All Bakery articles – Page 38
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Analysis and FeaturesWheat crop disaster pushes up price of loaf - but only 5p
Any way you slice it, things have been tough in the bread market, as bakers face declining sales volumes…
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NewsBoulder Brands brings gluten-free Udi's to UK
US health foods giant Boulder Brands is aiming to become the “category captain” in the UK free-from market…
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Category ReportIs wrapped bread toast?
Despite an overall increase in bakery sales, wrapped bread volumes have slipped. What can the sector do to revitalise itself?
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Category ReportBread: Kantar results
Growth has been driven by price increases and a slight increase in purchase frequency…
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Category ReportNew York Bakery Co shows how to do bagels
Along with thins, wraps and pittas, bagels have been one of the main beneficiaries of the boom in consumer demand for sandwich alternatives…
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Category ReportBread: product launches
Warburtons is looking to capitalise on soaring demand for sandwich alternative products with the launch of Half & Half Square(ish) Wraps…
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NewsGreggs profit warning as Imperial Tobacco suffers decline
Declining sales forced Greggs to issue a profit warning that wiped £62m off the value of the high street baker…
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NewsBoulder brings gluten-free Udi's brand to UK
Leading US gluten-free supplier Boulder Brands is to bring its Udi’s baked goods range to the UK this year.
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NewsGreggs issues first-quarter profit warning
High-street baker Greggs has issued a first-quarter profit warning, citing “adverse weather” in January and February and declining footfall across its traditional high-street estate.
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NewsPremier Foods boss focuses on profitability of Hovis bread ops
Premier Foods boss Gavin Darby has promised to return its bread business to profitability…
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NewsGenius extends overseas reach with Dutch listing
Gluten-free bread supplier Genius Foods has expanded its overseas distribution with a listing in The Netherlands.
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Comment and Opinion
Was Greggs right to shrink its pasties?
It’s enough to make a hardened brickie weep into his paper napkin…
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NewsWho shrank all the pies? Er, Greggs. (And prices up too)
Greggs has shrunk a wide range of pasties, rolls and donuts at the same time as pushing up its prices…
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NewsO'Keeffe's offers DIY kits for restaurant-quality pizza
An Irish business has launched frozen pizza kits that it claims will enable consumers to make restaurant-quality pizza…
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Comment and Opinion
History of the high street
Empty and soon-to-be empty units on the high street are potentially making way for yet another wave of convenience stores…
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NewsFletchers Bakeries opens £7m facility in Sheffield
Fletchers Group of Bakeries has unveiled a brand new £7m production facility in Sheffield.
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NewsBFree ready to launch free-from bread in UK
A fast-growing Irish free-from bread brand is about to gain its first UK listings, in Asda…
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NewsWarburtons to cut 28 jobs at Bolton bread roll factory
Britain’s largest bread brand, Warburtons is to axe 28 jobs at its Bolton Variety Bakery as a result of falling sales of lunch bread rolls and a £1m investment in an automated packing line at the plant.
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NewsKingsmill cuts carbon by 13% on key loaves
Kingsmill has slashed the carbon footprint of its three top-selling loaves by 13%…
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News
After pastygate, Greggs makes u-turn to heat up more food
Six months after forcing the government into a Pasty Tax u-turn, Greggs is set to start selling pasties subject to VAT…