All Bakery articles – Page 2
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News
Farm Shop & Deli Retailer Awards 2025 open for entries
Entering the awards is a chance for businesses to raise their profiles, gain insight and network with peers
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Category Report
Breakfast trends 2024: Why brekkie is going places
As on-the-go breakfasts take off, supermarkets are going toe to toe with foodservice players. Who’s winning in the convenience era?
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News
Superloaf wins Sainsbury’s and Morrisons listings amid UPF debate
Modern Baker’s gut-healthy loaves contain ‘bio-active plant-based compounds’ made using ‘targeted fermentation’
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News
Co-op adds bakery range to meal deal offer
The new trial will run for 12 weeks across Co-op stores nationally, with a swathe of bakery lines forming part of the meal deal as a side or snack
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News
Morrisons bakery aisles remove ‘incorrect’ from-scratch claim
It comes after Real Bread Campaign made a trading standards complaint about the retailer’s signage
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Hotel Chocolat to launch bakery offer as part of store expansion plans
The new offer includes chocolate brownies, but also chicken curry and pulled pork pasties
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Category Report
Home baking trends 2024: Bake it yourself
Brits are making more cakes and loaves at home to mitigate the increasing cost of living and concerns about ultra-processed food
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News
Hovis hires Mark Brown as first chief marketing officer
Brown joins the baker from General Mills, where he has spent the past 13 years
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Interviews
The Delicious Dessert Co’s Claire Smith on winning back younger shoppers
The Delicious Dessert Company’s head of insights aims to win back younger shoppers who are bored of ‘traditional’ flavours with trend-led innovation
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Profiles
Ginsters’ Stephanie Hildon on pasties, Bucks Fizz and gone-off milk
We have so many entrepreneurs and startup businesses in the UK and it’s so hard for them to get a foot up into retail, says MD Stephanie
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News
Greggs to open new national distribution centre in Kettering
The chain is expanding to improve its capacity in the ambient and chilled supply to its 2,500 sites
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Profiles
My food & drink job: Frances Cope, innovation technologist, New York Bakery Co
Frances shares her journey into the world of bagels, including her role in the launch of NY Bakery Co’s newest NPD
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News
French baker secures UK presence with takeover at Village Bakery
M&S bread supplier Village Bakery has been acquired by French family bakery group Menissez
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Category Report
Free-from trends 2024: Dull and tasteless no more
Gone are the days when free-from was often thought of as joyless. What’s driving today’s livelier approach to avoiding allergens?
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News
Village Bakery set for imminent sale
A buyout at premium own-label bread maker Village Bakery is nearing a conclusion, with a European trade player set to announce a deal within days, The Grocer has learned
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Category Report
Lunch trends 2024: Why lunch is going places
As food-to-go options get more adventurous, brands are looking to broaden the horizons of lunchboxes, too. Who’s winning?
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News
Warburtons sees record sales in tough wrapped bread category
Bakery giant Warburtons shrugged off the declining wrapped bread category to post record sales and profits last year
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News
Booths rolls out new artisan bakery concession
The expansion of the bakery format comes as part of Booths’ ongoing programme to modernise stores and supply chain
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Range Preview
Tesco launches new Finest summer food range ahead of UK heatwave
Tesco has launched its new summer range as it anticipates a spike in sales of BBQ essentials and picnic favourites
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Analysis & Features
How sourdough specialist Lovingly Artisan became an award-winning retailer
A husband-and-wife team have grown an artisan bakery to become Farm Shop & Deli Retailer of the Year 2024