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Strong profits at Greencore
Greencore was bullish about the success of its convenience foods and ingredients divisions in the group’s latest trading statement.Operating profit for convenience foods is expected to show at least 5% growth - up to E68.6m - despite rising energy costs. The announcement came ahead of its year-end on 29 September ...
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Horribly profitable Halloween
A major event in the US, Halloween has never had the same impact in the UK. But there are signs that this is changing, with the British public showing more interest in ghouls and ghosts.According to Steve McCann, technical baker for ingredients supplier Macphie, sales during the scaring season are ...
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The hole story
Kitchen Range Foods says research shows 20% of doughnuts never make it home. "More like, 20% of doughnuts never make it past the car park," says marketing manager Matt Godbold. "It’s all good news for doughnuts at the moment, more people are buying them and in larger quantities," he ...
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Hot stuff from Pret as it rolls out range of wraps
Sandwich chain Pret a Manger is rolling out hot wraps to its 145 stores after a successful trial.Its new warm range also includes savoury croissants and soup. Commercial manager Simon Hargraves said: "We’ve been working on a hot food product for the past three years but never found anything that ...
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Ingredients watch
Athol Bruce, area sales manager, of Unifine Food and Bake Ingredients:Flavours are used for several reasons, such as to replace naturally available raw materials, to mask products and maybe to enhance or cover up a reaction that has happened in the baking process. They are also used to add innovative ...
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Let McDougalls take the strain
The sale of American-style donuts has taken the UK by storm with more and more specialist shops being opened throughout the country.Bakers and consumers are becoming more adventurous; it is no longer enough to serve ring or jam-filled doughnuts, says McDougalls.Nowadays, the choice is extensive - glazed, sprinkle-covered, cream, lemon ...
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Loaf in the spotlight
with research, but does the rest of the industry agree, asks Andrew WilliamsIn a scenario akin to a dinghy playing chicken with a juggernaut, organic baker Andrew Whitley has published a passionate and controversial book, Bread Matters, slating plant-baking methods and the mass-produced loaf.Armed with a slingshot of publicity and ...
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Macphie
Macphie (Glenbervie) says its American Fermented Doughnut Mix and American Cake Doughnut Mix produce soft, tender doughnuts, which are rich in flavour with minimal fat absorption and contain no hydrogenated fats.To create an indulgent centre, it supplies its Vanilla Flavoured Continental Filling and for US-style toppings, Macphie’s 5th Avenue Icings ...
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Zeelandia
Ingredients manufacturer Zeelandia Ltd (Billericay, Essex) has launched a new fried confectionery product called Quarkini, available in 25kg bags.As the name suggests, Quarkini is produced using quark, a type of cream cheese, and water. Similar to doughnuts, the non-yeast-raised product can be made into balls, with a cream cheese and ...
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Allied’s omega-3 brand on a roll
Allied Bakeries has unveiled plans for its Kingsmill Head Start omega-3-enriched brand as it pushes into the functional foods market.Jackie Harold, senior product manager for Kingsmill rolls and snacks, said the Head Start brand would be developed for many other products, with Allied soon to begin advertising.Speaking as Kingsmill this ...
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Great taste and sales for Adore
Dawn Foods (Evesham, Worcestershire) has scooped silver at this year’s Great Taste Awards for its Triple Chocolate Truffle Muffin - part of the Adore brand of premium baked goods.Using ingredients such as free range eggs and real chocolate chunks, the range also includes the Belgian Chocolate Indulgence Loaf Cake, ...
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Northern Foods sees sales slip after fire
Northern Foods said this week a fire at its Fletchers bakery in July cost it £5m in lost sales in the first half of its financial year.Chief executive Pat O’Driscoll said Northern Foods is still in discussion with insurers over compensation after the fire burned down a third of the ...
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Morrisons aims to be The Best with clean-label loaf
Morrisons has launched a clean label loaf under The Best premium brand as it "drives quality back into the market".Trading manager Andy Clegg told British Baker that the new premium white sliced sandwich loaf is made from English and Canadian flour with no artificial additives. It is priced at 79p. ...
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Reporting in Alex Waugh, director general, the National Association of British and Irish Millers
One of the longest UK wheat harvests is now all but complete, having started under burning hot skies in mid-July. Because of the early drought and heatwave followed by August rains the quality of the crop is variable. Soil type, geographic location and individual variety of wheat all play ...
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Gas prices slump, but bakers must wait for lower bills
Most bakers say they have yet to see bills decrease despite the price of gas falling this month.The price of natural gas through September was 26p a therm. But on October 3 this dropped to -5p a therm as traders were caught off guard by the opening of the £5.5bn ...
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Bakery project helps job seekers
A new bakery in Bethesda, North Wales, is offering ex-offenders and the long-term unemployed training to help them find jobs.The scheme, which was set up by the probation service in North Wales, will see trainees run the bakery from the kitchen of the local rugby club.The aim is to give ...
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Buckley’s fond farewell to Keswick bakery business
After nearly 12 years in charge, John Buckley has sold the Lake District-based Bryson’s bakery to Debra Travis, a former accountant and financial director.Bryson’s, which was set up some 50 years ago, has its main shop and bakery in Keswick and a second shop in Cockermouth. It supplies its own ...