All British Baker articles in November 2009 – Page 5
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Ainsleys is forced to call in administrators
Ainsleys of Leeds has been forced to call in the administrators after attempts to find a buyer for the struggling business failed. The 29-shop family bakery firm employs 263 full and part-time staff, and approximately 30 temporary agency workers, across its shops, the bakery in Sheepscar, Leeds, and its van sales operation.
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In my world
Fond as I am of jaunty ribbon, there’s only one kind I want to see in my business the blue stuff, prettily embossed with our Judges Bakery logo, rather than the giant rolls of red tape, which everyone from the local council to Brussels via the Food Standards Agency ...
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A toast to toasters
We were just thinking, ’the world of toaster innovation has gone a bit quiet of late’, and then three major domestic bread-heating advances drop on our desks.First up is the ’bacon butty toaster’. Following last year’s Toast N Egg a toaster with an egg fryer unceremoniously bolted onto the ...
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Tiramisu titan
What is it with the glut of cakey world record attempts right now? Is it some kind of ironic comment on the Western obesity epidemic, or a reaction to greater government interference in the sweet treats we eat? The latest giant pudding, a Tiramisu, has officially been given the ’world’s ...
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Suits you, sir
Not content with throwing televisions out of the window, rock stars are turning their destructive tendencies to bread, it would seem.Speaking on last Thursday’s Never Mind the Buzzcocks, musician and record producer-of-the-moment Calvin Harris described how, when working in a bakery when he was younger, he and colleagues used to ...
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Rise for AlliedA strong performance by Allied Bakeries in the year to 12 September 2009, helped increase sales at Associated British Foods’ grocery division by 13% to £3,188m. Profit declined by 2% to £191m, mainly due to first-half problems with its ACH subsidiary in the US and a highly competitive ...
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Palmers’ pie partyPalmers Bakery in Haughley is to celebrate its 140th birthday on 4 December by giving away free mince pies with each purchase. The Bakehouse, established around 1752, was taken over by William James Palmer as a bakehouse, pastry cook, booksellers and newsagents in 1869. The business, which produces ...
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Rowe’s successRowe’s branded savoury bakery concession, introduced in July at Asda, St Austell (Cornwall), has beaten pre-opening sales estimates, with weekly figures up to 40% higher than predicted.Maple Leaf resultsCanadian company Maple Leaf saw earnings in its Bakery Group increase to $32.7m in the third quarter compared to $30.6m the ...
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A Swede in Scotland
When running a mountain lodge in his native Sweden around a decade ago, Peter Ljungquist came to the conclusion that he would like to make the best jam, chocolate and ice cream in the whole country. And since he had "always been passionate about bread" too, a bespoke brick oven ...
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Report
Consumers continue to see health and wellness as an important issue, according to new research by Tate & Lyle. The findings also revealed that consumers will pay more for foods that display health benefits on their labels. The research, conducted in July this year, forms part of Tate & Lyle’s ...
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Night riders
Anyone who uses the roads during normal daylight hours knows only too well the delays and frustrations caused by the overload of traffic in many areas. While a missed appointment can be re-scheduled, a missed delivery costs serious money for all involved with that particular load retailer, supplier and ...
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Mouthing off
"We didn’t have any privileges. I remember living on baked beans, eggs and bread if it wasn’t out of date" Food waste shocker! Girls Aloud singer Cheryl Cole on growing up, but betraying a slavish adherence to use-by dates"A complaint has been made to the police and we will ...
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Pressure mounts over sustainable palm oil
Pressure is mounting on bakery companies to switch to sustainable palm oil, although it is unclear who is expected to pay for the changes. World Wildlife Fund (WWF) last month published a league table, rating food companies and retailers on their record of buying sustainable palm oil, with firms such as Warburtons, Northern Foods and Allied owner ABF relatively low down the list.
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Peter’s slices up market
Peter’s Food is targeting a younger market with a new line of slices. These will form part of Peter’s Premier Range, which includes pies, pasties and sausage rolls. The slices come in eight different varieties: Spicy Chicken Fajita using Discovery seasoning, Ham and Pilgrim’s Choice Cheese, Chicken and Mushroom, Chicken ...
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Your say: letter
Reading all the latest articles about salt in bread was purely academic to me until two friends came to stay. They asked us not to put any salt in our cooking as they both had high blood pressure.I thought that there were just three main reasons to use salt in ...
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Riverside jobs in question
Middlesbrough-based Riverside Bakery has gone into administration, with 35 jobs in the balance.National accountant Baker Tilly has been appointed administrator and hopes to sell the business as a going concern. The firm has traded as a wholesale baker of bread buns for 25 years, supplying schools, colleges, sandwich shops and ...
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Pulp Fruits promotes healthy food-to-go
Pulp Fruits has launched a new fruity snack for the food-to-go market. Pulp is exactly what it says on the pouch: blended fruit. It isn’t diluted with juice or water and contains no added sugar. Pulp pouches are available in three varieties: banana, mango and passion fruit; banana, strawberry and ...
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Food in the news
Savouries manufacturers, take note: The Times devoted its front page on October 27 to a story headlined ’Give up meat to save the planet’, based on an interview with influential climate change expert Lord Stern. Stern predicted that a successful deal at the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in December ...
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Sats off the fence
Paul Wilkinson: Are we able to meet the target of the 10% saturates reduction in cakes, biscuits and pastries without significantly compromising on the taste of the product? What do you not the businesses you work for think? Show of hands, how many people think this will be ...