All British Baker articles in November 2008 – Page 2
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Greencore initiatives drive cakes
Food producer Greencore has revealed that its cakes and desserts business has performed well for the full year ended 26 September 2008.Sales have increased by 8.3% in its Convenience Foods division (excluding water) and average category volume growth in its UK convenience business, which includes cakes and sandwiches, stood at ...
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Finsbury sees slowdown in cake growth
Finsbury Foods’ sales for the 20 weeks to mid-November were up 11% on the same 2007/08 period, with sales in its cake division up 3% year-on-year."Cake growth has slowed, both within the whole market and within Finsbury," said a company spokesperson. "There has been a reduction in demand for high-value ...
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Cookies to beat crunch
Rich Products has added filled cookies to its product portfolio. They come in two varieties - Chocolate Cookie with a cream filling and Vanilla Cookie with a milk chocolate filling."Cookies are extremely popular with consumers," said Rich’s marketing manager Gail Lindsay. "But there is a definite gap in the market ...
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Scottish firm moves into custom-built bakery
Scottish bakery Stephens plans to expand its chain of shops and fleet of snack vans after moving into a custom-built £4.5m bakery.Located on the outskirts of Dunfermline, the new 38,000sq ft site replaces Stephens’ previous 7,000sq ft premises in the town centre. Managing director André Sarafilovic told ...
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Bakery goods in fine spirit
A number of festive bakery products have been developed using branded alcohol from culinary alcohol supplier Thomas Lowndes - part of Beam Global Spirits & Wine Inc. Tesco is now using Courvoisier VS Cognac in its Finest Mince Pie range, while Asda uses the same product in its Extra Special ...
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California Raisins drives concentrate for bakery
California Raisins is promoting its juice concentrate for use in the production of baked goods, confectionery and snacks.The concentrate is prepared in stages by leaching raisins with water to produce the juice. This is then "evaporated in a vacuum pan until the concentration contains a minimum of 70% natural fruit ...
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Asda opens up the doors to Great Britain for Irwin’s Irish Batch range
Northern Irish bakery Irwin’s has achieved a 300-store distribution deal with Asda for its Irish Batch range.The deal, worth £250,000 annually, will see Irwin’s Irish Batch available in Great Britain for the first time, from this winter. The recipe was created over 40 years ago and is marketed in Northern ...
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Worker void appears as immigrants return home
Craft bakeries fear a massive skills shortage, as the flow of bakers from Eastern Europe dries up and those already here return home.With the fall in the value of the pound and the economic slowdown, the UK is less attractive to migrant workers such as bakers. In contrast, the Polish ...
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European pastry specialist announces the arrival of Chocolate Praline Croissants
Bakehouse has announced the launch of a new Chocolate Praline Croissant for the foodservice industry. The product has a chocolate and hazelnut filling and is topped with chocolate and nibbed hazelnut.It has been developed to extend consumer choice and capitalise on the popular Viennoiserie market, which accounts for 5% ...
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Aldi plans Irish expansion drive
Discount supermarket Aldi is to expand in Ireland, with 35 new stores planned.The project, costing €350m, will see around 490 new jobs created in-store and around 160 at a second regional distribution centre, to be located in Mitchelstown, County Cork.The announcement came after Aldi’s Irish business reported a 20% ...
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Firkins closes 20 shops as bank crisis hits home
A West Midlands bakery group has become the first bakery casualty of the banking crisis, after being hit by banks reducing credit.Firkins Bakery, headquartered in West Bromwich, has laid off 140 staff and shut 20 of its 53 stores. Managing director Ian Bolderston explained that "crippling overheads" ...
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Starbucks’ Fairtrade commitment
Starbucks has made a commitment that by the end of 2009, all espressos sold – both whole bean and espresso-based beverages including Cappuccino and Caffe Latte – in Starbucks stores in the UK and Ireland will become both Starbucks ‘Shared Planet’ and Fairtrade Certified. The announcement from Starbucks UK and ...
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Doughnuts help The Children’s Trust
Cornish baker, James Barnecutt, from Barnecutt’s bakery visited The Children’s Trust to see how the money raised by UK bakers in this year’s National Doughnut Week was being spent after winning a competition. Throughout National Doughnut Week in May this year, participating bakeries were entered into a prize draw to ...
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Cake growth slows for Finsbury
Finsbury Foods’ sales for the 20 weeks to mid-November were up 11% on the same 2007/08 period, but sales in its Cake division slowed to 3% year-on-year.“Cake growth has slowed both within the whole market and within Finsbury,” said a company spokesperson. “There has been a reduction in demand for ...
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Scottish firm moves into custom-built bakery
Scottish bakery Stephens plans to expand its chain of shops and fleet of snack vans after moving into a custom-built £4.5m bakery.Located on the outskirts of Dunfermline, the new 38,000sq ft site replaces Stephens’ previous 7,000sq ft premises in the town centre. Managing director André Sarafilovic told British ...
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Wallace and Gromit’s bakery plot revealed
The makers of the latest Wallace and Gromit outing, A Matter of Loaf And Death, have revealed more plot details of the film, which will see the pair running a bakery called Top Bun.The storyline will revolve around the murderous Cereal Killer, who targets local bakers. While Top Bun’s business ...
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Wallace and Gromit’s bakery adventure
The makers of the latest Wallace and Gromit outing, A Matter of Loaf And Death, have revealed more plot details of the film, which will see the pair running a bakery called Top Bun.
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Wallace & Gromit’s Top Bun adventure
The makers of the latest Wallace & Gromit outing, A Matter of Loaf And Death, have revealed more plot details of the film, which will see the pair running a bakery called Top Bun.
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Sign up for the Summit
There’s not long left to register for the Baking Industry Summit 2008, on 27 November, so make sure you reserve your delegate place now. The Summit, which will focus on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), is taking place at One Great George Street, London, and will host a variety of top ...
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Mince pies are put to the test
Budget mince pies received good ratings in a taste test on the website of independent consumer group Which? Netto’s mince pies were the cheapest tested at £1.19 for a box of six, but were rated more highly than Harrods’ pies which cost five times more at £5.95. Marks and Spencers’ ...