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EU sugar regime delay hampers Napier Brown
The Real Good Food Com-pany blamed delays in implementation of the new EU sugar regime for a “very disappointing” performance of its Napier Brown Foods sugar division in a trading update last week. It warned at its AGM that pressure on margins at Napier Brown will lead to “a ...
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NewsCAFFÈ CULTURE
The first ever Caffè Culture show was held last week at London Olympia, with a handful of bakery suppliers in tow hoping to capitalise on the UK’s growth in coffee shops.Cookie specialist Byron Bay Cookies said there were “imminent” plans to start manufacturing in the UK to reduce costs, having ...
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NewsCASE STUDY - VANDEMOORTELE
Frozen baked products company Vandemoortele has appointed Christian Salvesen to handle its frozen distribution in the UK.The logistics company will manage the contract from its Nuneaton Distribution Centre, which will be operated on a shared-user basis. The distribution centre will manage daily collections from Vandemoortele’s Worcester factory and receive product ...
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NewsCASE STUDY - MANTINGA
New Petit Forestier customer, Gloucester-based Mantinga, specialises in the supply of a full range of speciality breads and pastries. Many of the company’s products have a distinctly European flavour – such as its Baltic loaves, baguettes and rolls with pumpkin seeds or sesame seeds. The breads and pastries are delivered ...
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Next Controls
Next Controls (Farnborough, Hamps) has introduced a new version of its Tutela automated temperature monitoring system. The new Tutela4food system provides automatic monitoring of refrigeration equipment in food outlets.The system records the temperatures in chilled and frozen food storage and display equipment, and relays the data to Next Control’s permanently ...
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NewsFACE?TO FACE
With the younger generation taking the helm at Kluman & Balter, Danny Kluman tells Andrew Williams how he sees the business going forward
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Mowbray fight may be over
Northern Foods’ proposed sale of its chilled pastry business could end its long running legal battle with the Melton Mowbray Pork Pie Association.Its chilled division, which is now up for sale, includes its two Melton Mowbray pork pie plants in Shropshire and Trowbridge, Wiltshire.Northern Foods has been fighting the Association’s ...
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Kerbside food in a Jiffy van
Since its introduction in 2002, the Citroen Dispatch-based Jiffy Salsa has been one of the best-sellers in the Jiffy Trucks (Shipley, West Yorkshire) range. Kerbside serve and double ambient options have enhanced its appeal. But there was one feature not available on the truck until now. Hot food specialists, such ...
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NewsMacphie rolls out Raspberry Sensations for summer
Ingredients company Macphie, (Glenbervie, Scotland) has added a limited-edition raspberry flavour to its range of indulgent Sensations cake mixes. Raspberry Sensations will be available from June, for a limited time over the summer months. The new flavour joins lemon, strawberry, apple & cinnamon, tropical, blueberry and banoffee. Sensations cake mixes ...
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Obituary
Baker Tonia Stimpson lost her battle against breast cancer on 18 May, aged 36. Terry Miller of La Fornaia writes that Tonia was La Fornaia’s development baker and had been with the supplier for over four years. She worked in the industry for over 20 years starting at Abingdon’s Cottage ...
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Wholemeal sales on the up
The average person in the UK spent £3.76 a week on bread, cereals and cereal products in 2004-5 to eat at home, according to the latest annual report from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.The Family Food Expenditure 2004-5 Report says that of this 93p a week was ...
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NewsSICKIE v WORK
Forty per cent of employers believe major sporting events cause unwarranted absence, the latest annual sickness survey from the Confederation of British Industry and insurance company Axa shows. This is bad news for this summer, when some of the World Cup football matches will be played during working hours. Yet ...
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NewsTASTE OF TARTAN
Bakery companies were out in force at the first Tesco ‘Enjoy the Taste of Scotland’ event, held in Edinburgh in April.The pioneering event brought together 68 Scottish food and drink producers, exhibiting the “best” from Scotland’s larder in one place. Tesco’s chairman David Reid opened the event, along with Minister ...
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NewsViewpoint
The predicted sale of Northern Foods bakery businesses, after two recent profits warnings, has finally taken place. A sudden change in eating habits with consumers turning towards more ‘perceived healthy foods’ plus rising energy costs are blamed but the company has been a serial underperformer for some years. I remember ...
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Quiche firm invests £1.5m
Quiche manufacturer Thomas Food Group is launching a major investment programme to take a bigger slice of the premium quiche market.The company is building a 2,500sq ft extension at its factory in Sheffield and putting in new production lines and machinery at its Meadowbrook Bakery in Milton Keynes.The £1.5m development ...
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Delays hit debate on folic acid and bread weights
The Federation of Bakers expects delays in resolving two legislative issues facing the sector – folic acid fortification and bread weights regulation. Director Gordon Polson told British Baker he anticipates a two-month delay before a public consultation into the possible fortification of flour with folic acid starts in the UK. ...
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NewsAnnual British Sandwich Industry Awards
Marks & SPENCER’s efforts to develop a ‘caring’ image helped it triumph at this year’s Sammies – the annual British Sandwich Industry Awards. The retailer took four of the 14 awards and won both the Sandwich Retail Multiple and New Sandwich of the Year categories for the second year. M&S ...
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Take a flexible approach
Versatility and consistency of product are key when it comes to bakery equipment, and this is particularly true of the type of dividers and bread moulders the baker chooses.“Dividing dough by hand and using manual moulders for example not only slows down production but can introduce inconsistencies in product appearance,” ...
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Associated British Foods
Associated British Foods (ABF) has agreed to buy the largest cane sugar producer in Africa in a bid to take advantage of changes to the EU sugar regime.It made a recommended £317m offer for 51% of the fully diluted ordinary share capital of Illovo Sugar last week, subject to regulatory ...
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California Raisins Innovation Award
For the third year running California Raisins is running its Innovation Award, to find the most creative use of California Raisins in the UK.The most innovative product containing California Raisins will win an all expenses paid study trip for up to four people to California, and free advertising and PR ...