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Community Foods takeover boosts dairy co-operative
Dairy co-op Milk Marque has bought bakery supplier Community Foods, which supplies ingredients such as seeds and is one of the leading companies in the organic and health food sector.The deal will mean that 12,000 dairy farmers and former dairy farmers in the UK will become shareholders."Community Foods represents an ...
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Brook Foods
The Record Lam range of reversible pastry sheeters are designed with consideration for small bread and pastry bakeries.The machine’s dimensions are compact. When not in use, the conveyor tables can be raised so they take up less space and this also facilitates effective cleaning.The sheeters are only available through Brook ...
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IAWS buys Otis Spunkmeyer
International food company IAWS Group has signed an agreement to acquire Otis Spunkmeyer Holdings, a leading US speciality baked goods business, from its management team and the private equity firm Code Hennessy & Simmons.Otis Spunkmeyer supplies prepared products for fresh baking, operating 55,000 ovens throughout the US in foodservice and ...
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High-GI link to cancer?
Bread hit the headlines again this week when the Daily Mail published an article linking consumption of white bread with an increased risk of kidney cancer.Researchers led by Francesca Bravi of the Institute of Pharmacological Research in Milan, conducted a study of 2,301 Italians, 767 of whom had renal cell ...
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Chicago Town Deli
As part of its drive to bring value-added solutions to the frozen food sector, Schwan’s (Leyland, Lancashire) is launching a range of frozen quiche under a new Chicago Town Deli sub-brand.The three-strong range will be merchandised in the frozen savoury bakery aisle alongside pies and pastries. Variants include: 3 cheese ...
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Compass settles
Catering giant Compass is to pay £40m to settle two lawsuits alleging it obtained United Nations foodservice contracts through rigged bids and fraud.Two competitors - Es-Ko International and Supreme Foodservice - brought US law suits over alleged wrongdoing, relating to Compass subsidiary Eurest Support Services’ contracts with the UN.ES-KO ...
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Consumer watch
Bread is best when it’s just been made.I like focaccia bread from Oak Street Bakery in Windermere, the Lake District, because it is made on the premises with black olives, olive oil, herbs and cheese.The loaves are also quite big so I like to share them with the neighbours. The ...
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Contamination hunt continues
Allied Bakeries has almost ruled out sabotage on its production line after glass and needles were found in Kingsmill loaves.Three contaminated loaves have been reported in the last fortnight, although the objects were discovered inside the packaging rather than the bread itself.Allied has DNA-tested the 300 staff at its Orpington ...
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Positive energy
The government-funded Carbon Trust, which helps companies reduce energy costs, says it costs bakeries nearly £100m a year. Smaller craft and in-store bakeries account for almost 40% of that. When gas prices plummeted earlier this month it was big news for bakers. The average price of natural gas in September ...
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Macphie’s Gillespie retires on a high
Corporate affairs director John Gillespie is retiring from food ingredients manufacturer Macphie after 37 years.He started in the industry 50 years ago as an apprentice with flour miller J&R Snodgrass in Glasgow. He joined Macphie as a sales representative in 1969 and in 1986 was appointed to the board as ...
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König
Austrian-based company König has launched a range of concept dough-laminating and sheeting equipment, distributed in the UK by epp (Epsom, Surrey).The firm’s new company, König Laminiertechnik GmbH, is set to manufacture and market the equipment from a purpose-built factory with state-of-the-art demonstration facilities.The TwinSat is designed to minimise mechanical stressing ...
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Slice of life
Pie company Peter Hunt’s has recently made a multi-million-pound investment in its bakery at Kearsley, near Bolton, while rolling out a novel range of lattice-toped slices, which it believes are the first of their kind to be manufactured in the UK for national distribution.In terms of trying new ranges at ...
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McDougalls
McDougalls (Addlestone, Surrey) has reduced the fat content in its High Yield Pastry Mix and Shortcrust Pastry Mix by 22% as part of its ’Healthier Promise’ campaign.The mixes can be used to create a range of snacks for the bakery market, including cheesy chicken and leek pasties, and steak and ...
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Planning nightmare
A local council would cut its right hand off to attract inward investment from a company that employed as many people as Brace’s Bakery - nearly 400, with a successful track record. It would put in all the roads and services necessary, especially if the company had ...
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Reporting in
In 2005 the National Federation of Bakery Students Society/Institute of British Bakers (NFBSS/IBB) Alliance staged its 75th Conference.The Alliance has been successful in supporting college-based bakery students, organising competitions, weekend schools and conferences since the 1920s. However, the bakery training landscape has fundamentally changed with the reduction in college-based training. ...
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viewpoint
The papers delivered at this autumn’s British Society of Baking Conference were excellent. I think every delegate left feeling they knew more about the potential of several major categories including premium cakes, thanks to George Thomopoulos of Rich Products, organic and wholegrain, revealed by Huw Edwards of Asda, and ...
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Ant and Dec’s cake challenge
Staff at the Little Venice Cake Company last week shared their cake-decorating expertise with TV stars Ant and Dec to help them face a live studio challenge.The presenters spent a day at the company’s London studio learning how to do hand piping and making chocolate roses to prepare them ...
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Strong growth at Asda
Asda painted a "pretty rosy picture" of its bakery department reporting 6.5% year-on-year value growth and 3% volume growth at the British Society of Baking’s Autumn Conference this week.Director Huw Edwards told over 70 delegates that the value of all three sectors at Asda was in growth, according to TNS ...
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Age legislation to affect bakeries
The baking industry is preparing for new legislation, effective 1 October, which will ensure that employers treat staff equally, regardless of their age, with equal opportunities in recruitment, promotion and training.Employees aged over 65 will be able to challenge an employer’s decision to dismiss them and will be entitled ...
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French Croissant firm scoops deal with Marks & Spencer
Supplier the French Croissant company says it is rolling out an expanded range with Marks & Spencer (M&S), after taking over a £5 million supply contract from Northern Foods.The London-based company started supplying all M&S bakeries and cafés with a range of sweet and butter croissants this summer.It is now ...