All British Baker articles in November 2008 – Page 5
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Food associations square up to FSA over salt issue
Food safety could be put at risk by squeezing salt reduction targets further, it was revealed, as sandwich makers and bakery manufacturers dug their trenches over "unachievable" proposals to slash salt in food.For the first time, all the lea-ding food associations, including the Food & Drink Federation (FDF), British Sandwich ...
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Association encourages franchisees
The Franchisee Association says current economic conditions should not put people off consi-dering taking out a licence.Trevor Hart, who set up the online Franchisee Association in August, told British Baker that now would be a good time for someone who has lost their job to use their redundancy package ...
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Baking from the archives: rye bread
== by Sue Davies ==Rye bread used to be part of British culinary heritage, but around 500 years ago, it began to be seen as only fit for the poor, something only to be eaten in times of hardship. Since then, however, attitudes have changed.Rye is a tough plant and ...
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Cargill takes stabilised approach to icings
Cargill has introduced two new stabiliser ranges, said to give manufacturers increased flexibility in the production of icings.Satialgine OGI cold soluble alginate has been developed for direct-use icings, made on-site by bakers and deposited immediately on top of baked goods. For delayed-use icings, a new pectin - Unipectine PG 335 ...
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Anti-theft lunch bags
For all the office workers maddened by their sandwiches being pilfered from the fridge - or for students in shared accommodation - comes this nifty bag, which gives the sarnie the appearance of being covered in mould. Another possible benefit for retailers could be selling out-of-date mouldy sarnies ...
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Flour dust safety event announced
The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) Food and Drink Group, Health and Safety Executive (HSE), the Federation of Bakers and the National Association of Master Bakers are running an event titled Flour dust - respiratory disease in the food industry, on Wednesday, 21 January 2009 at ...
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The genius of Dr Allinson
Over the past year we have grown to love the undisputed godfather of bowel regulation via his bygone missives, resurrected in BB. But how much do we really know about him? Here’s a remarkable insight into his daily routine - an example we should perhaps all strive to follow. This ...
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Design and function: the balancing act
Oliver Blank is from Aichinger, a German shopfitting firm handling the McCafé roll-out over there, as well as Birds of Derby and Waterfields over here. Richard Hamilton of Agile Space’s clients have included Pret A Manger, Lovejuice, Itsu, FooGo and independent coffee and bakery retailers. Franco Costa heads up Costagroup ...
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Danone on target to achieve carbon-neutral status for water brands
Danone Waters UK has announced that its Evian and Volvic brands will have carbon-neutral status by 2011, forming part of the company’s long-term sustainability project. Since 2000, it has been the aim of Danone to reduce Evian’s environmental impact by 50%. So far a 20% reduction has been achieved, and ...
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ABF demonstrates its ’resilience’ with positive financial performance
Associated British Food’s (ABF) results for the year ended 13 September 2008, have revealed positive revenue growth, despite economic challenges, according to a statement released by the company, with group revenue up 21% to £8.2bn. Operating profit for the food, ingredient and retail group stands at £554m, while adjusted operating ...
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AAK to offer sustainable palm oil
Fats and oils supplier AAK Bakery Services is about to receive its first shipment of sustainably produced crude palm oil at its Hull-based refinery.A founding member of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) in 2004, the company will be one of the first to receive Europe’s initial shipment. The ...
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Next issue 28 November
== lPackaging & Labelling ==Charting a course through the confusing world of on-pack labelling== lTunnel Ovens ==From energy efficiency to fire safety, we bring you the latest developments== lJuices & Smoothies ==Having undergone rapid growth in recent years, have consumers lost their taste for ...
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Northern Foods sees improvement
Northern Foods’ bakery division’s performance improved in the first half of the year, according to its interim results statement. Revenue increased to £97.6m from £91.4m for the 2007/08 period. Profit from operations also rose to £6.5m compared to £4.4m last year.“Selling prices increased by 4% as we successfully recovered commodity ...
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Dramatic fall for Starbucks profits
Restructuring and “significant transition” for Starbucks Corporation has seen its profits crash 96.6% to $5.4m, compared with $158.5m in its fourth quarter last year. The coffee chain’s fourth-quarter results, ended 28 September, and full fiscal 2008 results also reveal a fall in operating profit for the year from $1.1bn in ...
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Survey reveals coffee shops are more popular than pubs
Latte is the new lager, according to new research commissioned by Costa Coffee. The survey conducted by market research agency, Opinion Matters, revealed that coffee shops have overtaken pubs as the UK’s favourite social hang-out. Of the people surveyed, 72% were said to prefer coffee shops to pubs for catching-up ...
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The latest boozy bakery products
A range of new festive bakery products have been launched using branded alcohol from culinary alcohol supplier, Thomas Lowndes - part of Beam Global Spirits and Wine. Tesco are now using Courvoisier VS Cognac for the first time in its Finest Mince Pie range, including its Tesco Finest 12 Mini ...
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Study reveals high salt content in baked goods
Many croissants, pastries and muffins that are commonly consumed for breakfast contain more salt than a rasher of bacon, it has been claimed. The revelation followed research conducted by Consensus Action on Salt and Health (CASH), which looked at more than 200 food items. It found that that many sweet ...
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Bakery strong for Sara Lee
Sara Lee has reported strong sales performance within its North American fresh bakery division, in its first-quarter results to 27 September 2008. Net sales have increased by 17.1% to $571 million (£370m) and unit volumes rose by 6.6%, driven by volume growth for branded and private-label fresh bakery products, according to a company statement.
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Sign up for the Summit
There is less than a month 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 ...