All Bakery articles – Page 52
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Co-op bakery offer taken in-house
The Co-operative Group has taken its in-store bakery offer in-house. It has launched a 57-strong range of products including bread, rolls, pastries and cakes across its 1,483 in-store bakeries, as well as a further 433 Co-op stores run by smaller...
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Million-dollar baby
Jonathan Warburton talks exclusively to Adam Leyland about family values, building a mega brand, and that ad...
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Is retro the way forward?
Monster Munch and Hovis are just two of the brands currently playing the nostalgia card – but will it work, asks Jane Bainbridge
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Advertising: Hovis bucks downward spend trend
Hovis launched its new advertising campaign a fortnight ago with a headline-grabbing spot lasting more than two minutes in the middle of Friday’s Coronation Street
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The 600g loaf is here at last
Warburtons is launching a 600g loaf for the first time, breaking with centuries of tradition. A change in the law dating back to the Magna Carta means bread can now be sold in quantities other than the standard 400g and 800g weights. The move also...
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Warburtons is champion thanks to success in south
Success down south has helped Bolton-based bakery Warburtons reach the number one spot in bread for the second year running. The company has also revealed plans for a revamp in October to stay ahead of the game. The brand is up 21% from last year...
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Acid Test: Hovis' little brown loaf
The panel assess Hovis' little brown loaf as Premier relaunches the iconic brand
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Premier hopes to calm City nerves with Hovis relaunch
Premier Foods is pinning its hopes on Hovis as its new profit-generating champion brand. But won’t that big pile of debt get in the way? Alex Beckett reports
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Brooks bows out from Finsbury after six years
Finsbury Food Group will undergo a management reshuffle at the end of the month following the unexpected departure of its chief executive, Dave Brooks. Brooks, who has been at the helm of the cake and bread manufacturer since 2002, will leave on...
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Premier ‘will need a strong second half to ease City fear’
Price hikes on some of the most iconic grocery brands on the supermarket shelf helped Premier Foods post a 43.5% sales jump to £1.29bn – but its gigantic debt is worrying investors. Britain’s biggest food manufacturer, which owns Hovis, Mr Kipling...
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Wheat under the weather
The cost of bread and other food is set to soar unless the wet and warm weather abates. This was the stark warning from crop experts, who said the record rainfall was causing misery as wheat slowly rotted in the fields, with farmers unable to...
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Hovis reveals retro new look and logo
Hovis reveals retro new look and logo: Hovis has replaced its wheatsheaf logo with the ‘boy on a bicycle’ image from its iconic 1970s television advert as part of a retro overhaul of the brand. The new packaging will run across the entire bread range as part of the brand’s ...
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Pickup appointed new sales director at UBUK
Former Hovis chief Dave Pickup has been named as the new sales director of McVitie’s and Hula Hoops manufacturer United Biscuits UK. In addition to heading up UBUK’s sales team, providing strategic leadership and driving the sales function of the...
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Morrisons first to carry healthy logo
Morrisons has become the first UK company to carry a healthy logo from the US Whole Grains Council.The stamp, which flags up the wholegrain content of a product, will be rolled out initially on one bread line throughout its UK stores....
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Warburtons opens £45m Bristol plant
Soaring demand for Warburtons bread has prompted the brand to build a 520,000 sq ft bakery in Bristol.Warburtons is investing £45m in the Severn Beach-based facility, which is expected to be fully operational by December. More than 450...
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Meat price rises cover barely half of the costs
Meat is being sold below cost across Europe, controversial new European Commission figures have revealed - though the price of many other food staples has risen faster than the cost of production.The retail price of bread was expected to...
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Finding the hook for meats
While UK shoppers are sold on French bread, wine and cheese, marketing French meats to them is more of a challenge.From pâté to foie gras, the French are struggling to get a handle on what the British want from their deli counters. As a...
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Premier: it's about more than our daily bread
The soaring price of wheat, the now unfashionably heavy debt levels, and the cut in the dividend. These fundamentals dominated the headlines when Premier Foods announced a £73.5m pre-tax loss earlier this month. But CEO Robert Schofield...
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Schofield's pricepledge
Premier Foods boss Robert Schofield has pledged an end to the problems that saw sales of Hovis, its iconic bread brand, plummet.When Premier acquired RHM last March, Schofield was shocked to discover it had forward wheat contracts for...
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Mission's new bread ranges in TV ad push
Mission Foods is supporting its bakery range with a £1.3m advertising campaign following its expansion into naans and pitta breads.The Deli Naans and Deli Pittas range, rolling out now, will be backed with TV ads launching this...