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Carrs predicts a tough year
Carrs Milling Industries said in an AGM statement this week that a massive increase in wheat prices, combined with high energy costs, will make it a tough year for its food division.Company chairman, Lord Richard Inglewood said: "There remains an inevitable lag in successfully passing on cost increases to customers. ...
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Irwin’s strikes Guinness deal
"Irwin’s bakery of Ireland, in partnership with the beer brand Guinness, has created a new Guiness bread, following two years of pro-duct research and development.Made by Irwin’s at its Portadown bakery, the new wholegrain bread contains 17% Guinness. Michael Murphy, Irwin’s business development controller said that the product had already ...
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Inter Link eyes organic growth
Inter Link said it was set for solid growth in 2007, after admitting it had "bitten off more than it could chew" in 2006.Speaking as it released its interim results for the six months ended November 4, chief executive Chris Thompson told British Baker that the company had made "important ...
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At the top of his game
If James Campbell had gone straight to college from school, there’s no doubt he would have been a high-flying accountant by now. As it happened, he missed his place on the accountancy course by a month and was told he would have to wait a year to start again. His ...
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Ingredients watch
The perception that raisins are thought to be a "sticky" sweet fruit, detrimental to oral health, has been rebutted by research conducted by the Illinois College of Dentistry.The research, entitled Phytochemicals in raisins inhibit growth and adherence of plaque bacteria, demonstrates that raisins contain phenolic compounds and other antioxidants that ...
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Making it to the top
Most traditional craft bakers report that their role on the high street has radically altered over the last few years. Where once they focused on loaves of bread, now anything from baked potatoes to cappuccino is on offer in their shops. Many describe themselves as sandwich retailers and talk ...
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STUDENT DIARY
The NFBSS/IBB Alliance is organising a series of training workshops which are open to any one following a recognised course in bakery, either college or work-place based.The workshops are being held in various locations. They cover a broad range of subjects and are both college and industry based.Alliance president ...
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Kart Grand Prix raises £2,500
The Cookie Crew swept to victory at this year’s Bakers’ Benevolent Society Kart Grand Prix, which raised £2,500 for the charity.Sponsored for the first time by Rank Hovis, the event at Daytona International Raceway saw 15 baking industry teams compete in a three-hour endurance race.The Cookie Crew narrowly beat ADM ...
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News review of 2006
JANUARY Called in on 10 January, administrator BDO Stoy Hayward hoped to make a quick sale of independent bakery chain M Firkin. By April Firkin was rescued from administration by baker Ian Bolderston, in a deal supported by flour miller Heygates. Selling Firkin’s 54 shops secured over 300 jobs. ...
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Folic acid wins favour
The baking industry is braced for a debate about who picks up the bill, after experts recommended flour be fortified with folic acid this week.The Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition’s (SACN’s) recommended on Tuesday that mandatory fortification of flour could cut the risk of birth defects such as spina bifida.On ...
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International activity
Eastern Europeans are developing a taste for upmarket coffee judging by the results of British-owned coffee chain Coffeeheaven.The AIM-listed coffee bar group, which has 59 sites in central Europe, reported half-year pre-tax profits of £140,000 for the six months to 30 September 2006. This compares with a loss of £366,000 ...
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Warburtons ads to go national
Warburtons is to launch its first ever national TV advertising campaign as part of a £20m marketing investment in 2007.The ad campaign will build the brand in areas where it is already established, as well as attracting more consumers in areas that are new to Warburtons, it said.The new advertising ...
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Flour prices rise again as wheat costs spiral upwards
ADM Milling is to put up its prices on all flours by £21.25 a tonne from January 15.The rise in price is in response to higher wheat costs, ADM Milling’s MD Ian Pinner told British Baker.He commented: "Since August 2006 UK bread wheat prices have gone up by a ...
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Court appearance in stabbing case
Fine Lady Bakeries employee Shahid Rehman has appeared at Oxford Crown Court charged with the murder of colleague Imran Shah.The 29-year-old Urdu speaker will reappear in the New Year to deliver his plea.The two men lived near each other in Banbury and worked the nightshift together at Fine Lady Bakeries.Mr ...
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Tiffin settles into Asda role
A degree in biology is probably not the first qualification you look for when recruiting an in-store cake buyer or even the fact that the applicant likes to play rugby.Five years of graduate training scheme experience at Northern Foods is probably the more attractive attribute, and so this proved for ...
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Crantock Bakery
(near Newquay, Cornwall) has rolled out seasonal items, including: a turkey and cranberry pasty, complete with sage and onion stuffing; a hand-raised pork and cranberry pie, made with hot water pastry; and an apple and mincemeat pasty. All three joined Crantock’s existing range of 26 pasties, from traditional Cornish to ...
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A day in the life of...Stuart Beattie
10.30am I arrive at the bakery and chat with the guys about last night’s football match. I’m a keen Liverpool supporter and, the previous evening, they drew with Portsmouth, a team that most of the lads here support. I wish we’d won! 11.00am I head onto ...
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Better by design
Gordon Ramsay has described Mich Turner as the "Bentley of cake baking" - high praise from the Michelin-starred chef who is notoriously difficult to please.The praise is deserved. Top-of-the-range cars can often be seen parked outside her Little Venice Cake Company, tucked away in the heart of London’s fashionable Marylebone.Chauffeurs ...