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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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Lees Foods Plc has a small increase in turnover

  • Monday, 6 June 2011
  • baking industry
Lees Foods Plc, Coatbridge, Scotland, owner of Lees of Scotland and the Waverley Bakery, has announced its year end results to 31st December 2010. Sales increased to GBP 18.65m (about EUR 20.98m)(2009: GBP 18.19m, EUR 20.46m respectively). Pre-tax pr...Read more …

Rumors about Corner Bakery and Il Fornaio

  • Friday, 3 June 2011
  • baking industry
Rumors in different media are speculating about a possible buyout of the Corner Bakery Café and Il Fornaio brands. The media expect the Roark Capital Group to be the buyer; they also own the Focus Group, parent company of Auntie Anne’s, Carvel, Ci...Read more …

Flowers Food to complete acquisition of Tasty Baking

  • Friday, 3 June 2011
  • baking industry
On 25th May 2011, Flowers Food, Inc. from Thomasville and the Tasty Baking Company, Philadelphia, both from the USA, announced the completion of the Flowers' all cash merger with Tasty for a total purchase price of approximately USD 175m (about EUR 1...Read more …

Oman Flour Mills to have its first industrial bakery

  • Friday, 3 June 2011
  • baking industry
In September 2011, the first industrial bakery in Oman will start test production, as announced by Manal Mohammed al Abdwani, Chairperson of the Oman Flour Mills Co. (S.A.O.G.). The building is ready and the suppliers are installing the equipment. Es...Read more …

Georg Heberer hands over presidency

  • Monday, 30 May 2011
  • baking industry
After many years of affiliation to the AIBI presidium (Association Internationale de la Boulangerie Industrielle), Brussels, Belgium, the last two years – as its president – Georg Heberer is clearing the way for a successor at the top of the EU i...Read more …

interpack 2011 – the most successful ever

  • Friday, 27 May 2011
  • dates
The trade fair interpack 2011 has closed and has been one of the most successful events in the 53-year history of the world’s most important trade fair for the packaging sector and related processing industries, as reported in a press release. From...Read more …

Study: French are sweet on snacks

  • Thursday, 26 May 2011
  • research
According to the first results of the French Nutrinet-Santé study, 61% of the participants have admitted that they snack regularly or occasionally. Women are the biggest consumers of cakes, sweets and pastries. For a regular nibbler, the calorie int...Read more …

CSM has opened a new bakery ingredients plant in China

  • Tuesday, 24 May 2011
  • supplier
CSM has opened a new facility in Shanghai, China for the production of bakery ingredients (such as mixes for bread, cakes and muffins) for the markets in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, reported the Dutch company in a press release in May 2011. The faci...Read more …

DuPont has reached its goal

  • Monday, 23 May 2011
  • supplier
The chemical company DuPont has completed its tender offer for all outstanding shares of common stock in Denmark’s Danisco A/S at DKK 700/share, announced the US-based company. Some 92.2% of outstanding shares were tendered by the offer deadline of...Read more …

Bakery Products acquires Woodhead Bakery

  • Thursday, 19 May 2011
  • baking industry
The Bakery Products Limited Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Haldane Retail Group from Lincolnshire, UK, has acquired Woodhead Bakery and eleven of its retail outlets from its administrators. The family-run Woodhead Bakery, which has a facto...Read more …