt loaf business Soreen.Reports last week had suggested that Soreen was being marketed for sale by the cake company, in a move to to reduce its debt. But chairman Jeremy Hamer told British Baker that they ...
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SmartCombi
The next generation of combi ovens has arrived with the launch of the new Henny Penny SmartCombi, available in the UK from equipment supplier ServEquip.The six-grid SmartCombi has a patented Advanced Steam Technology, which provides greater control of relative moisture and cooking climate, giving greater cooking output than 10-grid ovens, ...
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Van view
VW Caddy VanBy David StokesOne has come to expect from VW that every vehicle they produce is a class act. The new Caddy does not disappoint: it’s car-like to drive and has great performance and good visibility. Plus, the excellent asymmetrical rear doors allow the driver to open the larger ...
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Home on the Grange
A leading food company, based in County Durham, which supplies the UK’s major supermarket chains and retailers with cakes, is expanding in a highly competitive market and planning a move into Europe.Grange Mill Foods, based at Seaham, currently produces 50 tons of cake, muffins and tray-bakes every week and is ...
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Bakery and confectionery exhibitors IFE07
Exhibitor NameStand2VDNQ3605Agence Wallonne pour l’ Exportation (AWEX) NQ3605, SN4227Alimad Food NQ3605Almondy SM4108Alysse Food SN4227Amanite.be NQ3605Antico Forno A Legna SRL SM4141Apidoss SN4227Ashers Bakery SL4001Avieta SN4227Bagel Nash SN4236BakeMark UK SK2919Balconi Spa Industria Dolciaria SK2918Blackfriars Bakery SN4214BPE Euro Targi SR4562, SK2926Brasserie du Bocq NQ3605Bridor (UK) Ltd SL4030Buzz 2000 Ltd SM4103Cafe Rigo NQ3605Capital Refrigeration ...
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ABF’s bakery profits drop
Associated British Foods (ABF) said profits in its bakery sector were lower than last year, due to a poor performance by Allied Bakeries.Prior to entering the close period for its interim results to 3 March 2007, ABF announced last week in its Pre-Close Period Trading Update that the competitive UK ...
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Order flour with a click of the mouse on ADM website
Flour-buyers can order online in a new ADM Milling initiative which it claims is an industry first.The UK’s largest independent flour miller has set up [http://www.4flour.co.uk] which lets customers order and manage their flour and bakery ingredients online.Retail craft bakers and bakery food manufacturers can now access their business account ...
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Cake deal agreed
Finsbury Food Group’s £37.5m takeover of celebration cake company the Lightbody Group has been agreed by the Finsbury board and shareholders at an extraordinary general meeting.As reported in British Baker (see 2 February, pg 4), Finsbury claims the deal will make it the leading player in the UK’s celebration ...
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Plimsoll: all change for top bakery jobs
A wave of new appointments at senior management level among bakery companies in the UK is set to prompt a radical change in their behaviour, says Plimsoll.A new report from the industry analyst says there have been 722 new appointments at director level among the top 980 companies in the ...
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All set fair for the IFE show
Organisers are expecting the large tally of buyers, who came to source bakery and confectionery products at IFE05, to be exceeded in 2007.New and innovative exhibitors at the show in London’s ExCeL centre include Irwin’s Bakery, which will showcase Guinness Whole Grain Bread. The bread contains 17% real Guinness and ...
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Apprenticeship consultation
Improve, the sector skills council for food and drink, has started consultation with employers on plans for a new framework for apprenticeship programmes."This will be a crucial reform," said Jack Matthews, Improve’s chief executive, who added that completed apprenticeships in food and drink manufacturing subjects at Level 2 have more ...
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MARCH - APRIL
MARCH5 Sugar Craft - Human Figure ModellingLocation: The Slattery School of Excellence, ManchesterContact, tel: 0161 7679303email: school@slattery.co.uk6 - 8 Convenience Retailing ShowLocation: Birmingham NECContact, tel: 0870 429 4664Visit: [http://www.cstoreshow.com]7 - 8 The European Sandwich & Snack ShowLocation: Palais des Congrès de Paris, Porte Maillot, ParisContact, tel: 01707 36536410 - ...
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Steven Birrell, executive secretary, the Association of Bakery Ingredient Manufacturers
Members of the Association of Bakery Ingredient Manufacturers (ABIM) devote considerable resources to developing product specification documents for customers to help them comply with legislation, certification schemes and codes of practice, as well as answering any questions they might have.Communicating product specification data to customers, using different formats, is a ...
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UK bagel sales help boost Maple Leaf’s performance
Canadian company Maple Leaf Foods said last week that its UK bakery acquisitions contributed to a 7% rise in sales in its bakery group in the fourth quarter of 2006.The UK bakery business, best known for the New York Bagel Co brand, saw excellent performance, it said, benefiting from ...
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’Green’ light for degradable bags
D empson, one of the UK’s largest suppliers of printed bags, has launched a range of environmentally friendly and degradable bags.The range includes polylactic acid (PLA) film fronted and window sandwich/baguette bags as well as high-density degradable polythene carrier bags. These replace the traditional options previously offered by the company.The ...