All Bakery articles – Page 47
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Tesco in £40k poppy play after Hovis spat
Tesco is donating £40,000 to The Poppy Appeal after an investigation by The Grocer revealed the Royal British Legion had become the unwitting victim of a pricing spat.
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NewsSSP goes for old-fashioned British fare
Travel food company SSP is to provide an alternative to panini and ciabatta in a new 'Best of British' on-the-go kiosk set to open in Manchester Piccadilly railway station in the next few weeks. Bread Box will serve "no-nonsense food and...
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NewsWarburtons set to refresh brand with pack design
Warburtons is stepping away from its 134-year-old heritage with a striking redesign of its brand logo. From the new year, Britain's biggest bakery will introduce the new motif which does away with the red crest and 'Since 1876' emblem...
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Retail Prices: Bread brand prices rise as global wheat shortage hits
Commodity pressures in bread have finally hit home in the past month, with the prices of bakery lines rising by 2.7% on average. Elinor Zuke reports
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NewsPremier may have to sell Hovis, say experts
Premier Foods could be forced to sell its marquee brand Hovis to climb out of its current debt problems, City experts have claimed.
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Comment and OpinionVlad the Enabler
Premier Foods needed some good news. Tesco has just de-listed a raft of Hovis lines, it’s in the kind of debt that would give George Osborne nightmares – and to compound things, the company is getting a visit from a bunch of The Grocer’s top hacks later this week.
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NewsHovis: clearer packaging will distinguish thickness of loaves
Hovis is decking out its loaves in colour-coded packaging to highlight the different slice thicknesses and reignite sales. In a revamp that will encompass the brand's Soft White, Best of Both, Wholemeal and Granary ranges from later this...
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NewsThorntons cakes and cookies hit multiples
Thorntons is venturing into desserts, cakes and biscuits as it bids to boost its presence in the supermarkets. Just a week after warning that soaring cocoa costs could push up the price of its chocolate products, Thorntons has unveiled...
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NewsFinsbury Food looks to spread free-from appeal with Genius
Finsbury Food is hoping to broaden the appeal of its Genius gluten-free bread beyond coeliac sufferers and ramp up its category share through a £3m marketing campaign. The multimedia push will run later this year in a bid to increase...
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Grain hikes set to stifle price promos in bread
Supermarkets may be waging a price war on bread, but experts have warned the low prices will be short-lived thanks to rocketing grain costs and a predicted shortage of domestic wheat following a 50% hike in exports.
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NewsWarburtons ponders Newport withdrawal
More than 100 Warburtons staff face the axe after the bread maker said its Newport bakery could close – just four years after it opened.
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NewsAcid Test: Hovis Hearty Oats
With a bullish first year sales target of £30m, Premier billed this oat-laden loaf as the fmcg launch of 2010
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Jones makes history as Warburtons’ first female bakery boss
Warburtons has appointed its first female general manager in the baker's 134-year history.Vivienne Jones has taken up the role at Warburtons' Pennine bakery in Shaw, near Oldham. The bakery employs 188 staff and distributes some of...
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Poundland set to launch loaves - if wheat prices will fit £1 game
Poundland plans to add branded loaves to its growing number of grocery products but is waiting to see how wheat market turmoil will affect prices.
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Vogel’s speciality bread shaken up by its new owners
Speciality bread brand Vogel's is relaunching next month in an attempt to boost sales from £3.5m to £10m in two years. Twelve months after upmarket bakery Nicholas & Harris (N&H) acquired the brand from Goswell's as part of a...
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Flat bread, rising sales: Honeytop goes beyond naan
Honeytop Speciality Foods has gone from strength to strength since diversifying beyond naan and flatbreads into morning goods and tortillas, as Anna-Marie Julyan discovered
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Buxton Spa is second baker to go under
A second independent bakery has collapsed in as many months.Buxton Spa Bakery, which supplied bread and cakes to supermarkets, retailers and foodservice, went into administration last week. It is the latest supplier in the sector to go...
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Allinson flours are friendlier to nature
Associated British Foods is launching two Nature Friendly flours under its Allinson brand to meet demand for more ethically sourced ingredients. Available in plain and self-raising variants, Allinson Nature Friendly Flour (rsp: 99p) is...
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NewsAcid Test: ChippidyDooDaa, Chilli Jack
"Warburtons has taken its baking expertise and created a serious contender to the healthier snack market."
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EU pack weight rule ‘nonsense’
Sir, Lib Dem MEPs and our Continental allies in the European Parliament have put forward an amendment to exclude eggs and other foods such as bread rolls sold by number from the requirement to label by total pack weight. It's nonsense to add more...