All British Baker articles in September 2010
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Sales fall at Finsbury as premium cakes struggle
Finsbury Food Group saw sales fall for the first time in its history as the recession took its toll on the premium cake market.
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Cooplands reveals its plans to double business
Cooplands of Doncaster continued with its ambitious expansion plan this month after acquiring two shops from Sparks Confectioners in Bradford. The company, which has plans to double the size of its business over the next five years, bought 10 Ainsleys shops out of administration earlier this year. The two Sparks ...
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NewsBorder Homebake looks to treble production
Northumberland bakery Border Homebake is aiming to treble production after it invested over £20k in its tray bakes business.
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Belfast venue for Irish event
The Irish Association of Master Bakers biennial conference takes place at the Culloden Hotel, Hollywood, near Belfast, on 8-9 October. Attendees will include prominent bakers in Ireland North and South, comprising both plant and craft. As well as the business conference, golf and other events have been arranged, including a ...
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Co-op pie contract is top news for Topping family
Doncaster-based The Topping Pie Company has won a national contract to supply 200 Co-operative stores with its pies and quiches as part of a strategy to increase business with the major multiples.
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Cupcake champion sees sales take off
The winner of National Cupcake Week’s second Cupcake-off to find the country’s best cupcake baker is fighting to keep up with demand, having seen sales rocket by 50% following his win last month. David Bennett of The Sunshine Bakery in North Allerton, Leeds, has been inundated with media ...
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Aryzta sees revenue fall in UK and Ireland
Declining revenues in the convenience retail and foodservice markets has hit speciality bakery business Aryzta’s profits.
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Scone company expands as it plans to diversify
Scone manufacturer Haywood & Padgett (H&P) is investing in expansion at its Barnsley bakery, with plans to develop new lines, and diversify into foodservice. The firm currently supplies predominantly retailer own-label scones, as well as H&P branded scones and Melters into the major multiples in the UK, including Tesco, Asda, ...
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Islington firm to spread Euphorium across UK
Islington’s Euphorium Bakery has outlined ambitious expansion plans, which will eventually see its model franchised out across the UK. Operations director Andrew Green told British Baker that, from an initial two shops in Islington, the company has added five more over the last two years. A sixth the biggest ...
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In Short
NAMB CE to stayNational Association of Master Bakers chief executive Gill Brooks-Lonican will now not be retiring from her post next year. The Board has asked her to stay on and keep up the good work.Fraud warning Bakery manufacturer Speedibake informed BB that shortly after reading the ’fraud alert’ story ...
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Cake-loving linguistsThose wanting to brush up on their French- and Spanish-speaking skills while eating cake, can now do so at The Phoenix Bakery Café in Weymouth. The Love Learning adult education courses are to take place in the café from September. There is an introductory price of £9 per class, ...
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Cancer supportCoffee Republic and Teenage Cancer Trust have teamed up for a nationwide fundraising partnership, with the launch of a signature cupcake. Proceeds from the cupcake, sold in Coffee Republic outlets, will go towards improving the lives of young people with cancer.Graduate grants Business support organisation The Food and Drink ...
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Playing by the rules
Although the holiday season is nearly over, every year we get the same problems. "A member of my staff has announced her husband has booked a week’s holiday", but they haven’t gone through the right channel and it isn’t convenient.1. If you have Company Rules on how to book a ...
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Take Pidy
What rhymes with brunch? How about drunch and slunch? No, you are not reading Stop the Week, these two are for real.Apparently, after inventing brunch breakfast and lunch the Americans have now come up with drunch, to signify dinner and lunch, and slunch for supper and lunch. Robert ...
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Mouthing off
"Remember those heady days when the ultimate culinary treat was coming home from school and tucking into a tasty crisp sandwich?"the Asda marketing team share an insight into their formative years, while launching a crisp sandwich or Crispwich, if you will. The limited-edition snack, which retails at 60p, sees ...
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Jiffy has van with a plan
Jiffy Trucks has launched its latest snack food delivery vehicle the Jiffy Estilo, based on the Citroën Dispatch.The Estilo holds a fridge, with extra shelving for back-up stock behind double-glazed units to retain the temperature.At the side there is a refrigerated buffet-carrier, which can hold nine industry standard bakery ...
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Italian innovation
Autumn is an important season for exhibitions and Italy’s major bakery show, AB Tech Expo, takes place at Milan’s massive Rho Fiera showground from 23-27 October. If you catch the shuttle bus from the airport directly to the show (see details page 40), don’t forget to ask the driver to ...
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M&S takes half measures for new loaf
Marks & Spencer has launched a ’Half & Half Super Soft Loaf’, which contains both sliced white and wholemeal bread.Chris Seaby, product developer for bakery at M&S, told British Baker that the development of the loaf had come about following customer research, which revealed that they were buying white bread ...
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A frenzy of frosting
National Cupcake Week came to a sweet conclusion on Sunday, with British Baker having whipped up the UK into a frosting frenzy. The idea behind the launch of the week last year was to support the trade by driving footfall into bakeries. We did this with a media and PR ...