All articles by Vince Bamford – Page 3
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NewsCherrytree Bakery secures CBILS funding to rebuild business
The firm supplied more than 40 million hand-finished sweet bakery products a year to coffee shop, retail and foodservice businesses
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NewsBaking Industry Awards 2020 are open for entry
Winners can benefit from fantastic publicity, recognition from your peers, and a massive boost for yourself and your staff
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NewsJuly digital edition of British Baker available to download now
Including features on the Scottish reaction to Covid-19, Halloween, high-fibre white bread and filo pastry
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NewsPicture of Labour-supporting baker used in government ads
Phil Clayton of Haxby Bakehouse was shocked to feature in the national media campaign
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NewsIan York named managing director of Bako North Western
Former Poundstretcher boss and Premier Foods sales director Ian York has become MD of the bakery products distributor
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NewsPret to axe 30 stores and reduce staff levels across business
Pret A Manger is to restructure its business because of the impact the coronavirus outbreak has had on cashflow and costs.
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NewsWhich bakery and café chains are opening their seating areas?
Even some of the country’s largest bakery and café chains have decided not to embrace ‘Super saturday’.
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FeatureInterview: Alasdair Smith, Scottish Bakers CEO
Alasdair Smith on how the country’s ‘family’ of bakers have helped each other through the darkest days
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NewsKingsmill owner Allied Bakeries to no longer supply Co-op stores
News comes 15 months after the bakery business revealed it had lost the contract to supply Tesco with private-label bread
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NewsStarbucks operator SSP set to make 5,000 redundancies
Uppercrust and Starbucks operator predicts it will only have reopened 20% of its UK sites by the autumn
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NewsCraft bakeries: two-thirds remain open during coronavirus pandemic
Study by the Craft Bakers Association has revealed that 63% of bakers have stayed open during the past 10 weeks.
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NewsRoberts extends bread line-up with four new loaves
The business said it “has gone all out to create a range of loaves to help build up and boost the body’s natural defences”.
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NewsIngles bakery to shut down all sites
The 66-year-old business has said substantial investment is required in its shops, main bakery and head office.
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FeatureIs automating cake filling and decorating the future?
For bakers wanting to increase their volumes, but retain a hand-finished look to their cakes, automation may be the answer.
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NewsIGD maps out scenarios for retail and foodservice future
Report sets out four scenarios that each address the possible path of the virus and performance of food economy
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NewsIngles bakery set to close stores in London and Essex
Family-run bakery chain Percy Ingles is to shut stores across London and Essex after 66 years of trading
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NewsMr Kipling sales at record levels following premium NPD
TV advertising, premium NPD and increased distribution have driven record revenue for the brand
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NewsFood and drink ‘bounce back’ plan unveiled by government
Measures designed to kick-start the agriculture, food and drink industry in the wake of coronavirus have been unveiled.
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NewsCosta set to reopen more than 1,000 sites this month
Costa Coffee is planning to have reopened around 1,100 of its 2,800 stores by the end of June.
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NewsDry weather prompts MARS downgrade for wheat crop
Continued dry weather has prompted the EU’s Crop Monitoring service to further downgrade its forecasts for UK crop yields.