All British Baker articles in September 2016 – Page 5
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Product News
Cleo Rocos promotes sugar alternative
Actress, producer and presenter Cleo Rocos, who has developed a tequila brand AquaRiva, is now targeting the bakery market with an organic agave syrup under the same brand, after spending time in Mexico to source the finest quality.
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Product News
Zut alors! No fries at McDonald’s
Fast food chain McDonald’s has opened a pilot standalone café in Paris that serves a range including macarons and muffins, but no burgers.
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Barry Callebaut extends supply partnership with Mondelēz
The Barry Callebaut Group is to acquire and integrate the chocolate production facility of Mondelēz International in Halle, Belgium, resulting in a long-term supply agreement between the two companies.
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Product News
Miss 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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News
Simmons 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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Ocado 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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Lidl 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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Product News
Christmas 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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Food-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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Irish baking workshop talks innovation
Innovation and quality were the focus at a recent Thinking Outside the Bap workshop held at Andrew Ingredients, Lisburn, suppliers of ingredients to the Irish baking and food industry.
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Morrisons 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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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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Opinion
The Great British Bake Off 2016. Episode four: batter
Cathryn Dresser, GBBO series three contestant and baker extraordinaire, takes us through series 7 with an expert eye… she’s flippin’ great.
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Product News
Costa Express hits the 6,000 mark
Costa Express has installed its 6,000th self-serve coffee bar globally in Tesco High Wycombe and says it is on track to have more than 8,000 machines by 2020.
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Nisbets to open two new shops in September
Catering equipment supplier Nisbets is opening two new shops this month, in the cities of York and Chelmsford.
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Product News
Soreen continues product range expansion
Malt loaf maker Soreen has unveiled its latest new product as part of its range expansion with the introduction of the toasting format, Toast Me’s.
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Scotland has its cake and eats it
A giant, fully edible map of Scotland was built – and then eaten, at the Scottish Festival of Architecture on Sunday 11 September.
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End 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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News
Manchester 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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Product News
Scotty 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.