All Bakery articles – Page 53
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Expect bread plan to fail the acid test
The Food Standards Agency's plan for the mandatory addition of folic acid to bread could bring increased health risks for millions of peopleIt's staggering, and depressing, just how often the Food Standards Agency gets it wrong....
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Warburtons fibre boost
Warburtons is extending its wholemeal bread offer with an extra-fibre option to focus on the growing healthy bread sector.Wholemeal Fibre Boost hits shelves next week, priced at £1.32 for an 800g loaf. The bread provides more than one...
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New look for Kingsmill Gold
Allied Bakeries is relaunching its premium Kingsmill Gold range with new packaging and varieties supported by a £3m push including TV ads.The relaunch, aimed at the growing top end of the market, includes two seed-based breads under the...
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Rank Hovis recalls flour
Rank Hovis has recalled batches of Elephant Atta, Fassal and Goldcrest flour because the product could contain small pieces of metal.The products are supplied by wholesalers but many of the customers are members of the public, said the Food...
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Allied Bakeries brings new trio to sales team
After a rocky 2007, Kingsmill manufacturer Allied Bakeries has kicked off the new year with three new appointments. The changes have been made by sales director Martin Brewis a year after he took up his role. Ann-Marie Perkins,...
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Thick bread. It's a disgrace
Pssst. Do you want to know the real cause of obesity? It's nothing to do with people gorging themselves on sweets and fizzy drinks, or eating Big Macs, apparently, but rather the curse of the thick-cut sliced sarnie.This revelation was...
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Strike over pay set to hit Warburtons
Warburtons is facing disruption to production in the run-up to Christmas after workers agreed to a 48-hour strike later this month.The Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union, which has 1,200 members among Warburtons' 3,000 employees,...
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Sainsbury's signs deal to source British wheat
Sainsbury's has become the first chain to achieve full traceability for its fresh own label bread by sourcing wheat for its in-store bakeries from named British farmers.A multimillion-pound deal with miller Whitworth Bros and farmers in...
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Kingsmill price puzzles
The price of Kingsmill bread is lagging 20p behind arch-rival Hovis, analysis in The Grocer 33 has revealed - stumping industry commentators who suggested that the prices of commodity-based products were increasing across the board. This...
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Premier Foods to meet expectations
Premier Foods has said it expects to meet market expectations for 2007 despite rising raw material and packaging costs. In a trading update released this morning, the food manufacturer, which owns brands including Branston, Hovis, Oxo and...
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Mail strike holds up Warburtons ballot
Union leaders have been forced to reschedule a strike ballot for Warburtons staff after voting papers were held up by Royal Mail stoppages earlier this month. The original two-week ballot was open from 10-24 October, but the Royal Mail...
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British sarnies are still rubbish
The once-ghastly fillings in sarnies are better but the bread is still a national embarrassment. Simple, wholesome bread could improve our nutritional status overnightI'm not a fan of the British sarnie, so when I face a long journey I...
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Rising prices take the biscuit
Spiralling wheat costs have hit the headlines this year. But it's not just the price of a loaf of bread that's been affected - the sweet side of the baking industry has also felt the squeeze. Biscuit flour prices have doubled from about £90 a...
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Kingsmill overtaken by own label bread sales
Supermarket own label bread sales have overtaken Kingsmill's for the first time, reflecting growing retailer activity in the category.The market share by value of own label bread for the year to July increased 3.7% to 16.7%, according to...
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Price Survey
After weeks of anticipation the rocketing price of commodities has finally hit the supermarket shelves, but the rising price of bread, milk and other staples is by no means across the board. Our analysis of The Grocer 33 this week shows,...
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faithful customers
This is the Jesus Christ Supermarket in Tobago, spotted on holiday by one of Bogof's eagle-eyed colleagues. With a name like that, one imagines it offers some quite heavenly promotions - buy one loaf of bread and get 4,999 free, anyone? And what...
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Cost of bread set to rocket as wheat price hits record high
The cost of a loaf of bread is set to soar even further following another dramatic rise in wheat prices. The average price of a loaf of bread has already gone up 10% this year to about £1. Experts warned that prices could rise a further 10 to 20p...
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CSM acquires Kate's Cakes for £32.5m
Cake manufacturer Kate's Cakes has been bought by Danish food giant CSM in a deal worth £32.5m. CSM, which also owns BakeMark UK, purchased the West Sussex baker's shares for £20.5m, plus the company's debt costs of £12m. Kate's Cakes, which...
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What the papers said - 11th August 2007
The News of the World claimed this week it had smashed a conman's £6bn smear campaign against Tesco and Asda. The conman faked emails between senior employees at the supermarkets, which said the two employees were discussing a future rise in bread...