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RH Hall to move to new premises
Bakery equipment supplier RH Hall is moving to a new 23,000sq ft headquarters in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire.There are plans to install a development kitchen at the site, which will showcase equipment and also become the Southern base for the Food Development Association (FDA). Opening in April, it will hold regular ...
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Marching into the limelight
Last year, Bolton-based Greenhalgh’s set in motion ambitious plans to rebrand and expand its retail estate. Production director, David Smart explains that traditional bakeries like Greenhalgh’s are facing increasingly tough competition from modern fast food chains and cafés, such as Starbucks and Caffè Nero, making modernisation and product innovation essential."The ...
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Macphie
Macphie of Glenbervie’s (Stonehaven, Kincardineshire) market research shows that, consumers are keen to try new flavours in hot cross buns, with apple and cinnamon, lemon and raisin and chocolate versions all making an appearance in the market last year, as well as mini versions for children, and hot cross bun ...
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The origami of sugar
I have been in England for about a year now and, in September, I started studying at Brooklands College in Weybridge, Surrey. I’m doing a cake decorating course at the college, where I learn sugarcraft and how to make wired sugar flowers. I have four three-hour ...
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SIAB ready For Verona
This year SIAB, the Italian bakery exhibition, comes around again, following the three-year agreed rotation with Europain France and IBA Germany.SIAB has shown continuous growth and the eighth SIAB is back with a brand new format. Innovations in bread and confectionery will be seen alongside traditional favourites, but even pizza ...
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Zeelandia
Specialist ingredients manufacturer Zeelandia (Billericay, Essex) offers a range of custards, including Roma Cold Classic, to create trifles and Easter gateaux.Roma Cold Classic is free from hydrogenated fats and has a creamy taste and texture, says the company. "We are making great strides to ensure the removal of HVOs from ...
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NewsInterior motives
Established in 1932, village bakery Warings has invested in a major refurb that brings the shop up to date while maintaining its traditional feel. See 25 Jan British Baker
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Greggs heads Top 50
Bakery giant Greggs dwarfs its rivals on the high street, both in the takeaway and fast food sectors, according to British Baker’s new league table, the Top 50 Bakery Retailers 2007 (see pg 14).Our independent research shows that Greggs has more than five times as many shops as its nearest ...
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Lyndale abandons its Vite concept
Lyndale Foods has dropped its Maison Blanc Vite format, closing two trial stores in London.The "French gastronomic" concept was created as an "oasis of food and theatre for food lovers with little time to spare", with most products offered as self-service. A flagship London outlet was launched in November 2005 ...
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International activity
A record number of 33 British bakery, food and drinks companies is set to exhibit at a trade show in Dubai, which aims to take advantage of the 80,000 British people who are now living in the Gulf region, according to research conducted by Food from Britain (FFB).Organised ...
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Premium additions
Bakery company Finsbury Food Group says it is finalising new premium cakes ranges for Morrisons, the Co-operative Group and Asda, following premium relaunches with Somerfield, Sainsbury’s and Tesco last year.The company, which announced a half-year sales growth of 5% in its Memory Lane Cakes business compared to the same 2005 ...
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Police investigate arson attack on Brace’s vehicles
Welsh plant baker Brace’s says police are baffled after three of its £50,000 lorries were set on fire on December 27.The lorries were among 10 vehicles parked in its isolated depot in Capel Hendre when the attack occurred at 11.30pm. They were set alight separately, with the arsonists smashing ...
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Arthur Rayner, head of skills training, SAMB
The Scottish Association of Master Bakers’ (SAMB) training department feels very encouraged and positive about the future of bakery training in Scotland, especially for 2007. Although the current round of European Social Fund (ESF) programmes is almost at an end and the future of this funding is very uncertain, Scottish ...
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Tesco fined as Ashby bakery worker suffers burns to feet
Tesco has been fined a total of £24,000 after a bakery worker was badly burned when hot oil from a doughnut machine dripped onto her feet.The company admitted breaching health and safety regulations at its Ashby store, during a hearing before Hinckley magistrates.The court heard that ...
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Quick sale sought for Ferrari’s bakery
Administrators say they are hopeful of a quick sale after Welsh bakery Ferrari’s went into administration on December 18.Administrator Begbies Traynor said it had received an "encouraging number of approaches from interested parties in the baking industry", after advertising the businesses for sale as going concerns. Cleary Foods, Ferrari’s ...
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Future bakery trends
T elling a trend from a fad, or to use the more fitting parlance, separating the wheat from the chaff, is not always easy when it comes to predicting the ’next big thing’ in bakery. It often comes from looking backwards rather than forwards, as the boom in wholegrain over ...
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Small can be beautiful
Our company, based in Fife on the east coast of Scotland, will this year celebrate 150 years of trading, with a Stuart still at the helm.Founded by my great-great grandfather James Stuart, we began trading in 1857 and today have 16 bakery shops and three butcher’s shops, all located within ...
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Briefs
n Northern Foods’ shareholders voted in favour of the disposal of the firm’s speciality bread, chilled pastry, cakes and flour milling businesses to Vision Capital at an Extraordinary General Meeting this week.n A poll on our bakeryinfo.co.uk website has revealed that 55% of bakers believe the biggest challenge to their ...
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Discovery refutes Mission buy
Tortilla supplier Discovery Foods has denied industry rumours that it is about to be sold to Mission Foods, which claims to be the world’s largest tortilla company.Discovery, an independent family business, is looking at various strategic options for securing external investment, admitted MD James Beaton. But reports of an impending ...
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Cooks wins school favour with new healthy canteen
UK bakery chain Cooks The Bakery is following in the footsteps of Jamie Oliver and has opened up a ’healthy’ canteen in a comprehensive school.The school in Maidenhead, Berkshire, has reported that the new school meals have been so successful that servings have increased from 50 to 900 per ...