All British Baker articles in November 2009
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Pidy plans to double UK sales growth
Belgium-based pastry manufacturer Pidy has announced plans to increase its presence in the UK, with a particular focus on the bakery and cafe sectors.Recently appointed general manager of Pidy UK, Robert Whittle said he aimed to double the company’s overall growth in the UK over the next two years, through ...
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US Subway stores to serve Starbucks coffee
Starbucks has announced plans to put its Seattle’s Best Coffee brand into more than 9,000 Subway stores in the US. The freshly brewed coffee will be served in the sandwich chain’s outlets by the end of 2009, with Subway planning more store openings in 2010.A deal has also been signed ...
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Finsbury sees declining cake sales
Finsbury Foods has announced falling sales in its cake business has resulted in a 2% drop in revenue for the 17 weeks to the end of October.The firm, which manufactures cake, bread and morning goods, revealed that group revenue was 2% less than the comparable period last year, and 4% ...
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World Scotch Pie Championship winner announced
A butcher has pipped a baker to the World Scotch Pie Championship post, as Murdoch Brothers Butchers was announced the winner of the 11th annual contest.Highest-placed baker in the Scotch Pie category was Airdrie-based Bon Bon Cake Shop, which achieved Gold 2nd Runner-Up.A record entry of 85 butchers and bakers ...
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World Scotch Pie Championship winner announced
A butcher has pipped a baker to the World Scotch Pie Championship post, as Murdoch Brothers Butchers was announced the winner of the 11th annual contest. Highest-placed baker in the Scotch Pie category was Airdrie-based Bon Bon Cake Shop, which achieved Gold 2nd Runner-Up.
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Pie maker’s online sales rocket 600%
Nottinghamshire-based pie maker Lime Tree Pantry has increased its online sales by 600%, in one week, after it received grant from the Food and Drink iNet to redevelop its website.Sales rocketed from an average of £333 per week to more than £2,331 in the first seven days following the launch ...
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Pidy plans to double UK sales growth
Belgium-based pastry manufacturer Pidy has announced plans to increase its presence in the UK, with a particular focus on the bakery and café sectors.
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Finsbury sees declining cake sales
Finsbury Foods has announced that falling sales in its cake business have resulted in a 2% drop in revenue for the 17 weeks to the end of October. The firm, which manufactures cake, bread and morning goods, revealed that group revenue was 2% less than the comparable period last year, and 4% behind on a like-for-like basis, excluding the recently acquired Goswell business.
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US Subway stores to serve Starbucks coffee
Starbucks has announced plans to put its Seattle’s Best Coffee brand into more than 9,000 Subway stores in the US.
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In my world
Tom Herbert is a fifth-generation baker and director of Hobbs House Bakery, a multi-award-winning craft bakery, based in GloucestershireWell, we’ve nurtured our sourdough for a long, long, time. It was already very old when we started using it 25 years ago and it has risen the dough of some of ...
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Wild White winner
It may be the current tagline for a certain brand of crisps, but the words ’simple is better’ could just as aptly be applied to Hobbs House Bakery’s prize winning loaf at the Baking Industry Awards 2009. Established in 1920, family firm Hobbs House has long been in the business ...
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In Short
Warburtons revampWarburtons has been in talks with brand agencies ahead of an identity overhaul, according to marketingmagazine.co.uk. The brand is to refresh its identity and packaging, and will be the first major revamp in more than 10 years, it reported.McVitie’s sat fat cutUnited Biscuits has cut a further 50% saturated ...
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Sodium reductionMarket research expert Mintel has revealed that sodium reduction features in its 2010 global Consumer Packaged Goods predictions as "the next major health movement". Mintel director of trends and innovation David Jago said the difference with sodium reduction was that it is being "pushed by food companies and health ...
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Gallani to leave BCCCBarbara Gallani is to step down from her position as sector manager for the Biscuit, Cake, Chocolate and Confectionery Sector Group and take up a new role. From January 2010, she will be the new director of Food Safety and Science at the Food and Drink Federation.Greggs ...
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Big supply dealDistribution company JJ Food Service has struck a multi-million pound deal, which will see it supply ambient, chilled and frozen products to Cooks the Bakery stores across the UK. The open-ended contract, worth £4m per year, covers 72 Cooks stores, previously supplied by 3663.Muntons’ investmentMuntons Malted Ingredients has ...
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Ultimate see-through toaster
Last year, in our tireless efforts to bring you news of toaster innovation, we reported on one concept ’see-through’ toaster that was essentially two panes of heated glass. We scoffed then at the litany of design flaws, from the danger of burning your fingers to the impossibility of cleaning it. ...
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Report
The improved quality of UK harvested wheat and barley crops this year could have implications for UK supply and demand balance with potentially less availability for millers, according to the HGCA’s latest cereals report. However, this compares to a poor season in 2008 and the results should also be placed ...
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Seed pricing
Pine nuts: These have had one of the worst seasons on record. The reduced Chinese crop, together with the failure of supplemental Russian and Siberian material to make it across the border into China, combined to create a massive shortage in a season that saw exponential growth in the development ...
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Promotion power
By Max Jenvey of Oxxygen Marketing Partnership, a strategic management agency that focuses on business and brand development within the bakery, foodservice and convenience sectors.Everyone seems in such a rush these days, but thankfully the majority of bakery customers still enjoy a well-earned rest and a sit-down with their favourite ...
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Mouthing off
"It’s a disgrace and a total farce. We can’t stomach their cheap gimmicks. What good are cream cakes when we’ll all be out on the street next year?" A worker at the Johnnie Walker plant in Kilmarnock tells the Daily Record he is less than impressed by bosses allegedly "bribing" ...