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JUNESupermarket Somerfield said it was reviewing its bakery as part of a focus on fresh food at its 800 stores. The supermarket was looking at availability throughout the day, range, training and merchandising in the review. Marks and Spencer cut prices by up to 15% across its bought-in bakery range, ...
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JULYSugar users and producers criticised EC plans to modernise the sugar subsidies regime, published on June 22. The plans set out to lower EU prices to bring them in line with world prices. Tate & Lyle said the proposals would cut its profits by £85m from 2009 and British Sugar ...
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AUGUSTAtkins Nutritionals filed for protection from bankruptcy in the US, reporting debts of nearly £170m. The news was welcomed by bakers as marking the end of the low-carbohydrate Atkins diet craze. Northern supermarket chain Booths started a review of its speciality breads on offer at its 26 stores, which was ...
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SEPTEMBERPret A Manger revealed that its new SlimPRET half sandwiches accounted for 12% of its overall sandwich turnover, after a roll out to all stores. Pret started trials of the product last year.Sandwich chain O’Briens completed a £600,000 upgrade of its 145 outlets. Greencore Pizza consulted unions over plans to ...
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OCTOBERSupermarket Asda signed up craft baker Greenhalgh’s to supply stores in the north-west as it rolled out a local sourcing initiative. Compass said it was selling its Select Service Partner businesses including Upper Crust and Millie’s Cookies to focus on its core catering division. British Baker celebrated its 120th ...
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NOVEMBERAllied Bakeries announced it was to invest £12m in its Kingsmill brand over the year, including a relaunch of the Kingsmill Gold range in new packaging. A second tranche of adverts in its ‘The King’ advertising campaign was started.Associated British Foods said lower than average pricing and volumes had hit ...
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NewsWelsh wonders
With 15 bread classes among the 88 classes to be decided, the judges at this year’s National Baking Exhibition in Wales lost no time in trawling the tables, knives at the ready, to reveal the inner secrets of every variety, from bloomers and tins to currant loaves and French sticks.A ...
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British Bakeries fined £7,000 in Somerfield mice nightmare
British Bakeries has defen-ded its record on pest control, after two dead mice were found in a brown sliced loaf it supplied to Somerfield.The new-born mice, droppings and hair, were found in the loaf, sold under Somerfield’s own label in its Marlborough store in September 2004. The mice had been ...
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Britvic aims to make splash with young water drinkers
Britvic Soft Drinks (Chelmsford) is targeting 16- to 34-year-olds with the £2m launch of Drench water. The company says Drench is targeted at young adults on the go. Category director Andrew Marsden adds: “Drench will be the brand to be seen with.”Bottles have a non-drip flip-top valved cap, so they ...
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Analyst forecasts record plant profits
Plant bakers are set to see record profits over the next year, top city analyst David Lang from Investec has predicted.Speaking at British Baker’s recent Baking Industry Sum-mit, he said Warburtons’ recent sales patterns have “been brilliant”, with British Bakeries not too far behind, and there have been great results ...
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Thaw-and-serve to bag extra sales
Country Choice (Orpington, Kent) has two varieties of fun size, thaw-and-serve muffins in its Bake & Bite range. These products, available in double chocolate or blueberry flavours, do not require any baking. The company provides retailers with film-coated Bake & Bite bags, which come with a two-part label. One part ...
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NewsBakels in Complete control
Bakels (Bicester, Oxfordshire) says it has a complete range of products suitable for making muffins.Bakels’ Muffin Complete mix requires the addition of vegetable oil and water to produce an easy-to-deposit batter for muffins and bar cakes.Available in plain and chocolate flavours, it produces muffins with good shelf-life, claims the company.Muffin ...
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New Master of the Worshipful Company of Bakers
Alan Willis (pictured far right) became the new Master of the Worshipful Company of Bakers at the annual Election Banquet, held at the Mansion House in London last week. Nearly 300 members and guests, many from the baking industry, saw the Beadle, Anthony White, remove the chain of office from ...
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Bakers look to cut trans fats
Food Design (Harrogate, Yorkshire) has recently received its first major order for low-trans-fat confectionery inclusions, which can be used in muffin recipes.The order came from a toffee dessert manufacturer, which supplies one of the UK’s leading retailers. It comes over a year after Food Design decided to provide an alternative ...
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Bakery’s double whammy at Scotch Pie competition
The Bon Bon Cake Shop has pulled off a notable double at the 2006 World Scotch Pie Championship, writes Ian Martin. During last week’s prize-giving ceremony at Dunfermline’s Lauder College, the Airdrie-based business was not only named World Scotch Pie Champion for 2006, but also picked up the top award ...
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Festive fun in BB’s stores
Shopping Centre café operator BB’s Coffee and Muffins (Brentford, Middlesex) has developed a cranberry and white chocolate muffin for Christmas. It contains real cranberries, white chocolate chips, and is topped with white chocolate curls. The company has also launched Christmas Crumble muffin – a mix of mincemeat, rum essence and ...
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Job cuts on the cards as Bonne Bouche restructures
Hartlepool-based frozen desserts company Bonne Bouche is being restructured by the venture capitalists that back it.The company’s founder and managing director Wayne Hitchman has left in the shake-up, and a number of board-level and less senior management changes are pending. Reports suggest Bonne Bouche is being run by its financial ...
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News’This is not just bread’
Picture a black backdrop and a lushly spotlighted loaf. Fleetwood Mac plays softly in the background, while a sexy voice says: “This is not just a French stick. This is a hand-crafted baguette made using the best French flour, stone baked to crusty, golden perfection by artisan bakers.”Marks & Spencer ...
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Loan write-off sees loss for Brennans
Joseph Brennan Bakeries, Dublin, had a pre-tax loss of E19.5 million, according to accounts lodged at the Companies Registration Office for the year ended December 31, 2004, writes Ann Marie Foley. Joseph Brennan Bakeries claims market leadership in the bread market in Ireland, among other plant bakers including Irish Pride ...