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Gail's Waste Not range repurposes unusused offcuts like dough, cheese or wonky fruit - which would otherwise go to landfill - into new creations. Pic: Gail's Bakery

New investors bank on healthy post-pandemic recovery with £200m splurge on Gail’s Bakery chain

US private equity firm Bain Capital is leading the acquisition of Bread Holdings – the parent company of the upmarket UK coffeehouse chain – with input from EBITDA Investments and entrepreneurs Henry McGovern and Steven K. Winegar.

BakeryandSnack Chat podcast: Fighting childhood hunger one small idea at a time

With a passion to ensure that kids across the globe have enough to eat, but also believing in their influence to change the state of play, allergen-free snack brand MadeGood has launched the Un-Wreck the Future campaign to inspire kids to take ownership...

UK to lead WHO network to champion sugar and calorie reduction

The UK has been selected to head up the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Sugar and Calorie Reduction Network in Europe.

Healthy Snacking free-to-attend webinar

BakeryandSnacks’ Healthy Snacking webinar is tapping some of the best minds the sector has to offer to explore what healthy snacking means to consumers and the industry.

‘Black founders have less opportunities’: Add Psalt accelerator addresses ‘unlevel playing field’ in entrepreneurship

Purpose-led retail innovation accelerator ADD Psalt is helping to develop and commercialise food and drink products owned by ‘under-represented groups’. It kicked off its second growth programme with a full house of three Black female-owned brands.