All British Baker articles in October 2015 – Page 5
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News
GBBO winner steps out a ‘giant’
Nadiya Hussain, winner of this year’s Great British Bake Off, has described how she felt like a “giant” after scooping the top prize.
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Opinion
Gerhard’s blog: Happy Days
Teaching one of my master classes last week, I conducted a quick straw poll as to who was going to win this year’s Great British Bake-Off (GBBO).
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News
Northumberland bakery opens new store in Morpeth
The Northumberland baker J Donkin has opened a new store in Morpeth under the rebranded name of Bakers Pantry.
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Product News
Wrights backs bid for World’s Strongest Man
It’s not every day a Wrights Food delivery van is used as a weight, but that’s precisely what happened when the UK’s Strongest Man deadlifted a 2.5 tonne vehicle.
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News
Freeman triumphs at World Bread Awards
James Freeman of Victoria Bakery has been crowned overall winner at the Tiptree World Bread Awards 2015 with his London bloomer.
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Product News
New addition to Irish breads range
Northern Irish bakery Irwin’s has launched a new Rankin Selection traditional Irish bread.
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News
Speciality Breads to open new £3m bakery
Speciality Breads, the Margate-based wholesale bakery, is to open a new £3m bakery as it revealed it is seeing 30% year-on-year growth and is nearing a £6m turnover.
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News
Tesco records drop in UK like-for-like sales
Supermarket giant Tesco saw its operating profit fall by nearly 55% to £354m in its first half, it revealed this morning.
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News
IGD: the health debate is at ‘tipping point’
The health debate around obesity has reached a “tipping point”. That is the view of Joanne Denney-Finch, chief executive of food and consumer goods research charity IGD. She told delegates at IGD’s Big Debate that the organisation’s analysis showed 56% of consumers were sceptical of nutrition advice.
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Product News
Hovis back on TV screens
Hovis has returned to TV screens for the first time in three years with a modern twist on its iconic ‘boy on a bike’ ad.
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Opinion
Ask the Expert: The GBBO Final
It’s finally here. After 11 weeks of bad puns, Paul’s stares and piles and piles of cake, bread, biscuit, pastry and meringue, three bakers face their final challenge to determine who will be crowned the winner of The Great British Bake Off Series 6. We asked the winner of Series 1, Edd Kimber, what it felt like to win and what advice he would give the bakers.
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News
Kerry Group launches innovation centre
Kerry Group, the global ingredients company, has opened a new €1bn technology and innovation centre in Dublin.
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Product News
Tesco removes £93k of garlic bread from shelves
Garlic bread produced by Bakkavör Foods worth £93,000 has been taken off the shelves at Tesco for being underweight.
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News
Greggs reports Q3 LFL sales rise of nearly 5%
Greggs, the high street bakery retailer, said it planned to “deliver good growth for the year” – as it announced third-quarter like-for-like sales (LFLs) of 4.9%.
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Product News
Innovation rife at IBA
A staggering 77,000 people went through the doors at last month’s IBA exhibition in Munich, Germany.
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News
Staff turnover hits industry hard
Up to 17% of manufacturing and 24% of front-of-house staff leave their jobs every year, a new survey has claimed.
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Product News
Bakery fat up by a third at New Britain Oils
Liverpool-based New Britain Oils has increased its bakery fats production capacity by 30% to cope with increasing demand for traceable, segregated palm-based products.
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News
Carrier bag charge comes into force
From today English shoppers will have to pay 5p for plastic carrier bags at the checkout.
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Product News
Newburn Bakehouse by Warburtons launches allergen-friendly wraps
Newburn Bakehouse by Warburtons has launched a new range of wraps that are gluten-, wheat- and dairy-free.
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News
Lewis Pies agrees deal with NISA
Lewis Pie & Pasty Company, based in Swansea, Wales, has secured a distribution agreement with the National Independents Supermarket Association (NISA).