All British Baker articles in October 2009
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Organic pie firm expands
Organic pasty and pie specialist Jones Organic has announced plans to expand its production facilities, with the addition of a new site, to cope with increased demand from specialist retailers in London and south-east England.
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Smaller loaf size boosts Irwin’s Bakery
Northern Irish bakery Irwin’s has added £1m to its turnover in the past year, after launching smaller loaf sizes of its key brands.
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Reid’s bakery wins products award
Reid’s bakery of Thurso, Caithness, Scotland has won first prize in the New Products category in the Highlands and Island Awards.
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Riverside Bakery for sale as administrators called in
Middlesbrough-based Riverside Bakery has gone into administration, leaving 35 jobs in the balance.
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NewsCosta reveals Christmas food range
Costa Coffee will tomorrow (Thursday, 29 October) launch its seasonal Christmas food specials in-store, with a range that includes 12 new sweet products.
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In my world
We recently secured a new site to add to our existing portfolio of iCafé stores. For me, the past few weeks have involved constant meeting after meeting to make sure our new flagship store is the best it can be in every aspect.There are many different factors that play into ...
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Take time for tea
Ask most customers if they want a hot drink to go with their cake or sandwich and they might be tempted by a cappuccino. A humble tea bag just doesn’t have the same allure as coffee, particularly if customers want to treat themselves. And let’s face it, there’s more theatre ...
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Biscuit exports upExports of sweet biscuits are up, as the food and drinks sector is on track to achieve its fourth consecutive year of record export growth, according to the Food and Drink Federation (FDF). Sweet biscuits were up 12.4% to £95.2m in the first six months of 2009. But ...
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LASER targets guestsThis year’s LASER Dinner and Dance will be held at Stoke Park, Buckinghamshire on 14 November. As a guest you would have complimentary use of the club’s new health and racquet pavilion. Tickets for the event are £75 and are available from: LASER, 142 Banstead Road, Caterham, CR3 ...
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Bako golf dayBako Northern held its 21st annual charity golf day last month at Durham City Golf Club. The event raised £635, which was donated to ’The Puffin Appeal’ in Newcastle, which cares for children who suffer from cystic fibrosis, asthma and other lung diseases.Wrights’ store debutWrights has unveiled a ...
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Aspin to the rescueSouth Shields firm JW Rae Bakers has been rescued from liquidation by Sunderland-based Monument Foods. Aspin Bakery, a division of Monument, has acquired the business, saving 16 jobs. Following the acquisition Aspin Bakery will move into new premises in South Shields and plans to expand its product ...
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Put to the test
When Conservative leader David Cameron visited Cotswold miller FWP Matthews to see the company’s new facilities and learn about a partnership with French miller Moul-bie, he was a little surprised to be asked questions by British Baker (see panel opposite page). Yet in a short, but wide-ranging conversation, he answered ...
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Nature over science
Britain’s billboard owners must love the Food Standards Agency. The wallpaper paste had barely dried on posters urging the public to watch their saturated fat intake by cutting back on biscuits, cakes and pastries when the government agency rolled out a new advertising blitz this month encouraging shoppers to check ...
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Naturally Nero
The recession has killed off many things banks, bakeries and, erm, very nearly Iceland but try as it might, it has failed to knock the coffee shops off their perch. While Starbucks cut stores and Coffee Republic filed for administration, to hopefully emerge leaner and stronger, Caffè Nero ...
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Mouthing off
"I missed the Mumsnet question about biscuits: the answer is absolutely anything with a bit of chocolate on it, but trying very hard to cut down"PM Gordon Brown finally caves in by issuing a statement on Twitter after failing to answer the burning question of our times, ’what is your ...
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Mama’s plans for winter
National Cupcake Week’s overall recipe champion Mama’s Cupcakes has launched a new winter range, including its competition-winning Black Forest variety a chocolate sponge laced with kirsch and glacé cherries.Also in the range is My Christmas Cupcake a fruit cake with sherry-soaked fruit, nuts and cherries, topped with marzipan, ...
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Homing in on the harvest
It is the time of year when new wheat crop opportunities present themselves and bakers can benefit from the adroit use of knowledge of the new harvest to achieve effective cost savings on flour and other cereal prices.VolumesEarly estimates indicate a volume of up to 15 million tonnes (mt) for ...
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Is the FSA ’full of it’?
Salt is yet again top of the agenda at the Food Standards Agency (FSA), with bakers seemingly obliged to stand in a continual firing line. Its new campaign encourages shoppers to look at the labels of foods, such as bread, sandwiches and pizza, and buy those with the lowest salt ...
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Fine Lady sets its sights on the north
Fine Lady Bakeries has announced plans to build a £20m bakery in Newton Heath, east Manchester.Planning permission has been submitted for the site, which would become Fine Lady’s northern base.Joe Street, managing director of the Banbury-based company, said the east Manchester location would offer excellent transport links both north and ...