All Retail articles – Page 150
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Product News**National Cupcake Championships 2016 winners**
The icing was frosted, the sponges were squidged and the cakes were tasted, and the winners are:
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NewsMorrisons reveals upbeat progress amid industry wins
Retailer Morrisons has seen like-for-like sales (excluding fuel and VAT) rise by 1.4% for the half year to 31 July 2016.
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NewsFood-to-go outlets slammed for unhealthy breakfasts
High street food-to-go operators including Greggs, Starbucks, Costa, Pret and Caffè Nero have been slammed for selling unhealthy breakfast lines in a new survey.
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Product NewsChristmas competition for pastry chefs launched
Classic Fine Foods and Valrhona Chocolate have launched a Christmas dessert competition, where pastry chefs can win a trip to New York.
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Product NewsLidl investigates Muffin choking incident
A one-year-old girl almost died after choking on a piece of plastic inside a mini-muffin bought from the Lidl store in Darlington, according to reports in the Daily Mail.
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NewsOcado sales climb despite price wars
Group sales at Ocado climbed 15.4% to £314 million in the third quarter, despite the chief executive indicating that price wars were expected to continue in the future.
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NewsSimmons goes purple
Simmons the Bakers will be supporting the Hospice of St Francis’ Grow Purple fundraising challenge at its 34 shops in October.
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Product NewsMiss Macaroon prepares to launch
Birmingham social enterprise company Miss Macaroon will be opening its first shop in Birmingham’s Great Western Arcade in the last week of October.
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Product NewsScotty Brand and Kerrs celebrate Asda listing
Scotland’s Scotty Brand has gained a £150,000 listing with Asda to stock two cake lines in Scottish stores, with both lines handmade by Motherwell’s Kerrs Bakery.
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NewsManchester bakery Sheldon’s remains upbeat
Manchester wholesale bakery GH Sheldon’s saw a sharp drop in profits in the year to the end of February, according to its recently filed annual accounts.
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NewsEnd of an era for Burton’s Biscuits
Planning permission is set to be granted for almost 300 new homes to be built on the former Burton’s biscuit factory site in Moreton, Wirral.
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NewsPaul UK flags up a birthday
The Paul UK bakery chain is celebrating the first birthday of its Le Restaurant De Paul at Tower 42 in London with a French flag promotion.
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Product NewsCo-op overhauls own-label range
A range of bakery products are set to be repackaged as The Co-op shakes up its 3,500-line own-label offer.
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NewsLidl announces new CEO
Lidl UK has appointed Christian Härtnagel as its CEO with immediate effect, following the surprise departure of Ronny Gottschlich last week.
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Product NewsGreggs introduces a lower-calorie, lower-fat sourdough pasty
Bakery chain Greggs is introducing sourdough pasties with less than 300 calories and up to two-thirds less fat and saturated fat than its standard pasty.
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NewsBakery takes ‘more masculine’ approach
The Speciality & Fine Food Fair 2016, held this week, saw one bakery company stage a fightback against “cutesy” bakery.
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Product NewsMacphie throws Cherry Bakewell into the mix
Macphie has added a new Cherry Bakewell flavour to its Sensations range of mixes.
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Product NewsLower-fat pasty from Proper Cornish
Cornish pasty manufacturer Proper Cornish has launched a lower-fat pasty aimed at providing great-tasting, nutritional foods as part of a more balanced diet.
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NewsNew online learning webinar launched
A new webinar, ‘How to embed online learning into your organisation’, aims to explore how the food and drink sector is changing in regards to technology, especially when it comes to staff training and compliance.
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NewsGail’s expands in Herts and London
Gail’s Artisan Bakery, the Luke Johnson-backed group, is to open sites in St Albans, Hertfordshire and One Tower Bridge, London.