All British Baker articles in November 2007 – Page 6
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Julian Hunt, director of communications, Food and Drink Federation
Forget all the hype around possible elections. Tucked away in Gordon Brown’s speech a few months ago at the Labour Party Conference in Bournemouth was a real gem: the PM talking about how he wanted the UK to be leading the global economy, with modern manufacturing at the heart of ...
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Commodities tracker
Almond prices have remained firm on the back of a large shipment figure for September 07, according to Mark Setterfield, RM Curtis’ MD, in the company’s Edible Nuts & Dried Fruit Market Report: Sep-Oct 2007.Total domestic and export shipments were up 10.5% from 2006, he noted. "Almonds continue to show ...
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When the chips are down
Corporate social responsibility may be the buzzwords on everybody’s lips, as green issues hit home with bakery manufacturers. But while some companies are ebbing with the tide of public opinion, others don’t need a gun to the head to bring sustainability to the forefront.Due to its remote location in the ...
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Tribute to a lady of great character
Gwen Clark, who died on 15 October 2007, aged 91, was one of the great characters of the old London Region of the National Association of Master Bakers (NA), writes Tony Cavan. She helped to run Clark’s Bakery in Ealing until the death of her husband, Leslie, in 1972. She ...
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Centre of Excellence proposed
Bakers are being urged to back a proposed Centre of Bakery Excellence in the UK, to tackle the skills crisis facing the industry. Details of the Centre will be thrashed out over the next five months, culminating in a summit meeting of industry stakeholders at the Baking Industry Exhibition on ...
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Briefs
n Honeytop Speciality Foods has more than doubled its chiller capacity at its manufacturing plant in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, with a £250,000 investment.This will provide for greater blast-chilling and holding capacity, allowing additional fresh ingredient handling, as well as extra capacity for Honeytop’s fresh and chilled naan bread production.n Lord Haskins, ...
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Brennans sees positive trend
Brennans Bakeries in Dublin saw turnover rise 7% to €54.1 million (£37.69m) in 2006, with operating profits up by 28% to €5.41m (£3.77m). An €80,000 interest payment boosted pre-tax profits to €5.49m.The Brennan family owns the bakery through two holding companies, Argosy Trust and Century Holdings. Most of the directors ...
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UK purchases boost Maple Leaf’s results
Maple Leaf Foods’ UK bakery business was one of the star performers highlighted by senior executives of its parent company, as it announced third-quarter results for the Canadian-based food giant last week.Michael McCain, president and chief executive, said that improved bakery results had been "mostly driven by improved performance in ...
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Lesaffre buys into the UK with deal for GBI and BFP
Yeast company GB Ingredients and sister business BFP Wholesale have been bought by French-based yeast group Lesaffre for an undisclosed sum.Dr Mike Chell, MD of GB Ingredients (GBI) told British Baker it would be "business as usual" under independently-owned Lesaffre: "I am delighted for both our staff and our ...
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Union takes second Warburtons ballot
Staff at Warburtons are to be reballoted on plans for strike action after their union feared that an initial vote earlier this month had been affected by the postal dispute.The Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union (BFAWU) will launch a second two-week ballot of its 1,000-plus members at the company’s ...
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Bakkavör blames tough trading for performance
Icelandic giant Bakkavör said that the ’toughest trading conditions in decades’ had affected the group’s performance, as it revealed its results for the first months of the year last week.Chief executive Agust Gudmundsson said that fundamental changes in world supply had resulted in global commodity price increases, which were having ...
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Burns carries off top West Country award
Glastonbury-based Burns the Bread won ’The Best’ West Country Baker’ award at this year’s Western Bakery Championships, while St Mary’s Bakery in Torquay won the Open Confectionery Championship for the second year in a row.The championships, organised by the Western Region of the National Association of Master Bakers, took place ...