All Plant bakery articles – Page 2
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NewsBakery Manufacturer of the Year 2024 finalists announced
Specialists in scones, Italian-style breads, and Cornish pasties have been unveiled as category finalists for the Baking Industry Awards 2024
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NewsDiary of a Bakers Basco investigator at Glastonbury festival
Southwest investigations officer Sam Reed details a successful weekend rescuing hundreds of Omega baskets and dollies left by vendors
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NewsBakers Basco teams up with Crimestoppers on national campaign
Membership scheme partners with UK-based charity to raise public awareness of the value of its bread baskets and dollies and the legal consequences of stealing them
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NewsRoberts Bakery posts sales growth for FY23 despite major fire
Turnover is up by 8% at the Cheshire-based bakery brand as looks to return to the high levels of quality and capacity enjoyed in previous years
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NewsWarburtons reports highest profits in seven years
Easing of input cost inflation and improved cost management helped the bread brand almost triple its operating profit with turnover up by 17.4%
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NewsBaker & Baker invests £2.9m in new cookie line at the Wirral
Investment includes addition of a wire cutter, mixer, and weighing hoppers as demand from customers for American-style cookies continues to rise
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Promotional featureBakery challenges: producing American-style filled cookies
With American-style filled cookies growing in popularity in the UK, Reiser outlines the challenges of producing these trend-led treats on this side of the pond.
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NewsBakers Basco signs new agreements with Allied Bakeries and Hovis
Membership scheme has expanded its role to become the primary source of investigation and recovery of its equipment for the bakery giants
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FeatureRaising dough: smarter ways to invest in bakery equipment
Equipment suppliers and investment funds reveal what cash-strapped bakeries can do to afford new kit, and how maintenance pays off in the long run
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NewsWarburtons expands fleet with electric trucks and new vans
Four new 16-tonne electric trucks and two electric vans have joined the company’s delivery operations along with 38 new rigid box vans
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InterviewBakery leaders discuss challenges and opportunities for 2024
Recruitment, supply chains, and innovation are front of mind for the baking industry in 2024, as leaders from suppliers, manufacturers, and trade bodies explain
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InterviewHill Biscuits CEO Frank Bird on £2m investment plan for factory
New management team is leading the Manchester-based value sweet treat manufacturer on a growth path via equipment enhancements and tech updates
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NewsBakers Basco expands to Northern Ireland and Scotland
Membership scheme for providing and managing bakery delivery equipment has appointed dedicated investigation teams in the two new regions
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NewsJones Village Bakery lands Australia pancake deal
A Google search led an Australian distributor to discover the Welsh bakery supplier, which has stepped up production of its new £2m pancake line
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NewsBakery in review: the biggest investments of 2023
From Jones Village Bakery’s new pancake production prowess and Guenther’s bun deal to Incredo’s sweet funding, we glance back through the year’s biggest investments made across the UK baking industry
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NewsContractor dies after fall at Milton Keynes bakery
Investigations are ongoing into an incident at the Lantmännen Unibake factory on Monday which resulted in the death of a 61-year-old man
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NewsAllied Bakeries and Grupo Bimbo UK join Federation of Bakers
Two new additions sees the trade association now represent nearly two-thirds of the UK’s branded ambient (sliced wrapped) bread market
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InterviewA day in the life of a national investigations manager at Bakers Basco
Join Stacey Brown, national investigations manager at Bakers Basco, as she carries out a ‘seaside sweep’ to recover discarded bakery equipment
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NewsGreencore’s Manton Wood workers secure substantial pay rise
Trade union’s threat of strike action sees the manufacturing giant finally agree to an “above-inflation award” including a backdated salary increase
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NewsFire at David Wood Baking’s Dudley site ruled accidental
A major blaze on Friday ripped through around half of the bakery factory and required up to 100 firefighters to bring it under control
