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US distributor targets Mexico
The ambitious US distribution company Nascent Wine has bought a Mexican distributor of bakery supplies as part of a plan to become the largest food distributor by scooping up many of the country’s 25,000 small distributors.Nascent paid MEX$290,000 (£14,000) for JM Distribucion, which supplies bakers in Tijuana, Mexicali and Ensenada ...
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Dried fruit takeover
Dried fruit manufacturer Whitworths has been sold in a deal worth £86m.Private equity firm European Capital appointed Will Carter as the company’s new boss after it bought Whitworths from another private equity firm, Gresham. Carter was previously MD of the merged KP and McVitie’s businesses in the UK."Whitworths is playing ...
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Thermo Electron
Thermo Electron (Rugby, Warwickshire), a producer of analytical and process instrumentation, has recently installed two advanced Goring Kerr DSP3 metal detectors at Wright’s Flour in Ponders End, London."We have a long working history with Thermo," says Alan Cave, director at Wright’s. "We’ve always been happy with the company’s service ...
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Springvale equipment
A semi-automatic packing line from Behn & Bates, distributed in the UK by Springvale equipment (Alton, Hampshire), has been installed in the band drier area of Munton Malted Ingredients’ plant as part of a £440,000 investment.The block-like nature of the bags of dry ingredients will ensure they are tightly and ...
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Foster Refrigerator
The Slimline range of cabinets from Foster Refrigerator (King’s Lynn, Norfolk) are compact with an added temperature (-2/+2ºC) option.They have a bottom-mounted refrigeration system that draws in cool air from the lower part of the bakery ensuring efficient operation and lower running costs. The cabinets also feature a forced air ...
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Machinery sale funds NPD
Healthy snack bar manufacturer Wholebake has taken the unusual step of selling off some of its manufacturing equipment to raise funds for new product development.Wholebake, which is based in Corwen, North Wales, made £50,000 in a sale and leaseback deal with asset finance lender Davenham, which meant it could develop ...
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Vision looks North
Supplier Northern Foods has agreed a £160 million sale of its speciality bread, chilled pastry, cakes and flour milling businesses to private equity firm Vision Capital.The deal includes Fletchers Bakeries (with its La Baguette Doree business), Smiths Flour Mills, Park Cake Bakeries, and chilled pastry businesses including the Pork Farms ...
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Stephan Machinery
Stephan Machinery (Deeside, Scotland) is an international company for food processing machines and equipment for fine cutting and emulsifying of meat products.Compared to other machines, the Stephan Rotor-Stator-Cutting system cuts energy costs by up to 25%. The cutting system works without metal-to-metal contact and has a life span up to ...
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PIAB
PIAB (Loughborough, Leicestershire) specialises in industrial vacuum technology for packaging and processing.The company has a line of C Series hygienic vacuum conveyors for powder and bulk applications, as well as the IC Series of industrial vacuum conveyors, based upon the company’s patented multi-stage ejector technology.Its Automatic Vacuum Management has an ...
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Raising the spirits
It’s not just office workers at the Christmas party that up their alcohol intake during the festive season. Baked goods are also partial to a shot or two of the hard stuff, with Christmas cake traditionally the thirstiest of them all. But alcohol can also be used to add flavour, ...
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Turbo Systems
Baking Solutions has recently purchased a complete muffin-processing unit worth £100,000 from depositing specialist Turbo Systems (Hull, North Humberside).The Oxfordshire bakery company required a new injection system to meet increased demand, after winning a major contract to supply muffins to over 300 outlets across the UK.The muffin range includes blueberry, ...
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Twentebelt
Twentebelt (Holme Firth, Yorkshire), a manufacturer of metal conveyor belts, has appointed Kevin O’Brien its UK sales manager, demonstrating the international focus of Twentebelt and its presence in the UK. With Kevin as UK sales manager, Twentebelt provides a local contact person for its overseas business partners.
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NOVEMBER21-22 Bakery ScienceCampden & Chorleywood Food Research Association (CCFRA). Contact the training department tel: 01386 842104 email: training@campden.co.uk22-26 The BBC Good Food ShowConsumer Show The NEC, Birmingham See [http://www.bbcgoodfoodshow.com]27-28 Introduction to Plant BakingFederation of Bakers. Thomas Danby College, Leeds. Contact Caroline Ford; tel: 020 ...
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FooGo moves into retail with plans for 40 sandwich bars
Sandwich supplier FooGo has revealed plans for a chain of 40 eat-in sandwich bars.The first of the sandwich and café bars was opened in Lincoln in October. The company will target other historic cathedral and market towns as the roll-out gets under way, it said.The new eat-in or takeaway bars ...
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Need some sound career advice? Just ask Dunkan
Dunkan the gingerbread man has been launched to help people looking for careers in food and drink manufacturing get information on jobs and training.The animated character appears on the website of the food and drink sector skills council Improve - [http://www.improveltd.co.uk] - and will answer questions about job opportunities and ...
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Amano café chain to expand with a focus on bakery
The theatre of baking is at the heart of the Amano café concept, which is to be rolled out across London and ultimately nationwide.Amano already has two outlets in London and has £2m of funding to launch a further four cafés in the capital in the next year.Operations director Ed ...
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Kluman & Balter
Kluman & Balter (Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire) offers pie fillings ranging from apricot, black cherry, blackcurrant, fruits of the forest, lemon, and raspberry through to red cherry, strawberry and Bramley apple. Exotic fillings on offer include mango, rum and raisin, passion fruit and tropical. And, if a really fruity pie is ...
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Reporting in Kirk Hunter, chief executive, Scottish Association of Master Bakers
I feel less than sunny at the news of the launch this week in Scotland of the Food Standards Agency’s (FSA’s) ’scores on the doors’ pilots.The FSA’s plan is to give consumers information at the point of purchase about shops’ hygiene standards, based on their last food inspection report. This ...