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THEY MIGHT BE FLAT BUT
SALES SURE ARE SWELL A sign of the times is highlighted in Taylor Nelson Sofres' top five morning goods suppliers where Mothers Pride and Sunblest rubs shoulders with the likes of Sharwood's and Pride Valley's ethnic bread. Usage of ethnic bread...
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Thanks to a rise in retail prices and the industry's concen
The volume of wrapped bread may be down but the value of this sector rose by 2% and is now worth more than £1bn [Taylor Nelson Sofres]. Reflecting on the past 12 months, the Federation of Baker's director John White says there has been a...
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Wrapped Bread
An increase in the average price seems to be the driving force behind the growth in the wrapped bread sector over the past year, with growth at 2% in a market worth more than £1bn. In volume, the market has declined 4%. Plant bread has been...
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Independent retailers continue to reap the benefits of havin
While many canny retailers already have bake-off in situ, growing their businesses further to satisfy consumers with a yen for unusually flavoured bread and snacks is at the top of their wish list. The quest for a point of difference between...
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Warburtons gets behind Sports Relief
Warburtons has signed a deal to sponsor Sports Relief, a new initiative for 2002 developed by the organisers of Comic Relief and BBC Sport. This is the first time Warburtons has taken the sponsorship route and, from June, it will be running a raft...
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Jane Hills, Safeway instore bakery buyer
We have done a lot of work with bread in wicker baskets and slatted boxes. We've seen lots of growth not just in instore bakery but in speciality bread, and our treats muffins, doughnuts and pastries are also growing. If you can merchandise them...
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John Cummings, Asda bakery director
The industry needs to sell the positive side of bread. It's one of the biggest intended purchases in the store and it gets left behind because it's not sexy. To keep the market alive we have to concentrate on quality. We have to get across the...
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Windsor wheat for royal loaf
Safeway is launching four royal bloomers to celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee. Two 800g loaves, a Jubilee ring and a Jubilee Coburg have been made for Safeway by Rank Hovis using 100% wheat sourced from the royal estate at Windsor. The move...
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Kwik Save instore bakeries as Somerfield boosts bread
Sheila Eggleston Somerfield Group is making a substantial investment to develop its bread offer across both its fascias, introducing instore bakeries into its Kwik Save estate and enhancing the range in Somerfield. Kwik Save is trialling a variety...
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Mothers Pride gets the power of V-Force to help get essentia
Sheila Eggleston British Bakeries has taken its first steps into the fortification arena and launched vitamin enriched bread and rolls. The Mothers Pride V-Force range consists of 800g medium and thick white loaves (rsp: 65p), a six-pack of finger...
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Smith takes over as chief executive of Pride Valley Foods
David Smith has become chief executive of flat bread producer Pride Valley Foods. Smith was previously divisional md of international locksmith and key manufacturer Williams Kidde. Pride Valley chairman Hossain Rezaei said: "David has a long...
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Speedibake refocuses NPD
Bread and cake supplier Speedibake is spending £1m to restructure its new product development around its five core product streams. Part of the money has been used to create an npd team of 18 under Hillary Harrison who has been recruited from...
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NIMBLE FOOTWORK FOR NEW YEAR DIETERS
British Bakeries is gearing up for New Year diet fever with a six-week on-pack promotion across its low calorie Nimble bread range. From Monday January 7, lucky consumers will find a £20 note hidden between slices of Nimble Amazing Grain, White,...
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Old favourites dress to kill while the giants wrestle over a
Some old favourite brands got dressed up this year. Schweppes mixers and Nescafé both got their first packaging revamp in 20 years, while four-finger Kit Kat and Cadbury Dairy Milk both had shiny new flow-wrap outfits. Hovis loaves sported new...
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The total pre-packed bread market experienced a 2% increase
While overall volumes are decreasing by 2%, value may have been inflated by increases in flour prices due to poor wheat harvests following last autumn's floods. This has caused manufacturers to raise their price per loaf, including Allied Bakeries...
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Bolton on a wet weekday afternoon is not the prettiest place
From his office window, the chairman of the Warburton family's eponymous 125-year-old bakery business can survey many of the company's landmarks, including the shop where his great grandfather, great uncle and great aunt started baking and selling...
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I love chocolate and could eat it everyday although I try to
I don't know much about Warburtons apart from the fact that it is a long-running family business: bakers born and bred' according to the adverts. I buy Warburtons medium sliced white bread quite often as it is good quality, reasonably priced and...
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I love chocolate and could eat it everyday although I try to
I don't know much about Warburtons apart from the fact that it is a long-running family business: bakers born and bred' according to the adverts. I buy Warburtons medium sliced white bread quite often as it is good quality, reasonably priced and...
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Further price rises on the way says Northern Foods' Stewart
Northern Foods chief executive Jo Stewart has warned further price increases are on the cards for bread and other flour related products to cover sharp rises in flour prices. He said: "In round terms, bread is about 10% of our business. When you...