All British Baker articles in November 2009 – Page 2
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New loafers?
Ok, we wouldn’t advise going to the park to feed the ducks in these, but for any readers out there for whom baking and eating bread is not enough, there is now The Bread Shoe.All for a bargain E70 (£62) and featuring the tagline "not wearable on feet...first in fashion...for ...
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Raw touch for snack line
A new healthy snack food range, Gourmet Raw, has been launched this month. It comprises two varieties of Gourmet Raw Brownies Celestial Cacao and Cocobanana and three varieties of Flackers Salsa, Jive and Sunshine. Flackers are being marketed as an alternative to crackers for snacking or bread ...
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Letters
These are interesting times for those involved in the baking industry today. British Baker is reporting on some challenging issues and is clearly working for a response from officials, which industry can work with.There are many products using high quantities of fat. People should be encouraged to moderate consumption. Reducing ...
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Tesco raises security on trailer fleet
Tesco is to improve the security of goods in transit by introducing tamper-evident trailer seals by Secureseal. The supermarket will replace the electronic seals for all new-build trailers, as well as any existing faulty seals in order to increase the security across its 4,000-strong fleet.Secureseal is a permanent reusable seal ...
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Greggs reveals interest in First Quench sites
Patrick McGuiganGreggs has expressed interest in buying up to 120 First Quench off-licences from administrators, reflecting a wider strategy of cherry-picking sites from struggling retail chains in its bid to open over 600 new stores.The retailer is running the rule over 10% of First Quench’s 1,200 shops, which comprise Threshers ...
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Scottish firm Henry Healy put on sale
Glasgow-based sandwich chain Henry Healy’s five former shops are now up for sale after the business went into liquidationin October.The chain, which has been trading since 1913, had suffered in the face of competition from national chains, coupled with the impact of the recession, said Scott McGregor, joint liquidator at ...
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Spooner extends its service
Spooner Industries has announced it is to extend its products and services for the UK baking industry. The company, which specialises in forced convection technology, will now offer a range of air conditioning and ventilation systems to complement its existing work in the design and manufacture of ovens, provers and ...
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Unifine displays its passion for pastry
Glamour and passion were two themes on the Unifine stand at Iba. The Decorgel range of gels and toppings provide a translucent sparkling covering to desserts while imaginative fond flavours were included in goods such as Ricotta and Orange and Honey flavour cookies. New premixes, fonds flavours and fillings all ...
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Hovis denies promotion overload as it gains share
Hovis has not been over-promoting its product, insisted Hovis’ marketing boss, as the brand closes in on rivals Warburtons.Premier Foods’ heavy price promotion of Hovis, alongside Allied Bakeries’ Kingsmill, has seen the number two and three brands respectively steal a march on market leader Warburtons.According to recent data (TNS 4 ...
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New food and drink course in Scotland
A new qualification has been launched in Scotland, which aims to "open up new horizons" for employees in the food and drink industry.The Higher National Certificate (HNC) in Food Science and Technology, which commenced at the end of October at Glasgow Metropolitan College, is a subsidised two-year day-release course that ...
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A colourful existence
As phoenix from the flames stories go, a cupcake cases supplier being plucked out of administration and landing plonk in the middle of a boom in muffins and cupcakes is one of the more positive stories to come out of the recession-hit bakery sector.A well-known name and a cupcake case ...
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Christmas teas from Drury
The Drury Tea & Coffee Company has launched a range of Christmas teas and infusions. The loose teas include Christmas Flavoured Black tea and Christmas Flavoured Green tea in 125g packs, as well as Christmas Rooibos Infusion and Christmas Cookie Infusion in 100g packs. The black tea features apple, cinnamon; ...
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The cost of change
Sustainable palm oil was barely out of the headlines last month, as food firms lined up to announce they would be switching to ’green’ palm oil in their bakery products. First was Sainsbury’s, which revealed that its own-label digestives and rich tea biscuits would be made with sustainable palm oil, ...
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Toolbox opens up supply chain
Toolbox Bakery Solutions offers supply chain management specifically for bakeries. Graham Jones (below) who represented the company at Iba said: "Our customers are bakers with 20 or more shops or big industrial bakers." The full supply chain management involves raw material handling, production, stock, distribution and transport. Jones added: "We ...
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Eco centric
Economic hardship is failing to quell packaging and labelling innovation, as bakeries, cafés and food-to-go retailers increa-singly seek differentiation in the great high street bun fight.While times are tough across the retail sector, the recession has both boosted and hindered independent operators, with many consumers trading down from restaurants, but ...
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Brockleby’s scoops listing with Waitrose
Organic pork pie producer Brockleby’s has won a contract to supply its pies to supermarket chain Waitrose.The company, from Asfordby Hill, near Melton Mowbray, will be putting its wares into a Waitrose store in Stamford early next year. Brockleby’s hopes its pies will later go nationwide with the chain.The contract ...
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Book Review: More Baking Problems Solved
Stanley Cauvain, Linda YoungWoodhead Publishing, £135This is the sequel to no prizes for solving this poser Baking Problems Solved. Written in a Q&A format, and taken in one sitting, it reads like a bad day at the bakery. A lot of those niggly little problems you have with ...
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Ginsters uses technology to bring bakery to classroom
Students studying the Diploma in Manufacturing and Product Design (MPD) can now gain access to Ginsters’ Callington Bakery without leaving their classroom, thanks to online video conferencing technology.Using free Skype communication software, pupils are able to talk directly to staff at Ginsters and look around the bakery as part of ...
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Bakery nets Merseyside pie deal
After supplying pies to Everton Football Club for several years, Clayton Park Bakery has cornered the football pie market in Merseyside, signing a contract to supply Liverpool Football Club.The Lancashire-based firm will supply Anfield with a wide range of products for both hospitality and concourse catering. The concourse pie range ...
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Bakery under investigation over E.coli
A bakery in Felling, Gateshead has closed voluntarily following an outbreak of E.coli in the area. Myers Bakery is currently being investigated as the possible source of the infection, which has so far been confirmed in nine adults, with six other possible cases in the Gateshead area, as British Baker ...