All Bakery articles – Page 55
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Finsbury completes Lightbody acquisition
Premium cake and breads manufacturer Finsbury Food Group's acquisition of the Lightbody Group is to be completed today.Finsbury bought out the celebrations cake manufacturer for £37.5m, after shareholders voted in favour yesterday (22...
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Trends & Developments
?Warburtons has added a better-for-you option to its sliced bread portfolio, which should be appearing on supermarket shelves from this month. The 800g Healthy Harvest loaf contains 50% more fibre than the brand's wax-wrapped offering....
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Allied's using its loaf to take on Kingsmill rivals
Allied Bakeries is aiming to regain the number one slot in bread with an overhaul of its flagship Kingsmill brand.Elements include reformulated recipes, updated packaging and a £10m advertising campaign - double last year's spend....
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Millers' flour costs will go up
Sir; Wheat prices have indeed stopped rising in recent weeks, but they are not in sharp decline (The Grocer, 20 January, p26). According to independently collected HGCA data, the benchmark price for bread wheat delivered to Liverpool...
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Greater visibility for... the invisible
Hovis has repackaged its Invisible Crust white and best of both varieties to get more parents buying into the crust-less concept. A £2m marketing campaign, including a new TV ad featuring a father and son, will run until the end of March,...
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ADM hike sparks fear of further bread rises
Bread prices are set to soar again after milling giant ADM announced yet another hike in the price of flour - the second within four months. ADM's decision to increase the price of all its flour by £21.25 per tonne from 15 January comes...
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Kingsmill suspected tampering continues
Allied Bakeries has reported further suspected malicious tampering at its Kingsmill bread bakery in Orpington, Kent.Incidents of suspected tampering have dogged the site for 18 months, with sewing needles, glass and chewing gum found in...
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New white takes a higher slice
Bread has well and truly overcome the threat posed by the low-carb diet trend of previous years and has shown strong growth. It's up 9.7% to £1.48bn, an increase of some £130m. As consumers increasingly question their food's provenance,...
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Buyer's View
The major trends within the category are the decline of plain white sliced bread and the growth of premium lines and healthier segments, such as wholemeal and grains or healthier white products in the style of Hovis Best of Both. As a...
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Foreign focus
Gold, silver and even platinum are words that commonly feature on food and beverage products, including tea, coffee, bread, low-fat spreads and, of course, more premium-positioned items such as wine and spirits. With the exception of...
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Foreign focus
Gold, silver and even platinum are words that commonly feature on food and beverage products, including tea, coffee, bread, low-fat spreads and, of course, more premium-positioned items such as wine and spirits. With the exception of...
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Vision buys Northern Foods' businesses
Private equity firm Vision Capital has acquired Northern Foods' speciality bread, chilled pastry, cakes and flour milling businesses for £160m.The sale, which is expected to be completed in January and subject to shareholder approval,...
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Wheat prices rise
The price of a loaf of bread could be on the increase following a rise in wheat prices. Reports suggest that the price of wheat at the Chicago Board of Trade Exchange has increased to $487 a bushel - its highest price in ten...
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I could really sink a Scotch
Allied Bakeries is launching its take on the Scotch pancake after a £6m investment at its Northern Ireland plant.Kingsmill Flippitz - pancakes filled with either chocolate or strawberry flavouring - go into stores this week. Available in...
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Howell House buy boosts Irwin's range
Northern Ireland plant bakery Irwin's is to move into new categories after buying cake and biscuit manufacturer Howell House.Irwin's supplies bread, including the Rankin Irish speciality range, to retailers in Northern Ireland and Great...
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Tesco first to sell bread that 'cuts cholesterol'
Tesco is leading the charge to bring cholesterol-lowering claims to the bread aisle, with oat bran as its weapon of choice. It has pipped the major brands by adding the newly proclaimed superfood to a new Tesco White Bread...
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Millers warn of price rises for baked goods
Bread, biscuit and cake prices are expected to soar after one of the country's leading millers warned that the cost of flour will rise by up to 20%. ADM Milling said soaring energy prices combined with a disappointing wheat harvest meant...
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Morrisons aids sufferers from allergies
Morrisons has launched an own label free-from food range aimed at customers with allergies or special dietary requirements.The initial range of 14 products includes gluten and wheat-free bread, and pasta free from wheat, gluten, eggs and...