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ADM Milling
(Brentwood, Essex) the independent flour miller, offers bakers a range of premixes, concentrates and toppings, for producing Easter goods.The Bakers Mixes range includes Bun Mix, a premix versatile enough to produce Hot Cross Buns. Other Easter recipes include; Simnel Cake, Easter Gateau and Cinnamon Fruit Plait, which can be ...
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Aga bakery division does well
Equipment supplier Aga Foodservice said its bakery operation continued to perform well, in a trading update this week.The division, which includes Mono Equipment and Williams Refrigeration, was boosted by acquisitions including Eloma in Germany. And new central European markets contributed well, said chief executive William McGrath.Mono general manager Andrew Jones ...
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Kluman & Balter
Bakers can use Kluman & Balter’s photocake decorating system for Easter cakes. Images of rabbits, flowers, eggs or other Easter themes can be transferred from a PC to a special printer that uses coloured, food-safe ink to print onto sugarpaste sheets, which can be placed directly onto the cake. Kluman ...
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Unifine Food & Bake Ingredients
The bun spice formula from Unifine Food & Bake Ingredients (Milton Keynes, Bucks) is three times as strong as the average liquid spice, claims the firm. Quality Bun Spice enhances the flavour of fruit in specialities such as hot cross buns, Bath buns, teacakes, fruit loaves and tea breads. It ...
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Wm Reed bakery show gets industry backing
William Reed Events & Exhibitions promised "massive investment" as it unveiled plans for a new Baking Industry Exhibition (BIE) this week.Highlights of the new show, which will take place at Birmingham’s NEC every two years, will include a demonstration theatre, artisan master classes, competitions and a working bakery.The exhibition will ...
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The bagel boys grow up
It’s amazing that this all started with a business plan and a warehouse in near Rotherham," says Maple Leaf Bakery’s managing director, Peter Maycock.Eight years on, the speciality breads company has a £90m turnover and 1,000 employees. The roll call of its businesses includes New York Bagels, the French ...
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Bakehouse
With chocolate being a hit at Easter time, Bakehouse (Bagshot, Surrey) has developed the Triple Chocolate Danish, with a filling of soft, dark chocolate with white and milk chocolate drops, encased in a traditional plait of flaky Schulstad Danish pastry and topped with real chocolate pieces.Bakehouse has used its new ...
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BakeMark’s
Cheshire-based BakeMark’s (Wirral) Easter lines range includes a number of versatile, easy-to-use products.The mix for Simnel cake produces a moist fruit cake with a rich texture and good crumb stability, according to the company. BakeMark UK offers a range of dough conditioners that facilitate dough handling and processing, lending a ...
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SAMB: Gangmaster law to hit bakeries
The Scottish Association of Master Bakers (SAMB) has warned bakers to be aware of new "poorly defined" gangmaster licensing laws.The Gangmaster Licensing Act is primarily aimed at employment agencies, but also introduces a formal system of licensing workers on the processing and packaging side of bakery businesses, said SAMB ...
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Christmas puds boost Northern’s bakery division
Northern Foods said its remaining bakery business returned to growth of 1% in the third quarter, in a trading update this week.Its Christmas pudding business had a good seasonal period, it said. But year-to-date revenue was 4.9% lower in its remaining bakery companies than the previous year, for the third ...
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Better-for-you bakery
With the countdown on to 2010, when the new Food Standards Agency (FSA) guidelines on salt levels begin to bite, and with retail giants continually shifting their marketing stance on additive-free, non-GM or low salt, bakers are under constant pressure to keep up with changing demands. Yet many bakeries ...
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Bargain bread in UK
Supermarket bread on sale in London is cheaper than bread on sale in Cairo, Bangkok, Beijing and even Manchester, latest figures from the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) reveal.The data, supplied exclusively to British Baker, shows a standard kilo of bread cost 61p in a London supermarket.That meant London’s supermarkets ranked ...
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Children’s Trust has merry Xmas, thanks to Biggs
Mark Biggs and his mother Sally, of Bigg’s Bakery in Littlehampton, West Sussex, raised over £4,000 for charity the Children’s Trust between September and Christmas.They held fund-raising events including a jacket potato supper and a raffle, to give eight children living at the Children’s Trust’s Hawthorn House in Tadworth, Surrey, ...
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Briefs
n Quiznos, the US sandwich chain, has appointed Greg Brenneman, the former Burger King chief executive, as its new president and chief executive. Brenneman left Burger King in April and currently manages TurnWorks, a private equity firm, which has acquired an undisclosed stake in Quiznos.n Confectionery specialist Thorntons said like-for-like ...
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Yes, chef!
Over-worked, obsessed by details and prone to fits of temper, chefs have a fearsome reputation thanks to the on-screen antics of Gordon Ramsay. So you might think selling bread to top restaurants is a nerve-wracking affair for a baker. Turn up with something that doesn’t match the head chef’s lofty ...
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Irish pitta chip plant to open
A new flavoured pitta chips business is due to start production in County Donegal, north-west Ireland, in April.Largo Foods, which has its headquarters in Ashbourne, Co Meath, has set up a new subsidiary - Pita Éireann Teo - to make a range of flavoured snack food products from pitta bread.The ...
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Commodities - flour
Flour cost rises of over 25% will result in a 10% increase in bread prices in the Republic of Ireland (approximately 10-17 cents loaf), according to the Irish Bread Bakers Association (IBBA), which represents the major plant bakeries in Ireland.Grain and flour prices have increased by E20-30 per tonne and ...
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A formula for convenience
As with many things in life, size isn’t everything. While the behemoths of the baking industry will naturally take up the lion’s share of shelf space in multiple retailers, opportunities are opening up for small regional operators to supply at a local level.Nick Hill, category controller at Musgrave Budgens Londis ...
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Gb Plange UK
With Christmas over, the next treats to appear on bakery shelves are hot cross buns, according to Gb Plange UK (Runcorn, Cheshire)."Increasingly we’re seeing bakers add their own touch to hot cross buns - for example, twists of fresh orange and lemon zest in addition to the traditional sultanas, raisins ...
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Real Good results
The Real Good Food Company this week said that overall trading "exceeded expectations" last year, although Hayden’s performance, part of its bakery division, had fallen short of predicted levels.According to the group’s pre-close statement, released January 16, the bakery division’s sales were up by 6%. The division includes Hayden’s Bakeries ...