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A whiter touch
Icecraft is the latest product to join British Sugar’s (Peterborough, Cambs) stable of ingredients for the UK food and drink industries. The icing sugar is designed specifically for making smoother whiter sugarpaste for cake decoration.British Sugar says Icecraft has been developed specifically for makers of novelty cakes. “Icecraft has been ...
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News19th British Bakery Awards
Sweet-toothed attendees at this year’s Baking Industry Awards will be delighted to know that Puratos is sponsoring a Chocolate Fountain the awards, with unlimited dips to tantalise the taste buds.Dips will include strawberries, profiteroles, mini doughnuts, fudge, tropical fruit salad, bananas, grapes, amaretto or wafer biscuits and marshmallows. The fountain ...
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Top-20 companies stretch lead at top
The leading 20 companies in the UK baking industry are strenghtening their grip on the market, according to a new survey from Plimsoll Publishing. In the last four years they have increased sales by 50%, improved profits by a massive 150% and raised staff levels by 28%, it says.The leading ...
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Employment law: a balancing act
Employment law is predominantly concerned with protecting the rights of wor-kers but it also recognises that businesses require flexibility from their employees. When it comes to changing terms and conditions of employment – and where there is a pressing need for business change – the law will not simply allow ...
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ADM bolsters delivery fleet
ADM Milling (Brentwood, Essex) has wheat flour mills located around the UK and a technical centre in Avonmouth, Bristol. From these mills, the company supplies all the bakery and food manufacturing sectors, from multinational manufacturers to in-store bakeries, caterers and craft bakers.Primary products are a range of white, brown, wholemeal, ...
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NewsNew Allied chief reveals plans to ring in changes
Allied Bakeries has started a major operational review of its business, and is to relaunch its three major brands over the next year. Speaking exclusively to British Baker, new baking and milling group CEO Brian Robinson said Allied Bakeries was “a business that needs a lot of attention” and that ...
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British Baker and Bake & Take work together
William Reed Publishing has announced that Bake & Take magazine has moved to the company as a sister title to British Baker. The consolidation will see monthly title Bake & Take continue to be published alongside the sector’s flagship brand British Baker. The International Milling Directory, The Food Ingredients Directory, ...
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London’s finest battle it out for pastry award
Pastry chefs from three top London hotels will be battling it out as finalists in the Craft Guild of Chefs’ Pastry Chef Award. Ian Burch, head pastry chef at the Bentley Hotel, Graham Hornigold, chef pattisier of the Lanesborough Hotel, and Nick Patterson, pastry chef at Claridges Hotel, are all ...
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Park Cakes put up for sale as jobs are axed
Northern FOODS has confirmed the loss of more than 400 of the 1,900 jobs at its Park Cakes factory in Oldham as part of an efficiency drive. The business has also been put up for sale along with 16 other Northern operations, including several bakery businesses, as part of a ...
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Bread is back
Fresh bread sales in the US are on the rise, indicating that the Atkins diet is further loosening its grip on dieters.Grocery stores reported sales up 3% to $6.1bn in the last two years, after seeing a 2% dip in 2003/4. US sandwich and bakery stores also reported sales up ...
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Baker scores half century in trade
A BOLTON baker has retired after 50 years in the trade. Peter Holmes, 65, was given a special send off by staff and managers at Hampsons Bakery.He joined the company in 1956 and has worked there ever since. Describing the changes in the trade from 50 years ago he said: ...
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Duchy reveals plans for first bakery
Organic food company Duchy Originals is to open its first bakery on 14 June producing new ranges including organic Cornish pasties and sweet and savoury tarts and flans (British Baker, 28 Oct. pg 6).The Cornish bakery, which was originally scheduled to open in April, will sell mainly to Waitrose ...
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Bar Cake expands into bakery next door
Small “wholesome” cakes business Bar Cake has bought space for future expansion at its Kingswood, Bristol, bakery and is looking for more distributors for its frozen products.Co-founder Georgina Doyle said that, although Bar Cake still has excess capacity, it has acquired the building next to its present bakery and is ...
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NewsA day in the life of Bob Buck
Name:BOB BUCKCompany:FWP MATTHEWS Job title:TECHNICAL SALES MANAGER Location:BEDFORD6amI’m naturally an early riser. I got into the habit as a 17-year-old school leaver when I first joined the baking industry. At 6am the alarm goes off, but I’m usually up already. I catch up on the news, have my first nicotine ...
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Proper Cornish workers receive training boost
Staff at handmade Cornish pasty manufacturer Proper Cornish are to get tailor-made training in a bid to improve productivity.The company has teamed up with business consultancy Lemon Frog for a year-long project which will identify key areas for development and address them through a staff training programme. Practical on-the-job ...
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Cereform shows functional expertise
AB Mauri subsidiary Cereform (Northampton) says its knowledge of functional ingredients, bakery plants and processing technology allows it to work with a wide variety of flours and adapt to changing bakery industry demands. The company’s standard product range includes a variety of “off the shelf” bread conditioners, some multi-purpose and ...
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NewsRepositioning the industry for change
The last 12 months have seen big changes in milling and baking. Five flour mills (all on the eastern side of the country) have closed, and one has changed hands. The number of UK mills has now fallen below 60, a record low, as millers look for increased efficiency in ...
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Thermal development
Bowmans Milling (Hitchin, Herts), with a group turnover in excess of £40m, delivers flour throughout the UK and Europe.The Hertfordshire-based firm, with a second site in Yorkshire, pioneered the thermal treatment of flour in 1963. It now boasts a product line-up that includes flours for bread and morning goods, an ...