Warburtons has pumped more than £2.5m into building a dedicated facility in Newburn to support the launch of a new eight-strong range of gluten-free products.
UK based specialty bread producer, Giles Foods, claims an expansion of its production facilities to the tune of £4.5m (€5.26m) will allow it to meet a hike in demand for its premium and artisan range.
A strike ballot called by the Bakers, Food and Allied Workers’ Union (BFAWU) at Fox’s Biscuits’ factories at Kirkham and Batley has been called off due to ‘technical’ glitches.
"Would you eat this?" asks Stiletto Foods md Jeremy Woods, thrusting forth a nondescript looking bar with the words ‘diabetic chocolate’ emblazoned over the front.
The Vemag dough divider from Reiser adds versatility to production lines and is said to be ideal for all types of breads, buns, rolls and English muffins. It is easily adjustable to produce a range of exact-weight portions, dough absorptions and crumb...
Premier Foods is striving to resolve a dispute with Tesco that led to the retailer removing 11 out of 18 Hovis bread lines from its shelves earlier this month.
Greggs has unveiled ambitious expansion plans, submitting a planning application for a new bakery in Wiltshire and securing permission to build a new bakery in Penrith and a replacement bakery in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Warburtons has acknowledged receipt of a letter from Welsh rival Brace’s Bakery expressing an interest in its Newport bakery, but does not appear keen to engage in talks, according to Brace’s.
Threatened strike action at Maple Leaf Bakery UK’s Walsall factory has been averted after the Bakers Food and Allied Workers Union (BFAWU) agreed a deal with management.
The trade responded quickly to the downturn, but must now “respond to the upturn” if it wants to inject some excitement back into the cake fixture, Finsbury Food Group has warned.
Real Good Food Company (RGFC) has posted a £1.3m pre-tax loss in the first half, but says it has reached a turning point in its sugar business “after several difficult years”.
Premier Foods has been ordered to pay out almost ₤21,000 and slammed by UK safety authorities after an industrial accident in which a 65-kg metal pillar crushed the skull of one of its workers.
The Genius gluten-free fresh bakery brand is now worth more than £10m at retail level, just 15 months after launch, making it one of the most successful launches in the free-from market over the last decade.
An innovative British-made paving system manufactured from recycled plastics has had its first major installation at the bakery of Frank Roberts & Sons in Cheshire.
Staff at Maple Leaf Bakery UK’s Walsall factory will begin strikes next week after a trade union reballot produced a majority of members in favour of action.
Hampshire-based Stiletto Foods has made its first foray into the US market after striking a deal with natural foods giant Whole Foods Market that will see Mrs Crimble's free-from products listed in five of Whole Foods Market’s 11 regions in the US.
Amaranth-based gluten-free products may be edging towards wider acceptance after German scientists provided key information on preparing amaranth-based sourdoughs.
Strike action by staff at Maple Leaf Bakery UK’s Walsall factory has been delayed due to a technicality and a reballot is now being conducted, according to the Bakers Food and Allied Workers Union (BFAWU).
A leading economist says that industry sources and analysts predicting the Russian wheat export ban will have little impact on EU food prices are “naïve”, and overlook the fact that major futures contracts for Russian wheat are now worthless.
The firm behind a new breed of microscopic salt crystals that can help manufacturers slash sodium and retain their clean label status is conducting its first trials on cheese.
Global wheat stocks are sufficient to absorb production shortfalls in the short-term, but things could deteriorate rapidly if Russia's winter wheat crop is as bad as its spring crop, according to analysts at Rabobank.
Premier Foods remains ‘open-minded’ about selling off assets to pay off debts, bosses have revealed as the firm released interim results broadly in line with expectations, but warned of rising cost inflation in the second half.
Higher energy and raw material prices coupled with fragile demand and weak retail pricing could put many food manufacturers – particularly bakers – under intense margin pressure this year, analysts are predicting.
United Biscuits has been fined £10,000 plus costs by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after a worker had two fingers sliced off by a mixing machine.
Premier Foods has lost market share in three out of four of its key trading categories in the second-quarter, according to Nielsen data supplied to Investec Securities.
Only about 15% of production at Warburtons’ bakery at Hereford Street in Bolton is likely to be impacted long-term by last week’s fire, bosses have insisted.
Shoppers are "becoming bored" with the cake fixtures in supermarkets, but rising input costs and weak retail pricing are making it difficult for firms to add excitement and value back into the category, according to the boss of Finsbury Food...
The snacks and biscuits division of UK manufacturer United Biscuits could be parcelled out to different buyers, according to a research firm's analysis of the market following media reports the company is to be sold by its private equity owners.
Flour prices could head further north this summer, driven by a combination of lower-than-anticipated corn planting in the US, reduced wheat production forecasts in Russia and Canada and lower yields in Europe, Premier Foods is predicting.
Acrylamide reductions in bread of up to 90 per cent have been claimed in initial test results announced this week for a proprietary yeast product from Phyterra Yeast, a division of Canadian firm, Functional Technologies Corporation.
Northern Foods' Matthew Walker Christmas pudding factory has completed an asset care programme with MCP Consulting and Training, that has allowed it to improve equipment effectiveness and prevent contamination.
Fine Lady Bakeries is working with urban regeneration organisation New East Manchester (NEM) and JobCentre Plus to equip local people with the skills to work in its £20m new bakery in Newton Heath.
Hayden's Bakeries has signed the lease on a new distribution facility that will free up a significant amount of production capacity at its Devizes bakery.
The European Commission has published precise recommendations for the monitoring of acrylamide levels in food products, as the reduction of levels is patchy across categories.
Ethnic breadmaker Honeytop Speciality Foods has moved into the morning goods sector after making a major investment in its Dunstable factory. This has resulted in some "exciting new product launches", according to Honeytop's new product...
