All British Baker articles in November 2007 – Page 2
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IGD agrees 8g/serving whole grain definition
An agreed definition and recommended level of inclusion for whole grains in foods has been put forward by UK food and grocery industry body IGD.IGD’s Working Group on Nutrition, which has been looking into the issue since 2006, has recommended that packaged goods claiming the presence of whole grain should ...
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David ArmstrongBako UKIndependent buying group Bako UK, which serves the bakery, catering and foodservice sectors, has appointed David Armstrong as chief executive.Armstrong has 20 years’ experience within multiple grocers, such as Safeway, Marks & Spencer and the specialist off-licence business with names such as Thresher. In his role at Bako, ...
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McDonald’s redesigns restaurants and menu
McDonald’s is revamping many of its restaurants with 200 outlets set to be ’re-imaged’ by the end of next year."We are giving the stores a more modern and contemporary feel," Lorraine Homer, media relations manager of McDonald’s UK, told British Baker. "Furnishings are more tactile and less plastic."The redesign programme, ...
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Making the right match
Millers will repeatedly tell you: "There’s no such thing as poor quality wheat - there are just different specifications of wheat." Bakers, on the other hand, have been heard in recent months to exclaim, "This flour is rubbish!" (The expletives have been substituted to avoid upsetting our more sensitive readers.)Craft ...
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Legislation watch
The Forum of Private Business (FPB) has called on the government to lift barriers preventing smaller businesses competing for contracts from public authorities.Its argument has been strengthened by a report on public procurement from the Commons Trade and Industry Select Committee that said smaller firms were hampered by the complex ...
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Learning from one’s peers
Once again I have been on my travels, getting ideas from my successful peers. The latest of these have come from David Smart of Greenhalgh’s, based in Bolton.Neville, Janes Pantry MD, and I went up there for the day - Neville to learn as much as possible about making fresh ...
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Irish independents to struggle
Independent retailers in the Republic of Ireland are set to feel the squeeze from large international players tempted by the market’s impressive growth rates, according to a new report.Published by Verdict Research, part of Datamonitor, the report said that the Irish Republic’s E24.4bn retail market has grown by 34% ...
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Factory re-opens
British Bakeries’ Bradford bakery operation has been given a reprieve after production had started being wound down in October.Owner Premier Foods had planned to close the bakery operation, leaving the site as a depot.Now, production will continue for the time being at the factory in Thornbury.Premier Foods said the decision ...
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Face to face with...
Q How did you come to be teaching bakery? A I was approached to do some part-time teaching on a day- release bakery programme in a craft bakery. Here, I learned all aspects of bakery and confectionery and was encouraged to study at the same time. I found that ...
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Dean’s joins tourist trail
Dean’s of Huntly has opened what is claimed to be Scotland’s first-ever shortbread visitor centre.The development, located just off the main Aberdeen-Inverness road, also includes a café-bistro and shop.Managing director Bill Dean commented: "We are currently producing shortbread 24 hours a day and visitors will get the chance to find ...
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Dealing with disability
Even though the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) has been in force for over a decade, employers, employees, lawyers and medics still grapple with this highly complex area of law, in order to address the needs of those who are disabled within the employment arena.The DDA has its own definition of ...
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Commodities watch
The Home-Grown Cereals Authority (HGCA) and Scotland Food & Drink has launched a new campaign called All About Oats, which aims to promote the health benefits of oats and encourage people to eat them."This campaign will help raise awareness and remind health professionals and consumers ’all about oats’. From coarse ...
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Briefs
n Peter’s Food Service, which makes Peter’s brand pies, pasties and sausage rolls, has been named Business of the Year at the Caerphilly Business Awards. The awards is designed to recognise business achievement in the County Borough of Caerphilly in South East Wales.n Food & Drink Expo 2008, an exhibition ...
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Get ready for Breakfast Week
Plans are well advanced for Farmhouse Breakfast Week 2008 from 20-26 January when farmers, producers and retailers are encouraged to celebrate the importance of a good breakfast.Rebecca Geraghty, assistant director of crop marketing at the Home-Grown Cereals Authority (HGCA), which is organising the event, said: "Farmhouse Breakfast Week is an ...
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Soda Bread
Chemical raising agents began to replace yeast in cakes, pancakes and some breads during the 19th century and soda breads became particularly popular in Ireland. This recipe comes from Ellen Duffin, who lived in Belfast during the mid-1800s. Her handwritten recipe book has survived and is now stored in ...
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Swedish bakery
Scotland’s first Swedish bakery is to open at a multi-million pound development on the site of Edinburgh’s former Royal Infirmary.Award-winning Swedish baker Jan Hedh will be overseeing the opening of the business called Peter’s Yard, which is a joint venture with Swedish businessman Peter Ljungquift and two Edinburgh-based partners. The ...
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Allied sale rumours mount as plant bakery battle hots up
Speculation was mounting in the national press this week over the future of Allied Bakeries, if parent Associated British Foods (ABF) should decide to sell the business.Kingsmill-owner ABF is said to be looking at a possible disposal of its bakeries - the business it was founded from in 1935.Primark ...
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Geoff Dossetter, external affairs director, Freight Transport Association
The price of crude oil has been on the rise all year. And all year the result has been increasing diesel and petrol prices for bakery distributors.This has meant higher transport costs for essential journeys. Raw materials in and finished products out - everything needs to be delivered and the ...