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IAWS profits from growth in food business
FOOD group IAWS increased its stake in Swiss bakery Hiestand by a further 10.6% to 32% last month. The company spent E36.6m to buy 56,547 shares in the Swiss firm.
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NewsCANADA CALLING
The Scottish Association of Master Bakers (SAMB) 40 Group, which is run by bakers under the age of 40, has always liked to do things differently. So when the idea of a bakery study tour to Vancouver was first mooted 18 months ago, I was keen to make sure this ...
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Licenced cookies star at the show
BakeMark UK (Wirral, Merseyside) showed new products on its stand at IFE05, including a range of licensed items developed in collaboration with Nestlé. Also on show were sweet treats from the Readi-Bake portfolio, plus a selection of frozen bakery specialities from the Bon Vivant range.Following the success of the Smarties ...
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NewsProper Cornish unlocks potential
Bodmin-based pasty company Proper Cornish has joined a new recruitment scheme, exclusive to Cornwall, which helps graduates get jobs in local businesses. The scheme, known as Unlocking Cornish Potential (UCP), is a Combined Universities in Cornwall partnership project, managed by Cornwall College and part-funded by EU social and economic programme ...
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Irish Pride gains defence deal
IRISH Pride, one of Ireland’s leading plant bakeries, has won a contract to supply the Irish Defence Forces, writes Ann Marie Foley. The deal, to feed over 10,500 army, navy and air force personnel, is worth E160,000 (£109,342). Irish Pride and another local bakery, Hickey’s, will supply around 90,000kg of ...
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Fiddes Payne
Fiddes Payne, the herb, spice and home bakery producer, has signed a character licensing agreement with Disney for Winnie the Pooh and the Disney Princess rights for home bake cakes.A new Winnie the Pooh product portfolio will consist initially of two Cup Cake Kits: the Winnie the Pooh medley pack ...
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Flexible wrap at a stretch
Limpet Tapes (Huntingdon, Cambs) has introduced the SIAT Paklet range of semi-automatic stretch wrappers. They are designed to meet all packaging requirements and also offer the flexibility to be upgraded to meet changing demands, says Limpet.The new modular system enables the Paklet machines to be customised to suit ...
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Speculation surrounds Harvestime’s future
Administrators said they were on the brink of concluding the Harvestime (2005) sale as British Baker went to press. Joint administrator John Kelly, of Begbies Traynor, said only one buyer remained in negotiations. Talks were continuing at the unnamed bidder’s pace. A completion date of January 6 was expected. The ...
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Gastro Pro goes green
The Gastro Pro range of cabinets and counters from Foster Refrigerator (Kings Lynn, Norfolkshire) can improve the energy efficiency of a bakery, says the company. Environmentally friendly, the units are 95% recyclable and are available with an energy-saving hydrocarbon refrigeration option. All units have self-closing doors with stainless steel hinges, ...
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Neil Houliston
Neil Houliston, the 17 year old son of British Bakels’ sales director Keith Houliston was tragically killed in a road accident on Christmas Day. He was returning home, having driven his sister to Selby Golf Club where she was temping as a waitress. The funeral service was held in ...
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NewsSpooner invests in pilot tunnel
Spooner Industries (Ilkley, West Yorkshire) has completed its investment in a pilot tunnel oven at its head office. The high performance tunnel oven will enable customers to carry out tests and trials.The oven incorporates three independent, direct gas-fired heating sections and is suitable for baking a variety of products at ...
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Obituary - Jack Williamson
Jack Williamson, aged 92, died recently after a short illness, writes his daughter Pat Harwood. Jack was well-known, firstly in Thames Ditton where he bought his first bakery, originally called Taylors. Jack opened his business just after the war, when ingredients were in short supply – at a time when ...
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NewsLower TFAs in margarine
BakeMark UK (Wirral, Merseyside) supplies a wide range of non-hydrogenated fats and margarines. These enable food manufacturers to develop baked goods containing lower levels of trans fatty acids (TFAs), says the company. Consumer awareness of the potential health benefits of cutting TFA consumption is driving current demand, adds the firm.Healthier ...
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Small shops news
The All Party Small Shops Group has attacked “hilariously uninformed” press leaks about its report on the future of the High Street in 2015. The Group is preparing to release the report within the next three weeks. Speculation about the report, suggesting that a draft copy claims supermarkets will kill ...
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NewsViewpoint
A new year and, by the time you read this, the likelihood is that Harvestime (2005) Walsall plant bakery will be under new ownership. At the time of going to press, favourite bidders to buy the Walsall site appear to be British desserts manufacturer Country Style Foods, though Australian pie ...
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Bread Bakeries’ profit up 21.8% says parent RHM
Food giant RHM said its Bread Bakeries division had seen a 21.8% increase in operating profit, as it posted its maiden interim results this week. RHM, which floated on the stock exchange in July, said Bread Bakeries’ operating profit was £34.7million over the half year to October 29, 2005. ...
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ABF criticises gas market as energy prices increase
Associated British Foods said the market for gas is not operating as intended, as it complained of rising energy prices at its Annual General Meeting on December 9. Chairman Martin Adamson said the market for gas had “simply failed to operate in the way intended”. He commented: “For example, last ...
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Polish employee alleges abuse at hands of bakery
A BAKERY company has been accused of a catalogue of abuse towards a former Polish employee, placed through a recruitment agency.The incident is the first time the agency, which specialises in placing Polish staff, has had one of its staff abused, said partner Anna Ellis. She placed a fully qualified ...
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NewsIAWS INVESTS in Scottish training academy
IAWS Foods UK – the company behind Cuisine de France, Delice de France and La Brea Bakery – has reinforced its commitment to the Scottish market by locating its latest baking academy in Bellshill near Glasgow.The facility, which launched last month, has been designed to become a centre of training ...
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NewsLofty ambitions
Asda baker Brian Highfield has been working 12-hour days at the supermarket’s recently launched Brech Road store in Liverpool. The store only opened on November 16 and it is all hands on deck as staff make sure everything is just right for customers. But after his 6am start, and a ...