All Bakery articles
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Analysis & Features
UK Food & Drink Shows 2025: panels grocery businesses won’t want to miss
One focus for 2025 is a series of panels recognising women leaders in various food and drink industry sectors
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News
Farm shops & delis outline ‘challenging’ climate in new review
Rising costs and falling consumer spending have been flagged as the biggest challenges
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Guide To
The Grocer Guide To Breakfast & Brunch
Whether eaten on-the-go in fast-paced hybrid working or during a leisurely weekend gathering, the opportunities afforded by breakfast & brunch are multiple and diverse. Now, as retailers increasingly realise the occasion’s potential, different strategies to capitalise are coming to the fore and suppliers are stepping up to help.
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Range Preview
What’s new in Tesco’s Easter range 2025
Tesco is tapping into shifting Easter trends with a focus on free-from and premiumisation
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News
Greggs shares sink on news of more flakey growth
Greggs took a hammering on the markets this week as investors were alarmed at the high street bakery chain’s continued slowdown in sales
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Range Preview
Sainsbury’s Taste the Difference Easter range 2025
From premium Belgian chocolate eggs to seasonal bakes, the lineup caters to both adventurous and traditional tastes
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News
Fiddes Payne home baking business acquired by Albex Group
The Fiddes Payne deal will enable the home baking group to grow its production, accelerate NPD and ‘ensure excellent customer standards are maintained’
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News
Cookie dough brand Doughlicious launches ambient cookies into retail
‘We thought it was about time we created some ready-to-eat cookies to diversify our range,’ said the brand
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Profiles
Jason’s Sourdough’s Joe Hollingsworth on tapas, apprenticeships and teacup rides
‘If you talk to people of a school leaving age or in college then pretty much nobody is aspiring to enter the bakery industry’
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Range Preview
Croissant Easter eggs and hot cross bunettones: Waitrose Easter range 2025
This year’s range highlights premium confectionery, bold bakery additions and playful products to delight shoppers of all ages
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News
Gluten-free pizza brand White Rabbit invests £500k into bakery upgrade
It has installed a ‘state-of-the-art’ oven, specially designed for cooking gluten-free sourdough
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Range Preview
See the range: Waitrose expands FreeFrom with new sweet treats
Waitrose has expanded its FreeFrom lineup with 12 new products, responding to its growing demand for specialist dietary foods
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News
Gail’s parent company shakes up management team with two new MD appointments
Bread Holdings has made new appointments across its two brands
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News
Fuel10K expands into home baking with duo of protein cake mixes
Each mix provides between 10g and 15g of protein per serving
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News
Tesco unveils Gut Sense and High Protein ranges in own-label shake-up
The ranges were developed in response to shopper demand, said Tesco
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News
Baker & Baker appoints Matthew Acheson as group CEO
Acheson succeeds John Lindsay, who will retire in May
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News
Morrisons downsizes Rathbones bakery in reversal of decision to close factory
Morrisons has handed Rathbones a last-minute reprieve, with the supermarket set to run a slimmed-down operation at the bakery rather than closing the site down
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Comment & Opinion
Milly Kenny-Ryder’s Britain’s Best Bakeries: the ultimate bakery bible
This elegantly designed hardback has much to offer Brits seeking bakery indulgence
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News
City snapshot: Tesco and M&S celebrate a record Christmas as shoppers splash out
Tesco and Marks & Spencer have revealed strong Christmas numbers this morning as consumers splashed out on premium ranges for the big day. Plus, Christmas trading updates from Hilton Food Group, B&M Bargains and Greggs, with the latest shop price inflation data from the BRC and NielsenIQ
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News
Promise Gluten Free owner Mayfair strikes deal for Irish brands Pat the Baker and Irish Pride
Ceres Group – the holding company for Mayfair’s consortium of baked goods businesses – agreed to take control of Azeda, the owner of Pat the Baker and Irish Pride just ahead of the Christmas break