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A glance at Gdańsk’s bakeries

Andrzej Szydłowski Bakery

Gdańsk, situated on the Baltic Sea in northern Poland, was already a rich and influential city in the Middle Ages. This makes it an attractive showcase for the Polish baked goods market – so here is a short tour through the Gdańsk bakeries.

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backaldrin appoints two new members for the management board

  • Thursday, 18 April 2013
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© backaldrin | The new members of the backaldrin Management Board: Wolfgang Mayer (l.) und Martin Mayr (r.)
backaldrin The Kornspitz Company GmbH from Asten, Austria, appointed Martin Mayr and Wolfgang Mayer as new members of the Management Board at the beginning of the new 2013/14 financial year. Moreover, both Mayr and Mayer have been granted power of at...Read more …

The founder of Shaffer Manufacturing has died

  • Wednesday, 17 April 2013
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87-year-old Donald R. Shaffer died on 12th April 2013. He was the founder of the Shaffer Manufacturing Corporation, which has been a division of Bundy Baking Solutions in Urbana, Ohio, USA, since 2007. Shaffer started his own company in 1986 after ha...Read more …

Orkla: New CEO confectionary & snacks

  • Tuesday, 16 April 2013
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Orkla ASA from Oslo, Norway, has appointed Christer B. Åberg (46) as the new CEO of the Orkla Confectionery & Snacks business area. He will take up his position by 1st August 2013 at the latest and will report to Orkla President and CEO Åge Korsv...Read more …

Domino’s in Germany

  • Monday, 15 April 2013
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About two and a half years ago, Domino’s Pizza Group plc from Milton Keynes, UK, announced that it will grow rapidly on the German market and will therefore open up to 1,000 stores. Apparently everything takes time: in the first quarter of 2013 the...Read more …

London: Aldi plans smaller shops

  • Friday, 12 April 2013
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German discounter ALDI Einkauf GmbH & Co. oHG from Essen (ALDI Nord) and Mühlheim an der Ruhr (ALDI Süd) will start a new shop format in London, UK. The company plans to build smaller stores in key locations to gain a new market share in the conv...Read more …

Burton’s to invest

  • Friday, 12 April 2013
  • baking industry
Burton's Foods Limited from St. Albans, one of the largest biscuit makers in the UK, announced plans to invest GBP 13.5m (EUR 15.6m) in 2013 in upgrading its production facilities to boost efficiency and provide additional capacity. According to the ...Read more …

BIET in Barcelona in June 2013

  • Wednesday, 10 April 2013
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The 4th session of Baking Ingredients, Enzymes, and Technology (BIET) will be presented at the IQS School of Engineering - Ramon Llull University in Barcelona from 5th to 6th June 2013. The two-day innovation meeting, which is held every two years, w...Read more …

Carrefour to test new organic shop

  • Monday, 8 April 2013
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At the end of March 2013, retail giant Carrefour S.A., Boulogne-Billancourt, France, opened its 1st store completely dedicated only to organic products in Paris. Based at 29 boulevard Diderot in the 12th arrondissement, the shop named “Carrefour Bi...Read more …

2012: Good performance for Fazer

  • Friday, 5 April 2013
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The Finnish Fazer Group, Helsinki, one of the largest bakery companies in Scandinavia, has shown an increase in turnover by 6.4% to EUR 1.676bn in 2012, compared to EUR 1.576bn in 2011. Most of it was generated in Finland (48%), Sweden (24%) and Russ...Read more …

Great Britain: Sales growth at Greggs

  • Thursday, 4 April 2013
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At Greggs plc from Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK, the growth in sales was 4.8% to GBP 735m (approx. EUR 862.8m), mainly driven by the opening of 100 new shops in 2012. On a comparable sales area, the like-for-like sales were 2.7 % lower, which means a decr...Read more …