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Cups target dry food-to-go trend
Finnish packaging board producer Stora Enso is producing airtight paperboard cups for European food brand owners. The new cups are used for packing dry foods, including snacks, cereals and confectionery.The firm says the paperboard cup meets growing consumer demand for environmentally sustainable packaging and user-friendly convenience. The cup, based on ...
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NewsSayers jobs under review as it loses Kwik Save deal
Lyndale Foods has started a consultation with staff over 180 proposed job losses at its Sayers bakery in Liverpool, following the loss of a Kwik Save contract.The firm says 140 full-time and 40 part-time jobs at the bakery and in administrative functions could be affected. Half of Sayers’ output was ...
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Environmentally friendly demand
Two important trends in bakery packaging are being driven by consumer demand, says Robert Tindal, marketing director at Manchester-based Reynards. “The most common enquiries at last month’s Food & Bake were for environmentally-friendly (EF) packs and those which promote the baker’s own brand image,” he says. Consumer demand for EF ...
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The Domino effect
Supermarkets are increasingly issuing challenges to food manufacturers to improve the accuracy of the date coding and labelling of their products. The baking industry is no exception and bread manufacturers are being asked to apply vital data, such as batch codes and date codes, directly on to the bread bags, ...
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National Doughnut Week: rewarding effort
Lathams craft bakery in Southport, Lancashire, has been involved in National Doughnut Week, which this year runs from May 6 to 13, since the outset. Here, Chris Latham describes what his bakery gets up to during the week in order to raise money for The Children’s Trust charity – ...
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NewsFace to Face
Following its purchase of David Powell Bakeries last year, Rich UK has been busy integrating the business. George Thomopoulous explains the firm’s strategy and ambitions to Anne Bruce
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NewsGreen as a plant
Nowadays, packaging is not what it’s cut out to be – it’s a whole lot more! After the packaging has been cut, shaped and formed, the leftovers can be recycled or used to make everything from microchip carriers to currency containers, paper bags to poop scoops.Recycling is one of packaging ...
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VEGA steps up labelling
Advanced Dynamics (Brad-ford, West Yorks), has recently introduced into the UK bakery sector a label applicator, said to be ideal for flow-wrapped and vacuum-packed bakery items.The Eurokett VEGA is equipped with stepper motor drive to provide a high level of control during the labelling process. It gives a +/-0.8mm position ...
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Sporty style for sandwiches
Preferred Packaging Europe (Daventry, Northamptonshire) is kicking off the forthcoming World Cup tournament early with sporty football sealing films for its sandwich wedge range. These are intended to be eye-catching and provide on-shelf impact, while increasing sandwich sales this summer.Managing director Mike Rawlins says: “We are deligh-ted to be able ...
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19th Bakery Industry Awards
This week our focus is on the In-Store Bakery Award, sponsored by Macphie of Glenbervie. In-store bakeries are an important part of any superstore, with the smell of the freshly-baked bread wafting through the aisles and tempting customers to buy. But to be a successful manager of an in-store bakery, ...
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ASA raps Allied over advert
Allied Bakeries has been forced to withdraw a television advertisement for Kingsmill Wholegrain & White bread, after being rapped by the Advertising Standards Authority.The advertisement, launched in January, claims the product is “The only white bread with the extra goodness of the whole of the grain but without any bits!” ...
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Bread prices rise again as energy costs hit bakers
Warburtons has become the latest plant baker to increase prices on its bread, with Wales’ Brace’s Bakery saying it plans to follow suit. Warburtons blamed rising energy prices and other overheads for an increase across its range, including around 5p to 6p on an 800g loaf. For example, its 800g ...
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Compass aims for June completion on brand sale
Catering giant Compass plans to complete the sale of brands, including Upper Crust, Millie’s Cookies and Caffè Ritazza, to new owner EQT Partners after announcing the deal this week.The brands form part of its Select Service Partner (SSP) division, which has 2,000 outlets at airports, train stations and roadside service ...
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Murdoch Allan grows with Asda
Scottish wholesale and retail baker Murdoch Allan says it is seeing massive sales growth after signing a supply deal with supermarket Asda in January 2005.The Hatton-based baker now supplies nine Asda stores in Scotland with 40 bakery lines, including bread, buns, butte-ries and biscuits. And managing diretor Paul Allan told ...
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Tap & Go card set to cut queue times
Shoppers purchasing items worth less than £10 may soon be able to pay by simply tapping their debit card on a terminal before walking away.MasterCard’s new Tap & Go system, which will offer retailers much lower payment processing charges than on normal credit or debit card transactions, does not require ...
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NewsWorthy tribute to a baking industry lady
YOUR readers should share the wonderful tribute to Jean Grieves, who was invested as a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Bakers on April 4. This is the culmination of an outstanding career in our industry.It is fitting to acknowledge the immense contribution Jean has made towards the baking industry ...
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In Brief
CSM plans to close down its production facility in Illinois by the second quarter of 2007 as part of an optimisation process of the supply chain at CSM Bakery Supplies North America. The production facility employs 146 staff, making frozen dough, fillings and icings under the Karp’s brand.THE European Commission ...
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The call of nature
Health has overtaken convenience when it comes to retailers making claims about food. So says a new report citing ‘natural’ inclusions as a key driver in the rush to cash in on diet and well-being trends. Research indicates the so-called ‘functional foods’ market is still “in a state of evolution ...
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Cut cholesterol with oat cuisine
Nash Nutritionals (Dorking, Surrey) has introduced OatVantage. This natural oat soluble fibre is concentrated to contain 54% oat beta-glucan, which enables bakers to achieve a beta-glucan content of 0.75g per serving. At this level, a ‘helps to reduce cholesterol’ labelling claim can be made, under Joint Health Claims Initiative guidelines. ...