Jun 25, 2019 | Awards, Baking, Food Packing, News
Biscuit manufacturer Border Biscuits has highlighted its commitment to improving the environmental impact of the business by removing 90% of plastic from packaging as part of a wider £1.6million investment into its products and processes. Its Dark Chocolate Ginger...
Jun 3, 2019 | Baking, News
The Federation of Bakers has formally announced that the organisation will now be managed as a private limited company, Federation of Bakers Limited. The announcement was made at the first Annual General Meeting of the newly formed company. The change follows a review...
Apr 26, 2019 | Baking, Ingredients, News, Retailing
Publication of Associated British Foods (ABF) interim results has revealed that at Allied Bakeries, recent customer discussions on pricing have had some success, but also led to the termination of its largest private label bread manufacturing contract with Tesco. ABF...
Jan 22, 2018 | Baking, News, Sugar
Associated British Foods plc (ABF) has revealed a 4% increase in group revenue for the 16 weeks ended 6th January, despite a 12% drop in sugar revenue. ABF, whose brands include Jordans, Ryvita, Kingsmill, Patak’s and Silver Spoon, announced that, other than the...
Dec 8, 2017 | Baking, News
Drivers at the Kingsmill bakery in West Bromwich have cancelled plans for strike action, after overwhelmingly accepting a revised pay offer, said the union, Unite. According to the union, the drivers, maintenance staff and security personnel at the Birmingham Road...
Nov 30, 2017 | Baking, Dairy, News, Sugar
A study conducted by fitness experts Nuyoo.co has compared festive food items from five major supermarkets (Asda, Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Waitrose and Morrisons), to see the calories, fat and sugar content in the products. The study examined nutritional information for...
