Peters Bakery, a UK-based baker with over 50 stores, has been sold to Coopland & Son, in a deal that will save more than 200 jobs. The sale includes 22 of Peters Bakery's stores and the transfer of 129 staff. It also includes the ...
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Africa and the Middle East have driven a rise in exports of food and non-alcoholic drinks from the UK in the first half of 2012, figures show. For the six months to the end of June, food and soft drinks exports increased by 2.2% to ...
The Australian food industry has recently claimed substantial progress for its self-regulatory measures aimed at restricting children's exposure to advertising of foods high in salt, sugar and fat. Health campaigners are less impressed. Ben ...
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UK-based Walkers Shortbread has created a peel-and-reclose packaging system for cookies, which is said to be convenient for on-the-go consumer and extends product's shelf life. The maker of shortbreads, biscuits, cakes, and oatcakes has ...
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One of the UK's largest own-label cake and pastry manufacturers has been snapped up by a private equity firm in£23.5M management buy-in deal(MBI). McCambridge Group's cake division–which bakes one in 10 of every retail ...
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UK-based supermarket Mrs Crimble's has launched a new range of Oat Flapjacks which are baked using gluten-free oats. The new Flapjacks are gluten free and are available in three new flavors:Buttery,Choc Chip and Mixed Berry. The new ...
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The paper-cut is one of China's most popular and characteristic folk arts. It takes paper as the material and scissors or engraving knives as the tool. The tradition can be traced back to the 6th century. However, it probably emerged even a ...
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US-based grocery chain Fresh & Easy has introduced new dinner range - Easy Dinner Combos. The new dinner range will include three options - Entree, Side dish and Dessert, The Entree options will include ready-to-cook items, such as ...
A 4,000-year-old Chinese folk art rarely practiced today, dough figurine is also known as mianhua or miansu in Chinese. The man who may have created the craft, Zhuge Liang, was military strategist of the state of Shu in the Three ...
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Ritualized gift exchanges have been a part of Chinese culture for centuries. When visiting someone's home, you traditionally take a gift. Many of those same gifts may work well during a western-style gift exchange. In other cases, Chinese ...
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Chinese food and beverage firm Wahaha is in a leading position to acquire United Biscuits' snacks business, KP Snacks, for £520m. This move comes after the owners of United Biscuits, US private equity firm Blackstone and the French ...
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United Biscuits, a leading manufacturer of biscuits, snacks and cakes in the UK, has launched McVitie's Cheddars Crispy Bacon. The new Crispy Bacon flavor addition to the McVitie's Cheddars range will be available in the same 150g roll ...
Singapore-based Wilmar International is building two large wheat flour mills in Indonesia,as it seeks to take advantage of the increasing demand for bread,noodles and convenience foods in the country. The project is being implemented by ...
Linde North America has introduced Mapax modified atmosphere packaging solution,which is designed to extend the shelf life of consumer packaged foods when compared to packaging in air. The solution uses a combination of food-grade ...
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UK-based supermarket chain Waitrose is adding four new cakes to its Seriously From Waitrose range. Seriously From Waitrose Rich Black Forest Tall Cakes(£2.79/2)have a creamy vanilla and Kirsch filling and then are topped with milk ...