All Bakery articles – Page 58
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Kingsmill price puzzles
The price of Kingsmill bread is lagging 20p behind arch-rival Hovis, analysis in The Grocer 33 has revealed - stumping industry commentators who suggested that the prices of commodity-based products were increasing across the board. This...
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Premier Foods to meet expectations
Premier Foods has said it expects to meet market expectations for 2007 despite rising raw material and packaging costs. In a trading update released this morning, the food manufacturer, which owns brands including Branston, Hovis, Oxo and...
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Mail strike holds up Warburtons ballot
Union leaders have been forced to reschedule a strike ballot for Warburtons staff after voting papers were held up by Royal Mail stoppages earlier this month. The original two-week ballot was open from 10-24 October, but the Royal Mail...
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British sarnies are still rubbish
The once-ghastly fillings in sarnies are better but the bread is still a national embarrassment. Simple, wholesome bread could improve our nutritional status overnightI'm not a fan of the British sarnie, so when I face a long journey I...
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Rising prices take the biscuit
Spiralling wheat costs have hit the headlines this year. But it's not just the price of a loaf of bread that's been affected - the sweet side of the baking industry has also felt the squeeze. Biscuit flour prices have doubled from about £90 a...
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Kingsmill overtaken by own label bread sales
Supermarket own label bread sales have overtaken Kingsmill's for the first time, reflecting growing retailer activity in the category.The market share by value of own label bread for the year to July increased 3.7% to 16.7%, according to...
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Price Survey
After weeks of anticipation the rocketing price of commodities has finally hit the supermarket shelves, but the rising price of bread, milk and other staples is by no means across the board. Our analysis of The Grocer 33 this week shows,...
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faithful customers
This is the Jesus Christ Supermarket in Tobago, spotted on holiday by one of Bogof's eagle-eyed colleagues. With a name like that, one imagines it offers some quite heavenly promotions - buy one loaf of bread and get 4,999 free, anyone? And what...
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Cost of bread set to rocket as wheat price hits record high
The cost of a loaf of bread is set to soar even further following another dramatic rise in wheat prices. The average price of a loaf of bread has already gone up 10% this year to about £1. Experts warned that prices could rise a further 10 to 20p...
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CSM acquires Kate's Cakes for £32.5m
Cake manufacturer Kate's Cakes has been bought by Danish food giant CSM in a deal worth £32.5m. CSM, which also owns BakeMark UK, purchased the West Sussex baker's shares for £20.5m, plus the company's debt costs of £12m. Kate's Cakes, which...
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What the papers said - 11th August 2007
The News of the World claimed this week it had smashed a conman's £6bn smear campaign against Tesco and Asda. The conman faked emails between senior employees at the supermarkets, which said the two employees were discussing a future rise in bread...
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Wheat prices hit Warburtons
The soaring cost of wheat on global commodity markets has reportedly hit Warburtons.Although the baker reported a 16% increase in full-year sales to £209m in its latest accounts filed at Companies House yesterday, pre-tax profit fell from...
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Retailers say... It's early days for Polish
Ethnic food is a staple of the c-store offer with many claiming to stock a good range of products, from Chinese sauces and Caribbean food to Indian bread and vegetables. The majority of stores say they will also be expanding their ranges as the...
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Rocketing wheat costs start to bite
The impact of soaring wheat costs began to bite this week as the UK's largest miller, Rank Hovis, massively increased the price of its flour, while Goodfellas and Fox's supplier Northern Foods announced plans to slash costs in a bid to offset...
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Price of loaf set to rise further as poor harvests force up wheat cost by 50%
Bread prices are set to soar further on the back of a massive hike in the cost of raw materials.Wheat prices are currently riding 50% higher than they were a year ago, as a result of poor harvests worldwide caused by extreme...
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Mosimann cooks puds for the Duchy
Duchy Originals, the organic brand with royal brand equity, has joined forces with celebrated chef Anton Mosimann to produce two classic desserts.A bread and butter and a rice pudding, made to Mosimann's unique recipes, are set to join...
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Is adding folic acid a half-baked notion?
Next Tuesday, the FSA board will meet to discuss whether folic acid should be added just to bread or to flour - which would mean it could also go into cakes and biscuits. The blanket addition of folate is justified, it says, because a...
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Opinion - "If we can't eat an egg a day, heaven help other staples. Potatoes, bread, water? Nothing is safe"
We couldn't get hold of Edwina Currie, but we are confident she would have lined up behind the FSA and the Daily Mail in condemnation, so monumentally stupid was the decision this week to ban an ad about food (the old 'Go to work on an egg'...