All British Baker articles in September 2015
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News
Sainsbury’s posts moderate sales growth
Sainsbury’s has revealed that total retail sales increased by 0.3% (excluding fuel) for the 16 weeks to 26 September 2015.
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News
Square Pie launches Rugby Pie World Cup
Square Pie has kicked off a pie-themed competition to celebrate the Rugby World Cup.
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Opinion
Ask the Expert: GBBO does chocolate
Rich, creamy and intense, chocolate is for many people the ultimate in gastronomic luxury. However, it can be a tricky beast to handle, making it a fitting challenge for the Great British Bake Off semi-final.
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Product News
Ulrick & Short launches shelf-life boosting starches
Ingredients specialist Ulrick & Short has launched two starches that it claims increase shelf-life and enhance the height and softness of the loaf with no detriment to taste or texture.
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News
Aldi supermarket sales increase by a third
Discount supermarket Aldi has recorded record sales of £6.89 billion for its last financial year, a 31% increase on the previous (2013) year’s figure of £5.27bn.
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Product News
Invicta adds business development manager
Bakery, catering and food processing supplier Invicta Bakeware has appointed a new business development manager as part of a planned expansion.
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Product News
Tate & Lyle fined £18m for EU sugar deal
Tate & Lyle has been fined £18m over the 2010 sale of its EU sugars business to American Sugar Refining (ASR).
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Product News
Feel Free For Gluten Free launches doughnut range in Tesco
Feel Free For Gluten Free has launched a new doughnut product in 250 Tesco stores.
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News
David Smart: Mr Daddy Longlegs
As the saying goes, “if you live your life on social media, one day it will bite you” and, of course, we are no exception to that rule. Our Facebook account is updated almost daily, depicting new products and new promotional ideas. We also have Twitter, Instagram and a whole host of other strands of techno wizardry to push the Greenhalgh’s name out there.
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Product News
Proper Cornish’s portable pies listed by major companies
Proper Cornish’s new, handheld ‘on-the-go’ pies have been listed by wholesaler Bidvest and caterer Compass Group.
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Product News
Best organic Danish rye in London is named
An organic 100% rye Danish loaf made by Notting Hill Real Bread bakery SNAPS + RYE was named ‘The Londoners’ Loaf’ at the Urban Food Awards during The Urban Food Feast at Borough Market on 25 September.
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News
Hummingbird Bakery in trademark dispute
The Hummingbird Bakery said it hopes to resolve a trademark issue with a London chain called ‘Hummingbird Café’ “as amicably as possible”.
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News
Bakery lorry incident closes road
A Hall’s Quality Bakers lorry caused a road closure in Stroud on Saturday, after it rolled down a grassy verge and into a stream, reported the Swindon Advertiser.
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News
Craft Bakers’ Week starts with TV appearance
Craft Bakers’ Week got off with a bang when Mike Holling, executive director of the Craft Bakers’ Association appeared on Channel 4.
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News
BSB offers special guest places for anniversary conference
As part of its 60th anniversary celebrations, the British Society of Bakers (BSB) is offering members who book a place at their upcoming conference the chance to bring a guest along for free.
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Product News
Scottish co-operative launches premium doughnut range
Scotland’s largest independent co-operative has announced the launch of a new premium doughnut range.
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News
Innovate to succeed, says foodservice research company Horizons
Operators must offer food from breakfast to bedtime with everything in between or they will be left behind by their competition, according to foodservice research company Horizons.
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Product News
Great British Bake Off’s Holly Bell publishes cookbook
Great British Bake Off contestant Holly Bell has followed in the footsteps of Mary Berry and linked up with frozen food chain Iceland to publish a new cookbook called The Power Of Frozen.
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News
The top 5 stories in bakery in the past 7 days
We round up some of the biggest stories in bakery in the past week, from Apprentice stars to the new £2m thins line at Frank Roberts & Sons.
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Product News
Brook Food launches ultrasonic cake cutter
Brook Food has introduced the Reach Food Systems Ultrasonic Cake Cutter to the UK bakery market.