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The Great British Bake Off returns
Series three of BBC2’s The Great British Bake Off will air this Tuesday at 8pm testing 12 of the country’s best amateur bakers.
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Tesco moves into coffee shop market
Tesco will challenge the likes of Starbucks and Costa Coffee as it opens a new high street coffee shop business, as part of a joint venture.
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Product NewsWaitrose launches global food-to-go range
Waitrose has launched a new food-to-go range, inspired by street food from across the globe.
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Paul UK hosts baguette relay
To celebrate the Olympic relay events today, Paul UK is holding its own ’baguette relay’ between its two shops on the Strand near Charing Cross, London.
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NewsOlympic trading success for bakers
Customers have flocked to high street bakeries throughout the UK during the London 2012 Olympic Games. Despite reports of ‘ghost town’ scenes in the capital, Ken McMeikan, chief executive of Greggs, said last week’s sales at its London outlets were up over 10% on a like-for-like basis, while growth in shops near Olympic venues, rose between 30-80%.
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Cupcake sales on the up
The cupcake phenomenon shows no slowing down with sales reaching £23.5m.
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NewsHome-based baker’s deal with Tesco
Home-based business The Chocolate Brownie Company has struck a deal to supply 50 Tesco stores in Wales, on an introductory price promotion.
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NewsRecord rainfall hits Greggs’ LFL sales
Greggs is looking to maximise on new markets and store formats, as like-for-like (LFLs) sales dropped 3.5% in the second quarter of 2012.
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Greggs reaches 500,000 Facebook ‘likes’
Greggs has reached a social media milestone by accumulating more than half a million ’likes’ on its Facebook page.
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High street gluten-free bakery to open
The Foodamentalists will be opening a new gluten-free high street bakery this November.
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Ditty’s lands oatcake deal with Tesco
Ditty’s Bakery has told British Baker it has signed an agreement to supply a series of oatcakes for Tesco’s Irish stores this September.
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Patisserie Holdings estate totals 93
Patisserie Valerie will open a new site in Eastbourne, East Sussex, this weekend taking its total number of outlets to 62.
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NewsCook & Garcia opens in Richmond
A new artisan food-to-go outlet has opened on Richmond High Street, which plans to expand across London and the south-east in the future.
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NewsFabulous Baker Brother unveils culinary plans
Baker Tom Herbert – one half of the television duo The Fabulous Baker Brothers – has unveiled plans to open a restaurant and cookery school at the flagship family bakery in Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire.
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NewsEastender to attend Bakers’ Fair Autumn
Bakers’ Fair Autumn, organised by British Baker, welcomes special guest Shaun Williamson at this year’s event. Williamson is known best for his role as Barry in British soap opera Eastenders, set in the fictional Albert Square, as well as regularly appearing on Ricky Gervais’ hit TV series Extras. He will take to the stage at the second Bakers’ Fair of the year at the Yorkshire Event Centre in Harrogate on Sunday 7 October.
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Cooplands to rebrand 22 Peters outlets
Coopland & Son (Scarborough) will rebrand all of its Peters Bakery outlets in the next two to three months.
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British food inflation hits two-year low
Figures released today by the British Retail Consortium (BRC) revealed food inflation fell to 3.1% in July.
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NewsLola’s Cupcakes interested in global franchising
Lola’s Cupcakes has told British Baker it plans to expand oversees as it looks at potential opportunities for international franchising.
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Olympic fever hits UK bakeries
The opening weekend of the London 2012 Olympic Games boosted sales and volumes at bakeries UK-wide.