All British Baker articles in November 2006 – Page 7
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Christmas rush
Bakery managers all over the country are standing by for their busiest time of year, swatting up on production schedules, supplies and staffing rotas. The more sophisticated will already have analysed electronic point of sales data from last Christmas, probably as early as January, to help them plan. Others will ...
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Pecan Deluxe Candy
Pecan Deluxe Candy (Leeds, West Yorkshire) is set to launch a range of new nut and seed coatings. The move coincides with further investment at its Yorkshire factory, which includes investment in ’traditional style’ cooling tables for nut products, such as brittles.Pecan’s new coatings, include basil & garlic pine nuts, ...
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Briefs
n Bakery company Finsbury Food Group is assessing damage after an overnight fire at its United Central Bakeries site near Edinburgh. It said recovery plans were being implemented and alternative production facilities sourced where necessary.n Supplier Eurobake is to relocate to the nearby premises of craft bakery Greenhalgh’s following a ...
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UK bread map shock
A new bread map from Tesco of consumers’ buying habits around the UK explodes some myths about regional tastes.Although white bread is more popular further north and brown bread is more widely bought in the south, Tesco store data reveals that the area with the highest demand for ’upmarket’ bread ...
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Farmhouse Fare joins soup brand
Puddings supplier Farmhouse Fare said "nothing will change" after it was bought last week by Daniels Chilled Foods, the company behind the New Covent Garden Food Company brand.Founder Helen Colley will remain MD of the company, which was named Bakery Supplier of the Year in British Baker’s 2005 Baking ...
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Meet the UK’s best sandwich
This is the sixth year French bakery manufacturer Déli- france, which has over 600 retail outlets worldwide, has thrown down the gauntlet in search of the best buttie.As part of the International Sandwich Challenge, six UK finalists went head to head at Fawsley Hall, Northamptonshire, last week to create ...
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Bako targets premium sales with launch of Finest range
Wholesaler Bako is cashing in on increased consumer demand for premium products with the launch of a Bako Finest range of foods and ingredients.The company said it was targeting the indulgent, health-aware and quality-conscious market with the range. Individual ingredients can be used to enhance a baker’s own recipes, while ...
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Booming Bakkavor
Icelandic firm Bakkavor claimed to be the UK market leader in speciality bread, wraps and pizza as it released results for the first nine months of 2006 last week.The company said it was now market leader in nine of the 17 categories it operates in, and 82% of its business ...
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International bakery show
The Europain 2008 exhibition is set to bring together more than 600 exhibitors including suppliers of products, equipment and services for industrial and craft bakery, patisserie, ice-cream and takeaway catering.The Intersuc show will run alongside it and will showcase international equipment and products aimed at the confectionery, chocolate and biscuit ...
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Scottish bakers get behind World Scotch Pie Week
Scottish shops are signing up to help make the first World Scotch Pie Week a highlight in Scotland’s bakery calendar.Twenty-five companies have already pledged to raise money for the Scottish Society for Autism by either selling branded wristbands or donating a percentage of their Scotch pie sales during the week, ...
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Fruisana sugar can spice up bakers’ celebration cakes
Forum Products (Redhill, Surrey) suggests using its Fruisana fruit sugar to make celebration cakes to cash in on the low-Glycaemic Index trend.Fruisana (made from fructose) is low-GI and is found naturally in most fruits and honey and is as stable as ordinary sugar. It is sweeter than normal cane sugar ...
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Bakels
Bakels’ (Bicester, Oxfordshire) latest addition to its range of release agents is Spink - a general purpose lubricant that comes in a 500ml aerosol can.The company says that Spink offers the same features as its Tinwax release agent, which is used for high sugar confectionery products such as sponges and ...
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Caffè Nero unveils autumn menu
Caffè Nero, which has 292 cafés, has launched its latest seasonal menu, including focaccia with salami and two cheese, butternut squash and Brie panini.The autumn range also includes a ham, leek and cheese wrap, ham and Brie panini, soups including butternut squash and garlic, and an apple and rhubarb brunch-pot, ...
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Reporting in Rebecca Geraghty, assistant director of market development, HGCA
When it comes to healthy eating most of us know we should be eating more fruit and vegetables and cutting down on fat, salt and sugar. What seems less well known is that we should also be including at least three servings of wholegrain foods every day.Evidence suggests that eating ...
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European sugar arm to be sold
Tate & Lyle plans to sell off its Food & Industrial Ingredients, Europe, division following changes in the European sugar regime.The sugar company said ownership of the business was no longer an essential part of its strategy to focus on value-added ingredients.Tate & Lyle said it will continue to develop ...
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Kluman & Balter
Ingredients company Kluman & Balter (Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire) offers a range of grease-and-release agents specifically formulated for the baking industry.The company’s most popular line is its E40 spray release for bread and fermented products. Made in Holland, E40 comes in 20-litre containers. Kluman & Balter says it offers a range ...
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Ingham Paper & Packaging
Ingham paper & Packaging (Ottery St Mary, Devon) supplies paper packaging to bakers. Its siliconised greaseproof paper can be both recycled and composted.Envirocoat non-slip paper pallet liners are used to prevent baked produce slipping in transit. The water-based acrylic coating gives excellent non-slip properties, says the firm, and is grease ...
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Anthony Alan Foods
Weight Watchers has extended its popular reduced-fat cakes range with the launch of Almond Cake Slices, made from a combination of almond sponge, pastry, jam and almonds.Now, under licence from Weight Watchers, Anthony Alan Foods (Barnsley, Yorkshire) has taken the conventional recipe and re-invented the Almond Cake Slice as a ...
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International activity
The Irish Bread Bakers Association (IBBA) warned that poor harvests in various parts of the world had dramatically increased the cost of wheat.World wheat stockpiles are at their lowest level in 25 years. Prices have surged to 10-year highs after a drought in Australia threatened to cut its harvest in ...
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RHM’s £2m hit on wheat prices
RHM said its bread division had seen good growth as a result of price increases and customer wins, in a trading update for the last six months issued this week.But a delay in recovering higher wheat price rises cost around £2m in the first half of the year.RHM’s cakes division’s ...