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Geltec goes to work on an egg
Ingredients and retail products manufacturer Fayrefield FoodTec (Crewe, Cheshire) has developed Geltec egg replacers for use by bakers in place of real eggs. The egg replacers contain functionally enhanced milk proteins and there are different varieties, designed to replace a specific egg product for a specific application. According to the ...
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NewsReal Good Food focuses on profits, not takeovers
Real Good Food Company is to focus on boosting profitability for the next 18 months, as its Napier Brown sugar division recovers from a drop in volumes at the start of the year.Speaking after the company posted a trading statement last week, chief executive John Gibson said Napier Brown was ...
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Minimum wage increases must be investigated, says FPB
The Forum of Private Business (FPB) has called for a government investigation into the impact of minimum wage increases on smaller businesses. The national minimum wage is set to rise 30p to £5.35 an hour from 1 October for employees aged 22 and above. The rates for 18- to 21-year-olds ...
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Gangmasters law to hit labour supply
AN employment agency has warned that a labour shortage in bakery factories is looming with new gangmasters legislation coming into effect on 1 October. From that date it will become an imprisonable offence to supply labour to the food industry unless the labour provider holds a licence from the Gangmasters ...
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NewsGreenhalgh’s hits the road
Bolton’S Greenhalgh’s Craft Bakery has launched the first of a planned fleet of breakfast and lunchtime mobile shops. The vehicle sells sandwiches, pies, cakes and drinks to offices and work premises in several of Bolton’s major business parks.The van was unveiled by Kathleen Smart, MD of Greenhalgh’s. She said: “We ...
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NewsIrwin’s steals a march on health
There can be no doubt that the modern consumer is the most demanding yet, putting ever more pressure on manufacturers to deliver foods that taste better than ever, but at the same time wanting increasingly complex and effective health benefits. As an everyday food, bread has come increasingly under the ...
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Hovis unveils relaunch plan
BRITISH BAKERIES is investing £20m in a relaunch of its Hovis range with new recipes, a new logo, thicker packaging and an advertising campaign to emphasise the brands health credentials.The roll-out of the new look across the entire Hovis range, including its Invisible Crust loaves and Hovis rolls, will be ...
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RHM spices up life with Sharwood’s
RHM Foodservice (Reading, Berks) is offering Sharwood’s Lighter ready-to-use sauces, which can be used to create low-fat sandwich fillings. Sharwood’s Korma Lighter, Tikka Masala Lighter and Balti Lighter sauces benefit from 50% less salt, 25% less fat and 25% less sugar than Sharwood’s traditional range, says the firm, yet they ...
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Lighter muffins
Anthony Alan (Barnsley, Yorkshire) has developed a ‘healthier’ muffin under the Weight Watchers range, for which it holds the licence.The range includes double chocolate chip, fruity blueberry and lemon and sultana vaieties. The muffins are available in four packs or individuals (mini muffins in 12s and triple packs). The firm ...
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NewsShoppers in Spain say ‘si’ to pasties
Cornish pasty company Crantock Bakery has opened its seventh shop in Spain, on the Costa Blanca shores of Puerto de Mazarrón.Crantock has teamed up with two Spain-based retailers – The Pasty Shack and Tasty Pastry – which are opening shops across the country. Since last autumn, The Pasty Shack, which ...
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NewsPeople
Decorations, toppings and inclusions specialist Nimbus has appointed PAUL COBBET as business development manager, with a brief to open up new markets for the company, particularly within the foodservice sector. Cobbett joins the company after a five-year period at Oury Clark Consulting. Coding and marking solution supplier Markem has appointed ...
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NewsViewpoint
This week’s big news is another big fire (pg 3). Fletchers Bakeries, still owned by Northern Foods though up for sale, appears to have suffered “a catastrophic technical failure” in a processing plant, according to firefighters.Thank goodness no staff were hurt and it sounds as though Northern Foods is handling ...
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19th Bakery Industry Awards
The entries are in, the judging has begun and preparations are well under way for this year’s Baking Industry Awards evening. Staged at the prestigious Grosvenor House hotel in London on 18 September, the Awards will pay tribute to some of the finest talent that UK bakeries have to offer, ...
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EU reform prompts ABF to tighten up British Sugar
Associated British Foods (ABF) is proposing to close British Sugar’s York and Allscott beet sugar factories after the end of the 2006/7 campaign, leaving it with four UK factories.George Weston, chief executive of ABF, said the move will boost efficiency: “We intend ultimately to produce more sugar from four ...
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Asda names Murdoch Allan best local supplier
Scottish wholesale and retail baker Murdoch Allan has been chosen from around 400 suppliers as Asda’s Local Supplier of the Year 2006. It was awarded the title in recognition of its high-quality products, excellent customer focus and level of service at a recent Asda local sourcing conference in Leeds. Murdoch ...
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NewsNA welcomes Sunday Trading announcement
The National Association of Master Bakers (NA) has welcomed a government decision that Sunday trading legislation is to remain unchanged.Last week’s announcement from Trade and Industry Secretary Alistair Darling followed a review of the legislation, which has been in place for the past 10 years. This restricts stores over 3,000sq ...
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NewsBAKING from the archives
Britain has a rich baking history and there are some surprising tastes to be re-discovered in old recipe books, writes historian Sue Davies. Over the next few weeks, we will be delving into the archives and seeking out recipes up to 200 years old, found in books held by the ...
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Bakels benchmarks new mixes
BAKELS (Bicester, Oxon), a supplier of specialist ingredients to the UK bakery market, has relaunched its Sponge Mix Complete range. Both the Plain and Chocolate Sponge Mix Complete have been reformulated as a result of the company’s drive for innovation and emphasis on manufacturing the best products in the ...
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BakeMark’s variety drive
Quality, variety and convenience are driving the growth in premium baked goods, argues Wirral-based BakeMark. This is forcing bakers to juggle already-stretched resources to meet demand.Using its range of cake mixes means bakers can spend less time weighing and measuring and more time devoting their efforts to creativity, argues the ...
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Irish baker sells to food processing firm
Leading Irish artisan bakery My Own bakery in Carrick-on-Suir, Co Tipperary, has been sold by Siobhan Walsh, the woman who started the business five years ago, writes Hugh Oram.Walsh sold the business for an undisclosed sum to a Dublin-based food processing company, CWK Food Processing of Baldoyle, Dublin. The owner ...