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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Plant-based baker Clive’s Purely Plants has shuttered its Dartmouth bakery, with all 32 members of staff to lose their jobs.]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[There are plans for product development with its next generation test bakery.]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Village bakery Wrexham; L-R: Simon Thorpe, CEO, and Andy Beckett, group head operations.]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[A Wigan Borough bakery manufacturer has been ordered to pay thousands of pounds after breaching multiple food hygiene regulations.]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Wholebake, the healthy snack bar manufacturer, has expanded its operations with the opening of a major new facility in Wrexham, Wales]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[L-R: Olidor Group CEO Andrew Ashby with The Original Baker’s director and co-founder Cheryl Barrett, and MD Mike Walker.]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[The proposed deal would bring leading brands Hovis and Kingsmill under the same ownership.]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Founded by sibling duo Alex and Sean Brassil, JNCK Bakery aimed to disrupt the cookie sector with its non-HFSS snacks.]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Pladis is targeting much of the investment towards its site in the North West of England.]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Rob Keeping joins the third-generation family business from Bread Holdings.]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[As of September 2024, Roberts Bakery employed around 700 people across its three sites.]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Sophie McGregor (left) and Ella Harland (right) founded Griddle in 2019, while Megan Harrison (centre) is joining as a non-executive director. David Wagstaff (not pictured) has been named non-executive chair.]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Whitehaven-based Bakes By Gina, Manchester-based Bubble Panda and Stockport-based Firstplay Dietary Foods were part of the latest Leading Digital Transformation cohort]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[A batch of Farmfoods branded sausage rolls have been recalled because they contain milk that is not mentioned on the label.]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Matthew Acheson succeeds John Lindsay as CEO of Baker & Baker.]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Bread and flour to be fortified with folic acid to prevent birth defects.]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Tributes are being paid to Sir James N Walker CBE 1944 - 2024]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[The European Food Information Council (EUFIC) and Whole Grain Initiative believe there's too much disparity with wholegrain  labelling.]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Allied Bakeries has announced a significant investment in its national transport and logistics operations]]></image:caption>
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