Higher sugar sales and strong growth at the Primark clothes retailer helped Associated British Foods to insulate itself against tough conditions in the UK food grocery market in its first fiscal quarter. For the 16 weeks to 5 January, ...
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Warbutons aims to double its free-from sales during 2013 with a view to becoming the largest brand in the growing free-from sector. As part of this drive, the company is rebranding its line-up of gluten-free and wheat-free products, which ...
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US baker Flowers Foods has reached an agreement with Hostess Brands to acquire its Wonder, Nature's Pride, Merita, Home Pride and Butternut bread brands for around US$360m. Flowers has emerged as the "stalking horse" bidder that, if the ...
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British baking firm Warburtons has relaunched gluten-free and wheat-free bakery products under Newburn Bakehouse brand. The brand's portfolio also includes white, brown and fruit loaves, as well as white and brown sub rolls, and two ...
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US baker Flowers Foods has reached an agreement with Hostess Brands to acquire its Wonder, Nature's Pride, Merita, Home Pride and Butternut bread brands for around US$360m. Flowers will also take on 20 of Hostess' bakeries and ...
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Over the weekend Hovis started to use EU grain. The move was a blow for UK farmers, who are already reeling from the relentless rains that made 2012 the second-wettest year on record. In a statement, a Premier Foods spokeswoman said: ...
US-based baking company Flower Foods has signed two agreements to acquire certain bakery assets of Hostess Brands. The value of the total deal is approximately $390m. One of the agreements includes purchase of the Wonder, Nature's Pride, ...
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Premier Foods announced this morning (11 January) it is planning to close its Glasgow-based flour mill. The company said the move follows a review of its milling capacity and reflects a need to reduce milling volumes. The closure will ...
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One of the biggest supermarkets in Edinburgh was left with empty shelves on Tuesday after it was accidentally wiped off a computer system at the company's head office in Leeds. Deliveries to the Asda store in Chesser, Edinburgh, dried up ...
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Thanksgiving is just a week away and if you're hosting this year's feast your to-do list may be long but time is short. Stressful? You bet. But getting a head start on the cooking can help and so does sticking with recipes you know and ...
If a small appliance is on someone's holiday wish list, be sure to check the latest results from Consumer Reports' tests. Sales of these countertop wares have been robust, despite the down economy, which has kept manufacturers busy vying to ...
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UK-based Premier Foods plans to shut down its Glasgow flour mill by the end of the first quarter of 2013,in response to low milling volumes. The closure of the facility is expected to lead to a loss of 15 jobs.This decision comes after ...
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One outcome of the prolonged housing slump has been that when consumers postponed renovating their kitchens and buying large appliances, manufacturers got busy redesigning small ones. The rosy results can be found in the housewares ...
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Cuisinart has been our top-rated two-slice toaster for some time, but the brand has had to settle for second place among four-slice models, behind Breville. That changed with our latest toaster tests, in which a new four-slice model from ...
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With a roast beast filling the oven and side dishes on every available burner, a holiday host can quickly run out of space to cook a meal and all the trimmings. But with some creative use of small countertop appliances, you can coordinate ...
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