http://www.bakeryinfo.co.uk British Baker en http://www.bakeryinfo.co.uk/images/rss.gif http://www.bakeryinfo.co.uk http://www.bakeryinfo.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/5322/Tameside_student_wins_Hovis_scholarship.html The Hovis Scholarship Award has been given to Gabrielle Baxter from Tameside College, who will get the chance to obtain first-hand bakery experience working with industry professionals. http://www.bakeryinfo.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/5321/Coffee_Republic_goes_into_administration.html UK coffee chain Coffee Republic (UK) Limited has gone into administration alongside Coffee Republic Franchising and Goodbean Ltd, following the suspension of its shares yesterday. http://www.bakeryinfo.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/5320/New_deadline_announced_for_cupcake_competition.html Don’t forget to get creative and enter our national cupcake competition, sponsored by Puratos, in the run up to National Cupcake Week, and get your recipes in by the new date of 22 July. http://www.bakeryinfo.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/5306/Reusable_lunch_bags.html Planglow has launched reusable jute lunch bags, which can be sold to customers in bakery retailers as an alternative to plastic bags. The bags are designed to hold lunchtime items such as a sandwich, drink and snack, and feature the words 'Small bag - Big difference'. http://www.bakeryinfo.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/5305/Cadbury_adds_Bites.html Cadbury is launching Cadbury Fudge Bites, extending its presence in the small cake market, said owner Premier Foods. The sponge cake pieces are layered with Cadbury Fudge and covered in chocolate. The Cake Bites range was launched in 2008 and has added £2m to the sector. http://www.bakeryinfo.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/5304/Irwin_s_takes_Softee_touch.html Northern Irish-bakery Irwin's has launched a new sliced white pan - Irwin's Softee - in order to capitalise on the renewed growth in sliced white bread. http://www.bakeryinfo.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/5303/British_grates.html Artisan Biscuits has launched a range of cheese biscuits under the name Grate Britain. The all-British range consists of Cheddar Biscuits, made with Wookey Hole Cave-Aged Cheddar; Stilton Biscuits, made with Long Clawson Blue Stilton; and Smoked Cheese Biscuits, made with Dorset Red. The cheese is freshly grated for every batch and English flour, cream and butter are also used. They are available from delicatessens and cheese shops. http://www.bakeryinfo.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/5302/60-second__sales_pitch.html == What's new? == http://www.bakeryinfo.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/5301/Allen_s_key_to_efficency.html Allen Coding's 55SST thermal transfer printer has been designed to increase efficiency on food production lines, providing high speeds of up to 400mm per second (intermittent) and 750mm per second (continuous). http://www.bakeryinfo.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/5300/Small_style_from_Melitta.html Melitta has launched The Bar-Cube, a new bean-to-cup machine to fit onto the smallest of counter spaces. Measuring 430mm wide x 500mm deep x 465mm high, it can produce 150 espressos per hour and has 18 different menu settings. http://www.bakeryinfo.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/5299/Gerald_takes_quality_control.html Applied Principles has launched a new paperless quality management system called Gerald, designed with bakeries and small manufacturers in mind. It eliminates huge amounts of paperwork, while giving real-time reporting, collation of trendable data, traceability, audit compliance and time- and cost-savings. http://www.bakeryinfo.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/5298/Consumer_watch___Coffee_chain_tracking_programme_2009.html Unsurprisingly, quality and taste of drinks was considered most important to coffee chain customers (38%). While quality and taste of food (11%) and drinks range (10%) came in second and third, the rest of respondents were divided between a whole range of factors and services, from product availability to speed of service, shop cleanliness, value for money, seat availability, staff friendliness, pricing, product choice, food range, loyalty cards and promotions. Rather than suggesting that the http://www.bakeryinfo.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/5297/Constant_shows_sensitivity.html A new metal detector has been launched by Constant Instruments, offering sensitivity up to 30% higher than earlier models. The THS/MS21 metal detector, suitable for use in bakeries, can detect contaminant particles at high speed, even for difficult highly conductive products, such as those containing high levels of salt or fat. http://www.bakeryinfo.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/5296/Get_to_grips_with_granules.html Ishida Europe has launched a new Cut-gate Weigher, designed for the weighing of granular products, such as sugar and salt or granules for hot and cold drinks. According to Ishida, the weigher is typically three times more accurate than conventional filling or dosing systems. Its gentle handling preserves the particle size and structure, in turn reducing dust emissions. http://www.bakeryinfo.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/5295/Bosch_bagger_s_versatile_style.html Bosch packaging technology has launched a new SVI vertical bagger series, suitable for food and non-food applications. The machine's low height and the numerous retrofitting options makes it capable of performing multiple standard bag styles for an unlimited range of products, such as bakery and confectionery items, powders and tea and coffee. The intermittent SVI machines can produce bags with corner seal and doy-style bags with optional zippers, and can be upgraded with an additional modula