All British Baker articles in October 2009 – Page 2

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    Iba extends large welcome

    23 October 2009

    It was back in the 1960s when Roger Daltrey of The Who first belted out the classic "I can see for miles". It’s the sort of song that pops into your head walking round Iba, the world’s biggest bakery show.And why is it that, in the one place you’d really ...

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    Reporting in Education opportunity

    23 October 2009

    For such a successful and progressive industry, we experience surprising difficulties in connecting up with the education sector to sell careers in baking. Among teachers, pupils and parents, the level of knowledge about what we offer in careers is abysmal. A great deal more work needs to be done but ...

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    Dried fruit pricing

    23 October 2009

    Coconut: It is generally thought there is potentially less of a price downside on coconuts than a larger upside. Demand is also thought to increase as prices, helped by the weaker dollar, have improved.Raisins: The new Californian crop will be about 10% less than last year. In Turkey, post-harvest suggests ...

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    Delice moves to gluten-free

    23 October 2009

    Delice de France has worked with Fayrefield FoodTech to develop a gluten-free bakery range. Delice said it has seen the category develop, to include not just coeliacs, but consumers who choose to eat gluten-free, due to other health benefits.The range consists of sandwich bread and blueberry and chocolate chip muffins, ...

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    Speedibake’s fresh deal

    23 October 2009

    Norbert Dentressangle, which took over Christian Salvesen in 2007, has been awarded a two-year temperature-controlled storage and distribution contract with baked goods manufacturer Speedibake. Part of Associated British Foods, Speedibake is one of the leading producers of own-brand bakery products for the UK retail and foodservice sector. With turnover of ...

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    Stiletto cuts to free-from

    23 October 2009

    Mrs Crimble’s free-from range has been refreshed to offer a wider range for consumers and to create a more uniform brand identity. Owned by Stiletto Foods, the free-from foods brand now includes light cheese crackers in Rosemary and Onion, Sun-dried Tomato and Pesto and Original Cheese flavours, as well as ...

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    Spice rack: Cumin

    23 October 2009

    Cumin is a spice that is used in many countries around the world, but in particular in India, The Middle East, North Africa and Mexico. It is also added to some European cheeses.It is used either as a seed or ground and is said to be the second most popular ...

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    Concept success

    23 October 2009

    For long-established bakery chains, the idea of trying something new may seem like risky business, as existing customers will be used to particular products and price points. However, a number of bakery businesses, interested in introducing different and perhaps more premium lines, have come up with new shops ...

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    Dip, coat or drizzle

    23 October 2009

    KeyChoc has launched new processing machines, designed to appeal to bakers and patissiers.Made from food-grade stainless steel, the machines are suitable for dipping items in chocolate, drizzling chocolate on to cakes or patisserie and coating tray-bakes. The new MM series includes the KeyChoc MM08 Moulding Machine, a table-top-sized processor, capable ...

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    Challenging fluctuations on cocoa and sugar prices

    23 October 2009

    Cake and biscuit manufacturers are having to contend with wildly fluctuating sugar and cocoa prices, with little sign that the situation will stabilise in the coming year.Cocoa prices reached a 29-year high of $3,143/tonne last month 17% higher than a year ago and 62% higher than two years ago ...

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    Which? research supports calls for salt reduction

    23 October 2009

    Consumer watchdog Which? said its recent consumer taste test of wholemeal bread showed it was possible to cut salt levels in bread and still deliver good flavour and texture.In research carried out by Which? Magazine, 187 testers tasted 561 slices of branded and supermarket own-label wholemeal bread. Hovis and Kingsmill ...

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    Say it with a cake

    23 October 2009

    Forget Subway’s "We’ve got a Sub for that" and McDonald’s "There’s a McDonald’s for everyone" marketing campaigns, currently doing the rounds. Everyone knows it’s the cake baker that has the monopoly on product personalisation no matter how lunatic the customer request. The beauty of this cake lies in imagining ...

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    A cake too far?

    23 October 2009

    For last-minute Halloween inspiration, see a great top 10 list of horror cakes here tinyurl.com/yjacvon with recipes and guides. (The ’Kitty Litter Cake’, however, may be taking things too far!)

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    UK bread prices stay low in world rankings

    23 October 2009

    The UK remains one of the cheapest countries in the world to buy bread, with prices in London and Manchester on a par with those in Lagos, Nigeria and Bangkok, Thailand.

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    UK bread prices stay low in world rankings

    23 October 2009

    The UK remains one of the cheapest countries in the world to buy bread, with prices in London and Manchester on a par with those in Lagos, Nigeria and Bangkok, Thailand.According to the latest figures from the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), just released exclusively to British Baker, London was 84th ...

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    Hovis sees surge in branded breads

    23 October 2009

    Hovis has seen its sales rocket by over a fifth, according to Premier Foods’ third-quarter results.For the 13 weeks to 26 September 2009, Hovis branded bread sales were up 22% compared to the same period last year. A spokesperson for Premier said the current financials reported compare largely to Hovis’ ...

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    Bakers fear impact of revalued business rates

    23 October 2009

    Bakers fear a business rates hike will put even more pressure on their already precarious fortunes.Business premises are revalued every five years to ensure that rateable values reflect changes in the property market. However, the next revaluation due to take effect in April 2010 is based on rent ...

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    Export sales window for UK bakeries

    23 October 2009

    Europe’s flourishing coffee shop market could represent a lucrative new export opportunity for British bakery companies well versed in supplying the demanding UK market.According to a new report from Allegra Strategies, the European branded coffee shop market has grown by 9% this year to a total of 9,360 stores in ...

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    Biggin’ up the baker

    23 October 2009

    I get by with a little help from my friends" is a familiar phrase. "I get by with a little help from my local regeneration agency" is, perhaps, less catchy. But that’s exactly how one start-up bakery has managed to survive the daunting prospect of setting up in one of ...

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    Greggs plans new bakery to back up retail growth

    23 October 2009

    Greggs plans to build an additional bakery in the south of England to support the proposed opening of 600 new stores.In its half-year statement in August, the bakery chain said it aimed to open 30-40 net new shops in 2010, but an interim statement this week revealed this has ...