All Bakery articles – Page 58

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    I could really sink a Scotch

    2006-09-16T00:00:00Z

    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

    2006-09-16T00:00:00Z

    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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    Breads

    2006-08-19T00:00:00Z

    The burning issue surrounding toast and bread products for breakfast is, as in other areas, one of health.Bread, toast and associated items formed 70% of all breakfasts in 2005, according to TNS, a figure which fell just 1.3% compared...

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    Tesco first to sell bread that 'cuts cholesterol'

    2006-08-19T00:00:00Z

    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

    2006-08-12T00:00:00Z

    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

    2006-08-12T00:00:00Z

    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...

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    Maggi moves into breakfast pastries

    2006-07-29T00:00:00Z

    Nestlé is propelling its Maggi Hot Pockets pastries into the breakfast market with a bacon & eggs variant. The new flavour will stretch the brand, which has so far targeted meal and snacking occasions with ham & cheese, cheese & tomato...

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    Kingsmill seeks slice of Omega-3 market

    2006-07-29T00:00:00Z

    Allied Bakeries is bringing nutritional ingredient du jour, Omega-3, to the mainstream bread market with the launch of Kingsmill Head Start. It has also changed the name of its new crust-free loaf from Kingsmill Crustless to Crusts Away....

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    Time to get into the grove

    2006-07-22T00:00:00Z

    In the 1950s and 1960s, bread and dripping was a teatime staple. Mum had cooked the roast beef or pork for lunch and served up the leftover fat and ­juices, spread on bread, for tea.But how times change - today's equivalent is a much...

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    Slimming bread gets a Nimble overhaul

    2006-07-22T00:00:00Z

    Nimble, the 'slimming bread' that flew like a bird in the sky in the 1970s, has come back down to earth with an overhaul that repositions it as a product for a healthy lifestyle.Owner RHM has revamped the brand, made famous by its...

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    Star Buyer Adrian Gash

    2006-07-22T00:00:00Z

    Gash has been with Waitrose for two years, joining from Safeway, where he spent six years, covering pharmaceuticals and healthcare, bread and then crisps. His earlier career included three years with Unichem and spells with ­Peter Black...

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    Baked beans are out in a healthy rethink

    2006-07-15T00:00:00Z

    Hovis is ditching its wacky packaging to focus on health and better quality. The baked beans, tomatoes and cucumbers, featured on-pack since 2001, will make way for a more sophisticated look as part of a huge investment. RHM is...

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    Turning over a new Leaf

    2006-07-08T00:00:00Z

    Maple Leaf Bakery UK, the company behind bagel brand New York Bagel Co, has appointed Franck Houssaye to the newly created role of new product development manager. Houssaye, who is French, trained as a patissier and following graduation...

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    Warburtons wants to roll out bread UK-wide

    2006-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Warburtons bread will soon be available to almost all the UK population, thanks to the company's decision to double production at its Enfield bread-making plant by January next year.  The move takes the 130-year-old company - already the...

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    Kingsmill cuts off crusts in bid for a bigger slice

    2006-06-17T00:00:00Z

    Allied Bakeries is aiming to grab a slice of the lucrative crustless loaf sector created by rival Hovis last August, with a new Kingsmill product. It is also moving the brand into chilled with a Heat and Share ciabatta and flatbread...

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    FSA: calorie balance is key not sugar targets

    2006-06-17T00:00:00Z

    The Food Standards Agency has promised that efforts to cut sugar in soft drinks will take a different approach to that used to reduce salt in foods such as bread. Speaking at the British Soft Drinks Association annual lunch, chairwoman...

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    "What could have happened to bread prices? Did ABF buy up a job lot of wheat in the futures market in 2007 BC?"

    2006-06-03T00:00:00Z

    We all know the price of commodity-based products has gone up. Bread, pasta, milk, cheese: on telly, in the papers and in this magazine, there has been only one direction to this story: up, up, up. Official figures out this week showed...

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    Warburtons staff to vote on strike

    2006-05-27T00:00:00Z

    Production at Britain's biggest bread supplier Warburtons could be disrupted if workers at the company's factories vote to strike next month.The Bakers, Food and Allied Workers' Union, which represents about a third of Warburtons' staff,...

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    Hughes runs RHM logistics

    2006-05-20T00:00:00Z

    Mark Hughes is RHM's new group procurement and logistics director, replacing Gerry Walsh, who moved to Associated British Foods.Hughes was previously divisional director for RHM's bread bakeries division, where he was responsible for the...

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    In Brief: New role for West; Warburton for Uniq; Changes to board; Willis named CEO; Soden is senior VP

    2006-05-20T00:00:00Z

    New role for West. Quiche manufacturer Thomas Food Group has appointed Victor West to the new role of chief operating officer. West joins Thomas Food Group from Macrae, where he worked for 12 years, most recently as procurement...