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OpinionHow to spot a trend from a fad in bakery
Tapping into the latest consumer trends and needs is a great way to boost business. But how do you know which trends are here to stay? Vhari Russell, founder of The Food Marketing Experts, explains
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Revealed: our top bakery product launches in 2020
From wonky crumpet beer to yumnuts, very important biscuits and more. Here’s our pick of the top bakery NPD rolled out in retail over the past year
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How will millers deal with the UK’s tiny wheat crop?
Julius Deane from Carr’s Flour discusses the impact a small local crop is set to have on the UK miller industry
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How Macphie is raising staff morale during the outbreak
Heather Hannam, head of HR at Macphie, explains how the company has implemented different ways to maintain a team spirit among staff, whether furloughed or not.
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How one miller reacted to the flour demand surge
Rob Munro, managing director at Carr’s Flour, on how the business reacted to an almost-threefold increase in production of retail packs.
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What will bakeries look like in a post-Covid world?
Sue Springett, commercial manager at furniture and equipment supplier Teknomek, on the action bakeries will have to take to reduce risk in manufacturing facilities.
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Covid diary: How Christie set up a delivery business
Andrew Chisholm, owner of Scottish bakery business JB Christie, explains how the business developed a thriving online delivery system at the most challenging of times.
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VE Day: The role of bakery in Britain during wartime
Food historian Seren Charrington-Hollins, who is working with Dawn Foods in its 100th birthday year, looks at the important role of the baker and baked goods in the 1940s.
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’We created a mash-up of a ciabatta and a sour process’
Jason Geary, managing director of Geary’s Bakery, on how he blended tradition and modernity to develop the bakery’s new bread
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’It was in our DNA to look at how we could help’
Peter Turner, a director at Turner’s Pies, on how the business has further engaged with its local community in the face of the coronavirus crisis.
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SU2C Bake Off 2020: buns, bakes and boozy baths
Ooh matron! Things are getting saucy in Carry On Baking this week, with more buns than you can shake a stick at, a collection of Jackie Collins novels and, err, dirty knees.
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SU2C Bake Off: YouTube star faints in the tent
Even if we could roam freely right now, Bake Off was worth staying in for last night.
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SU2C Bake Off 2020: the tent gets a bakeover
Yass queen! Finally, two of my favourite TV shows have collided and it is beautiful. For the record they are Bake Off and Queer Eye.
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Covid-19: How are bakers meeting soaring demand?
Gordon Polson, chief executive of the Federation of Bakers, on the ways bakers are changing their systems to maximise capacity
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Real Bread Week 2020: The Benefits of bread-making
Chris Young, coordinator of the Real Bread Campaign, on the success of last month’s 11th annual Real Bread Week
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SU2C Bake Off 2020: close encounters in the tent
The Bake Off tent has never shied away from a double entendre or innuendo, but this week things got downright dirty. Never in my life have I heard the word ‘poo’ uttered so much in a baking show.
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Why businesses should be ready for labour shortages
British Sandwich & Food to Go Association director Jim Winship on proposed changes to salary thresholds for migrant workers – and how they may not go far enough
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’Crickets don’t contain gluten, so we lost strength’
Roberts Bakery innovation director Alison Ordonez on the development of its Crunchy Cricket Loaf, which contains flour from 336 insects.
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’A push in the market to move away from bulk bakery mixes’
KaTech technical sales executive Stephen O’Neill on why bakery businesses are increasingly turning to scratch-based mixes.
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Would a CVA be right for your business?
Gareth Howlett, Senior associate, at law firm Blake Morgan, looks at how Company Voluntary Arrangements (CVAs) work, and asks if they are right for every business?
