All Bakery articles – Page 50

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    Focus On Cakes & Biscuits: Four to watch

    2009-10-17T00:00:00Z

    Kraft launched Mikado into the UK in February and achieved sales of £5.5m in its first five months [Nielsen]. Packaged in a pocket-friendly flip-top box, the chocolate-coated sticks have tapped into demand for bite-size treats on the go.

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    Focus On Cakes & Biscuits: Cupcakes - fresh, sexy and fashionable

    2009-10-17T00:00:00Z

    When Sarah Jessica Parker tucked into a cupcake in Sex & The City in 2000, the show's followers were not watching the outfits for once.

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    Focus On Cakes & Biscuits: Chewing the fat

    2009-10-17T00:00:00Z

    Never ones to be killjoys, the FSA suggests on the Eat Well website that people should swap their cake or biscuit treat for a currant bun or malt loaf with low-fat spread. Delicious.

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    Focus On Cakes & Biscuits: Television ads drive sector in recession

    2009-10-17T00:00:00Z

    There have been big changes in advertising budgets in the cakes and biscuits category both up and down. And the money that is being spent is almost exclusively destined for TV.

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    Tescos north of border list Nairn range

    2009-10-10T00:00:00Z

    Scottish TV chef Nick Nairn is launching a range of bread, biscuits and cereals to champion local produce.The range, which starts rolling into Scottish Tescos at the end of this month, comprises multigrain and white rolls, tattie scones,...

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    Quality Test: Own-label small French baguette/baton

    2009-10-10T00:00:00Z

    Waitrose offered the most expensive baguette, at 59p, and it showed. Not only was it the softest of them all, it had a light, fluffy texture and a pleasantly sweet taste.

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    Sarnie revival is sign of economic recovery

    2009-09-19T00:00:00Z

    Bread makers this week hailed an increase in sandwich sales as an early sign of economic recovery as Hovis was revealed as the UK's fastest growing bread brand.

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    Kingsmill keeps its slice size up in battle of the Little Big Loaf

    2009-09-05T00:00:00Z

    Kingsmill has launched what it claims is the UK's first custom-baked smaller loaf with full-size slices.The Little Big Loaf a 525g loaf with slices the size and thickness of a regular 800g loaf hits shelves next week in Great Everyday...

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    Quality Test: Own-label plain naan bread

    2009-08-22T00:00:00Z

    A good naan should be crisp on the outside, soft inside, and pleasantly yet subtly seasoned. Sainsbury's tried a different approach, with a soggy and artificial offering. It didn't work.

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    Hot Topic

    2009-08-01T00:00:00Z

    And so Premier Foods' crusade to drag its iconic British brands into the 21st century continues... Following last year's makeovers of Hovis and Mr Kipling, Oxo has now received a facelift to lend it some youth appeal to belie its 100 years.

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    Commodities: Will bread cost more or less dough after 2009 harvest?

    2009-07-18T00:00:00Z

    Bread. Brits can't get enough of it. They're not quite so into price rises, though. Mintec's Liliana Gonzalez looks at the forecast for this year's harvest

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    Will bread cost more or less dough after 2009 harvest?

    2009-07-18T00:00:00Z

    Bread. Brits can't get enough of it. They're not quite so into price rises, though. Mintec's Liliana Gonzalez looks at the forecast for this year's harvest

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    Warburtons guns for Hovis in south west with Bristol bakery

    2009-07-04T00:00:00Z

    Warburtons' dominance of the British bread market is set to expand across Hovis-dominated south west England following the opening of its £45m Bristol bakery this week.The Bolton-based business has opened the hi-tech plant with the intention...

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    Carbon Trust labelling first for Kingsmill

    2009-06-20T00:00:00Z

    Kingsmill has become the first British bread supplier to use the Carbon Trust's Carbon Reduction Label. Packaging on its bestselling Great Everyday White, Tasty Wholemeal and 50/50 lines will carry the Carbon Reduction Label in stores from...

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    Hovis targets bread roll shoppers with follow-up to epic ad

    2009-06-06T00:00:00Z

    It's bread rolls at dawn as Hovis takes on market leader Warburtons with its latest sepia-tinted advert - featuring a lass rather than a lad.

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    king of the mill

    2009-05-23T00:00:00Z

    A couple of years back, things weren't looking too good for Kingsmill. Alex Beckett reports on a dramatic turnaround

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    Atkins launches first 'carb-friendly' range

    2009-05-23T00:00:00Z

    Low-carb diet brand Atkins is venturing out of snack bars with what it describes as its first range of "carb-friendly" products.The new products, which are being rolled into Tesco and Boots now, include cereal, wholegrain bread mix, wheat...

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    Family appeal prompts revival of white bread

    2009-05-16T00:00:00Z

    White bread sales are soaring as credit-crunched shoppers switch from brown to what they see as a cheaper, and more family-friendly option.Strong sales of white helped reverse the 0.7% volume decline that the whole category suffered in 2007...

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    Saturday Essay: We need a joined-up Government strategy

    2009-05-09T00:00:00Z

    An integrated approach to policy, with sustainability at its heart, would encourage investment, says Ross Warburton

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    'Bread not suitable for UK vegetarians,' claims foodie group

    2009-04-25T00:00:00Z

    Organisers of a leading food industry event are claiming much of the bread eaten in the UK is not suitable for vegetarians.

    The Real Bread Campaign, which represents local, organic and artisan producers behind the Real Food Festival, an…