All Bakery articles – Page 56
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NewsThe lad delivers: Hovis is the Top Product of 2009
Hovis stormed into pole position in The Grocer's 2009 Top Products Survey chart, with the biggest growth in value of all the products across 76 key categories. Sales of Hovis loaves soared £56.9m, up 14.6% on last year to £445.8m ...
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Dr Oetker revamps its baking lines
Dr Oetker is ditching the Supercook logo from its home-baking range as part of a design revamp of its 100-strong portfolio.
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Saturday Essay: 100% British wheat? How very old fashioned!
Gary Sharkey on why Hovis is set to launch its first loaf made only with wheat from British farms in the new year
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Warburtons secures enough wheat for new all-British loaf
Warburtons has secured enough quality British wheat in order to produce a new all-British loaf for the first time in its 133-year history.The Bolton-based baker said the new bread provisionally being referred to as Seed to Crumb would...
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Hovis wins race to make first all-British loaf
Hovis will trump Warburtons in the race to produce Britain's first all-British bread loaf, The Grocer can reveal.Although the heritage of both Warburtons and Hovis dates back more than 100 years, the UK's two leading bread brands have...
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Quality Test: Own-label plain bagels, 4-5 pack
At 89p, Morrisons' bagels were not only the cheapest, but also came up trumps on the taste front thanks to their great fresh aroma, soft texture and strong flavour.
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NewsHealthy bread suffers as price becomes key
Sales of healthier bread are crumbling as credit-crunched consumers switch to regular loaves.
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NewsSalt campaign fails to recognise reformulation say suppliers
The FSA has infuriated bread and cereal manufacturers with the aggressive tone of its latest salt-reduction campaign. Has it gone too far, asks Nick Hughes
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Focus On Cakes & Biscuits: Treats get tiny
Money may be tight, but at least the crunch of biscuits can be heard. People are still happily keeping a little bit of what they fancy on the shopping list when it comes to cakes and biscuits. And little is the operative word this year as pocket-sized products come on to the market.
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Focus On Cakes & Biscuits: Take-home snapshot - growth driven by price increases
The biscuit market has grown 8.3% in value in the latest year and now is worth more than £2.1bn. Growth has been driven by an increase in prices and to a lesser extent shoppers have purchased biscuits more often. Volume has grown at 0.7%.
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Focus On Cakes & Biscuits: Four to watch
Kraft launched Mikado into the UK in February and achieved sales of £5.5m in its first five months [Nielsen]. Packaged in a pocket-friendly flip-top box, the chocolate-coated sticks have tapped into demand for bite-size treats on the go.
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Focus On Cakes & Biscuits: Cupcakes - fresh, sexy and fashionable
When Sarah Jessica Parker tucked into a cupcake in Sex & The City in 2000, the show's followers were not watching the outfits for once.
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Focus On Cakes & Biscuits: Chewing the fat
Never ones to be killjoys, the FSA suggests on the Eat Well website that people should swap their cake or biscuit treat for a currant bun or malt loaf with low-fat spread. Delicious.
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Focus On Cakes & Biscuits: Television ads drive sector in recession
There have been big changes in advertising budgets in the cakes and biscuits category both up and down. And the money that is being spent is almost exclusively destined for TV.
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Tescos north of border list Nairn range
Scottish TV chef Nick Nairn is launching a range of bread, biscuits and cereals to champion local produce.The range, which starts rolling into Scottish Tescos at the end of this month, comprises multigrain and white rolls, tattie scones,...
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Quality Test: Own-label small French baguette/baton
Waitrose offered the most expensive baguette, at 59p, and it showed. Not only was it the softest of them all, it had a light, fluffy texture and a pleasantly sweet taste.
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NewsSarnie revival is sign of economic recovery
Bread makers this week hailed an increase in sandwich sales as an early sign of economic recovery as Hovis was revealed as the UK's fastest growing bread brand.
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Kingsmill keeps its slice size up in battle of the Little Big Loaf
Kingsmill has launched what it claims is the UK's first custom-baked smaller loaf with full-size slices.The Little Big Loaf a 525g loaf with slices the size and thickness of a regular 800g loaf hits shelves next week in Great Everyday...
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Quality Test: Own-label plain naan bread
A good naan should be crisp on the outside, soft inside, and pleasantly yet subtly seasoned. Sainsbury's tried a different approach, with a soggy and artificial offering. It didn't work.