All Bakery articles – Page 57
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Brooks bows out from Finsbury after six years
Finsbury Food Group will undergo a management reshuffle at the end of the month following the unexpected departure of its chief executive, Dave Brooks. Brooks, who has been at the helm of the cake and bread manufacturer since 2002, will leave on...
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Premier ‘will need a strong second half to ease City fear’
Price hikes on some of the most iconic grocery brands on the supermarket shelf helped Premier Foods post a 43.5% sales jump to £1.29bn – but its gigantic debt is worrying investors. Britain’s biggest food manufacturer, which owns Hovis, Mr Kipling...
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Wheat under the weather
The cost of bread and other food is set to soar unless the wet and warm weather abates. This was the stark warning from crop experts, who said the record rainfall was causing misery as wheat slowly rotted in the fields, with farmers unable to...
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Hovis reveals retro new look and logo
Hovis reveals retro new look and logo: Hovis has replaced its wheatsheaf logo with the ‘boy on a bicycle’ image from its iconic 1970s television advert as part of a retro overhaul of the brand. The new packaging will run across the entire bread range as part of the brand’s ...
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Pickup appointed new sales director at UBUK
Former Hovis chief Dave Pickup has been named as the new sales director of McVitie’s and Hula Hoops manufacturer United Biscuits UK. In addition to heading up UBUK’s sales team, providing strategic leadership and driving the sales function of the...
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Morrisons first to carry healthy logo
Morrisons has become the first UK company to carry a healthy logo from the US Whole Grains Council.The stamp, which flags up the wholegrain content of a product, will be rolled out initially on one bread line throughout its UK stores....
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Warburtons opens £45m Bristol plant
Soaring demand for Warburtons bread has prompted the brand to build a 520,000 sq ft bakery in Bristol.Warburtons is investing £45m in the Severn Beach-based facility, which is expected to be fully operational by December. More than 450...
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Meat price rises cover barely half of the costs
Meat is being sold below cost across Europe, controversial new European Commission figures have revealed - though the price of many other food staples has risen faster than the cost of production.The retail price of bread was expected to...
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Finding the hook for meats
While UK shoppers are sold on French bread, wine and cheese, marketing French meats to them is more of a challenge.From pâté to foie gras, the French are struggling to get a handle on what the British want from their deli counters. As a...
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Premier: it's about more than our daily bread
The soaring price of wheat, the now unfashionably heavy debt levels, and the cut in the dividend. These fundamentals dominated the headlines when Premier Foods announced a £73.5m pre-tax loss earlier this month. But CEO Robert Schofield...
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Schofield's pricepledge
Premier Foods boss Robert Schofield has pledged an end to the problems that saw sales of Hovis, its iconic bread brand, plummet.When Premier acquired RHM last March, Schofield was shocked to discover it had forward wheat contracts for...
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Mission's new bread ranges in TV ad push
Mission Foods is supporting its bakery range with a £1.3m advertising campaign following its expansion into naans and pitta breads.The Deli Naans and Deli Pittas range, rolling out now, will be backed with TV ads launching this...
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Expect bread plan to fail the acid test
The Food Standards Agency's plan for the mandatory addition of folic acid to bread could bring increased health risks for millions of peopleIt's staggering, and depressing, just how often the Food Standards Agency gets it wrong....
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Warburtons fibre boost
Warburtons is extending its wholemeal bread offer with an extra-fibre option to focus on the growing healthy bread sector.Wholemeal Fibre Boost hits shelves next week, priced at £1.32 for an 800g loaf. The bread provides more than one...
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New look for Kingsmill Gold
Allied Bakeries is relaunching its premium Kingsmill Gold range with new packaging and varieties supported by a £3m push including TV ads.The relaunch, aimed at the growing top end of the market, includes two seed-based breads under the...
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Rank Hovis recalls flour
Rank Hovis has recalled batches of Elephant Atta, Fassal and Goldcrest flour because the product could contain small pieces of metal.The products are supplied by wholesalers but many of the customers are members of the public, said the Food...
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Allied Bakeries brings new trio to sales team
After a rocky 2007, Kingsmill manufacturer Allied Bakeries has kicked off the new year with three new appointments. The changes have been made by sales director Martin Brewis a year after he took up his role. Ann-Marie Perkins,...
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Thick bread. It's a disgrace
Pssst. Do you want to know the real cause of obesity? It's nothing to do with people gorging themselves on sweets and fizzy drinks, or eating Big Macs, apparently, but rather the curse of the thick-cut sliced sarnie.This revelation was...
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Strike over pay set to hit Warburtons
Warburtons is facing disruption to production in the run-up to Christmas after workers agreed to a 48-hour strike later this month.The Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union, which has 1,200 members among Warburtons' 3,000 employees,...
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Sainsbury's signs deal to source British wheat
Sainsbury's has become the first chain to achieve full traceability for its fresh own label bread by sourcing wheat for its in-store bakeries from named British farmers.A multimillion-pound deal with miller Whitworth Bros and farmers in...