All Bakery articles – Page 52
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NewsFinsbury Food looks to spread free-from appeal with Genius
Finsbury Food is hoping to broaden the appeal of its Genius gluten-free bread beyond coeliac sufferers and ramp up its category share through a £3m marketing campaign. The multimedia push will run later this year in a bid to increase...
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Grain hikes set to stifle price promos in bread
Supermarkets may be waging a price war on bread, but experts have warned the low prices will be short-lived thanks to rocketing grain costs and a predicted shortage of domestic wheat following a 50% hike in exports.
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NewsWarburtons ponders Newport withdrawal
More than 100 Warburtons staff face the axe after the bread maker said its Newport bakery could close – just four years after it opened.
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NewsAcid Test: Hovis Hearty Oats
With a bullish first year sales target of £30m, Premier billed this oat-laden loaf as the fmcg launch of 2010
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Jones makes history as Warburtons’ first female bakery boss
Warburtons has appointed its first female general manager in the baker's 134-year history.Vivienne Jones has taken up the role at Warburtons' Pennine bakery in Shaw, near Oldham. The bakery employs 188 staff and distributes some of...
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Poundland set to launch loaves - if wheat prices will fit £1 game
Poundland plans to add branded loaves to its growing number of grocery products but is waiting to see how wheat market turmoil will affect prices.
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Vogel’s speciality bread shaken up by its new owners
Speciality bread brand Vogel's is relaunching next month in an attempt to boost sales from £3.5m to £10m in two years. Twelve months after upmarket bakery Nicholas & Harris (N&H) acquired the brand from Goswell's as part of a...
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Flat bread, rising sales: Honeytop goes beyond naan
Honeytop Speciality Foods has gone from strength to strength since diversifying beyond naan and flatbreads into morning goods and tortillas, as Anna-Marie Julyan discovered
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Buxton Spa is second baker to go under
A second independent bakery has collapsed in as many months.Buxton Spa Bakery, which supplied bread and cakes to supermarkets, retailers and foodservice, went into administration last week. It is the latest supplier in the sector to go...
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Allinson flours are friendlier to nature
Associated British Foods is launching two Nature Friendly flours under its Allinson brand to meet demand for more ethically sourced ingredients. Available in plain and self-raising variants, Allinson Nature Friendly Flour (rsp: 99p) is...
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NewsAcid Test: ChippidyDooDaa, Chilli Jack
"Warburtons has taken its baking expertise and created a serious contender to the healthier snack market."
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EU pack weight rule ‘nonsense’
Sir, Lib Dem MEPs and our Continental allies in the European Parliament have put forward an amendment to exclude eggs and other foods such as bread rolls sold by number from the requirement to label by total pack weight. It's nonsense to add more...
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NewsFocus On Free-From: Free-from brings home the bread
The success of gluten-free fresh bread Genius has prompted a sea change in the category, heralding a shift from long-life to fresh products, says Vince Bamford
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Focus On Functional Foods: The case for fortification
The debate about whether to make it mandatory to add folic acid to bread illustrates the complexities of legislation on functional food.
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Hovis turns up the flair with Hearty Oats TV ad
Hovis's switch to all-British ingredients has prompted a 2.5% sales increase for the brand, which is now seeking to excite "lacklustre" fmcg advertising with a new £5m ad campaign.Five months after the Premier Foods business switched...
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Focus On Crisps, Nuts & Snacks: Potatoes are so yesterday
Manufacturers are hoping bagged snacks can be given a healthier image by producing crisps made from a range of alternatives to the humble potato including bread, cassava root and even fruit.
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Focus On Crisps, Nuts & Snacks: Four to watch
Warburtons surprised the industry with its move into snacks. ChippidyDooDaa, a pitta snack, and SnackaDoodle, a wholegrain bread snack, are intended to offer a healthier alternative to standard crisps.
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Yorkshire Tea Cakes shrink to woo elderly
Bettys & Taylors of Harrogate is relaunching its Yorkshire Tea Cakes portfolio in smaller sizes and revamped packaging to appeal to its core elderly consumers. The updated range, which is rolling out now, comes in 25% smaller packs....
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NewsFocus On Bakery: Breads use more than their loaf
Over the past few decades Brits have been eating less and less bread. It’s a situation bakers are determined to turn around, reports Chloe Ryan. But will they succeed?
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NewsCameron hands Hovis PR win over Warburtons
Hovis has scored a PR coup over Warburtons after David Cameron was snapped holding a Hovis loaf – despite the Bolton baker donating £25,000 to the Tories during the election campaign.