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NewsA simple country baker
What to buy Barbara, my wife, for her birthday is my latest dilemma. Like many men who indulge their wives outrageously, I could not think what to buy her – she already has me! But I suddenly had a brainwave. I would buy her an honour.But I had a problem. ...
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Bakery consolidation continues
Consolidation and rationalisation in the bakery manufacturing industry is particularly hitting smaller enterprises, a new Key Note report indicates.The Market Report 2006 on Bread and Bakery Products shows that, in 2004, there were 125 VAT-registered manufacturers of bakery products with a turnover of up to £49,000 in the UK. In ...
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NewsWage rise worry for bakery firms
Craft bakers are looking at ways to cut overheads after the Low Pay Commission confirmed the minimum wage will rise again in October. A 30p an hour rise in the minimum wage, which comes into force in October, will take it up from £5.05 an hour to £5.35 for ...
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Better plant baking profit found under “the muck”
The plant baking industry is in improved financial health, despite negative indications in a new Key Note market report on bread and bakery products.The Market Report 2006 shows widespread losses in the industry – from the likes of Fine Lady Bakeries, British Bakeries and Allied Bakeries’ umbrella group ABF Grain ...
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Macphie develops small portions from big country
According to Alison Daniels, Macphie’s (Glenbervie, Scotland) category marketing manager, US-style products have a huge influence on UK buying behaviour.But nearly 60% of British consumers surveyed by Mintel reported that US products are over-sized and that Americans “eat too much”. Following on from this, Macphie is adapting its products to ...
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Coffee shop culture boom
Rich Products (Kidderminster, Worcs) has launched a quality cup cake range under its David Powell brand. Developed to reflect the growth of the current US-style coffee shop culture, the new cup cake range aims to be positioned in the premium category.Featuring soft butter icing, the range is available in ...
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In Brief
INGREDIENTS supplier Bakels has expanded its pro-duct development department, led by new head of product development Gary Gibbs.SCHWAN has closed its Global Cake Company frozen desserts factory in Bridlington, Yorkshire, after failing to sell the plant. Some 200 staff have lost their jobs, and an assets-only sale to a mystery ...
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Inside the red briefcase
Gordon Brown’s 10th and possibly final Budget contained some nasty surprises together with some sweeteners for businesses of all sizes. How the Budget affects small firmsCorporation tax ratesThe u-turn on the 0% corporation tax rate on profits of less than £10,000, announced in the pre-budget report in December 2005, was ...
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Inside the red briefcase
Gordon Brown’s 10th and possibly final Budget contained some nasty surprises together with some sweeteners for businesses of all sizes. How the Budget affects small firmsCorporation tax ratesThe u-turn on the 0% corporation tax rate on profits of less than £10,000, announced in the pre-budget report in December 2005, was ...
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NewsVersatile and fast cake mix
When people think of American baked products, they usually think of doughnuts. American style products, however, can include a whole range of cakes and sponges. Zeelandia (Billericay, Essex) has developed two emulsifier mixes that can be used to make American style muffins and sponges, as well as products such as ...
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Cornish pasty chain expands
Cornish pasty franchise Oggy Oggy, owned by New-quay-based Crantock Bakery, is planning to establish another 15 to 20 shops this year.Currently there are 10 company-owned stores in Devon and Cornwall and 25 franchise operations. The new outlets will be located nationwide and will either be take-away premises or a take-away ...
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DESIGNER CHIC
Tiny blurred images, gaudy colours, fussy layouts with ugly fonts – a quick trawl of online bakery retailers yields a pretty sad collective. ‘It is the quality of product that is important,’ a baker might say. But the maxim ‘never judge a book by its cover’ does not apply when ...
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Dawn Foods reduces sodium and cuts fat, but keeps taste
Dawn Foods (Evesham, Worcs) has developed a number of low-fat and lower-sodium products that enable bakers to cater for the more health conscious consumer, the company says.Its new low-fat and lower-sodium cake and muffin mix is 97% fat-free and has less than 300mg of sodium per 100g serving.Consumers traditionally have ...
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NewsEaster displays
Easter is only a week away, so get ready to enter our Easter display competition. To take part you will need to send us a colour photograph of your Easter-themed window display, especially if it wows your neighbourhood. Next week’s issue will contain full competition details and rules, but you ...
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NewsNational Doughnut Week: Join the fun!
Making James’s Life Worth Living A huge number of bakers have already registered for this year’s National Doughnut Week, sponsored by BakeMark UK, which runs from May 6-13. The funds you raise will make a real difference to the lives of children and their families. As we reported last week, ...
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News‘Eat your greens’
Parents have a good understanding of what constitutes healthy eating, but this is not being translated into the necessary improvements in their children’s diet.This is a key finding from new research by Hovis that showed almost a third of parents admitted they struggled to ensure their children ate healthily. As ...
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Rollover gives pizzazz to US-style events
Managing director David Sanger of Rollover (Slough, Bucks) comments: “Hot dogs were reputedly invented in Germany but they have become an American institution and are an essential part of any US-themed event or promotion. “Hot dogs are one of the top food-on-the-go snacks and Rollover is a leading player in ...
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Queen of Hearts joins Husseys at McCambridge
Dublin-based McCam-bridge Group has acquired Oxford-based cakes supplier Queen of Hearts as it expands its UK operations.The £5 million turnover wholesaler and retail supplier went into administration in February and was bought out by McCambridge on March 17. It will be run alongside the rapidly expanding McCam-bridge Group’s Husseys Bakery ...
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NewsKluman highlights recipe for muffin success
What is the secret of making successful double chocolate-chip muffins? Bakery specialist Kluman & Balter (Waltham Cross, Herts) says it has the answer – good quality American-style ingredients and a foolproof recipe. As well as supplying the Multifoods Creme Cake Base, which makes muffin batter, and three types of chocolate ...
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The Last Word
Tony Reed, until very recently, pulled the strings of a gargantuan bakery operation worth £1bn – amounting to almost a third of the value of the entire baking industry. So when he repeatedly spun his catchphrase “follow the money” to bakery suppliers at last month’s British Society of Baking Spring ...