Bakery

‘With Dragons’ Den backing I can build cake factories across the UK’

27-Dec-2012 - Appearing on BBC TV’s Dragons’ Den helped Yorkshire cake entrepreneur Allison Whitmarsh secure the backing she needs to build cake factories across the UK.

Innovation made Fabulous Bakin’ Boys Bounce Back Champion

18-Dec-2012 - The launch of a robotics packaging solution to individually wrap mini cakes and muffins helped the Fabulous Bakin’ Boys become the Great British Bounce Back Champion.

‘Dragons’ Den will help me sell my Yorkshire cakes nationwide’

17-Dec-2012 - A Yorkshire baker is appearing on BBC TV’s Dragons’ Den on December 23 in a bid to secure the backing she needs to make her premium cakes a national brand.

Fabulous Bakin’ Boys gets boost from robotics

11-Dec-2012 - Cake, flapjack and muffin maker, the Fabulous Bakin’ Boys are reaping the benefits of a £3M investment in robotic technology, which is enabling the firm to grow new markets, cut costs and boost efficiency.

Life ban for Portsmouth baker for mice infestation

11-Dec-2012 - A Portsmouth baker was fined £5,000 and banned from operating a food business in the UK after environmental health officers found a robin flying around his mice-infested premises.

Bakery Manufacturing Company of the Year

04-Dec-2012 - Sponsored by: Lauras International Winner: Allied Bakeries

Let them eat crispier pastries

04-Dec-2012 - Part of international farmer-owned cooperative Groupe Limagrain, Limagrain Céréales Ingrédients (LCI), has used its knowledge of different types of flour and their interactions with ingredients and processes to develop a clean-label improver to make crispier Danish Pastries called Danish Pastry Amel.

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Premier Foods’ Hovis boss quits after a year

30-Nov-2012 - The md of Premier Foods’ bakery division, Iwan Williams, has resigned from his position, the week after the firm revealed plans to close two bakeries in Birmingham and London with the loss of 900 jobs.

Premier Foods cuts: unions’ fury, City analysts applaud

20-Nov-2012 - News that debt-laden giant Premier Foods plans to axe 900 jobs, close two bakeries and restructure its distribution system was greeted with fury by unions and applause by City analysts.

Premier Foods to cut 900 jobs and two bakeries

20-Nov-2012 - Britain’s biggest food manufacturer has unveiled plans to close two bakeries and four distribution centres with the loss of 900 jobs from its bread division.

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Earwig found crawling in pack of Asda bread rolls

12-Nov-2012 - A Sunderland couple claim to have found an earwig crawling around inside a packet of bread rolls they bought in their local branch of Asda.

Border Biscuits wins Cakes and Biscuits Company of Year Award

06-Nov-2012 - Lanarkshire food manufacturer Border Biscuits has scooped a national food manufacturing award.

Guest article

Will self-regulation be enough to beat the fat tax?

01-Nov-2012 - The much debated launch of a consistent ‘front-of-pack’ nutrition label is currently the talk of the food manufacturing and retail industry, writes Ian Pickett, joint founder of specialist recruitment agency Drayton Partners.

New Dawn rises for Unifine

31-Oct-2012 - Dawn and Unifine have united under the Dawn name to create a global sweet bakery and ingredients company.

Smart cookies join the vanilla taste revolution

31-Oct-2012 - Rhodia Aroma Performance's Govanil range of vanilla flavours have been designed to offer superior functional properties for bakery and confectionery industry food products. They can be used in cookies, petit beurre biscuits, vanilla or chocolate fillings and pastry creams.

Are cake pops the new cup cakes?

31-Oct-2012 - A US-themed stand at a London Coffee Festival inspired a Welsh bakery to launch US-style chocolate cake pops for the UK's coffee shops and retail outlets.

Premier Foods ‘most likely’ to sell Hovis to foreign firm

31-Oct-2012 - The most likely buyer for Premier Foods’ bread brand Hovis will be a foreign firm, according to an industry expert.

Waitrose launches former meat counter worker’s snack product

30-Oct-2012 - Waitrose launched the snack product of its former meat counter worker in 196 of its stores last week (October 22).

Greggs staff strip for charity Children in Need

29-Oct-2012 - Staff at Britain’s biggest high street baker Greggs have stripped for a charity calendar in support of the BBC appeal Children in Need.

Cargill told to pay £47k for severed fingers accident

28-Oct-2012 - Multinational firm Cargill has been ordered to pay £47,484 after a worker lost three fingers at its factory at Trafford Park, near Manchester.

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2 Sisters welcomes OFT’s Brookes Avana ruling

26-Oct-2012 - Food manufacturer 2 Sisters has welcomed a ruling from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) approving its acquisition of Brookes Avana, after the group agreed to sell its Christmas pudding manufacturing business.

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Premier Foods loses £75M bread contract

24-Oct-2012 - Hovis manufacturer Premier Foods has lost a contract worth £75M with an unnamed grocery chain, according to its latest interim management statement.

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Fox’s Biscuits staff vote to avoid strikes

18-Oct-2012 - Staff at two of Fox’s three biscuits factories rejected strike action today (October 18), following a dispute over pay and conditions.

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Wanted: Buyer wanted for Paramount Foods

18-Oct-2012 - Administrators are still looking for a buyer for pizza supplier Paramount Foods, which went into administration earlier this month.