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Australia finds 1/2m new weekly bread shoppers in a year

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Australia finds 1/2m new weekly bread shoppers in a year

By RJ Whitehead

Australia’s ultra-competitive bread market has picked up nearly half a million new customers in the last year, with almost 11m shoppers now spending an average of A$8.20 (US$6.16) each on their weekly loaves, buns and baguettes—though specialist shops...

Bridor de France has invested heavily into understanding consumer behaviour to help its customers. Pic: ©iStock/encrier

Gourmet breads on trend, says Bridor

By Gill Hyslop

French artisan bakery maker Bridor says consumers are eating less bread, but are demanding higher quality when they do indulge.

Kerry won the ASB's 2017 Innovation Award for its Biobake enzyme, suitable for crackers. Pic: ©iStock/mg7

Kerry Group wins BakingTech 2017 Innovation Award

By Gill Hyslop

The global food ingredients company won the American Society of Baking’s 2017 Innovation Award for Operational Excellence at BakingTech 2017, held in Chicago, US, last month.

Mercedes Hortal and Nuria Herranz, ITENE, at the AIPIA Congress.

AIPIA Congress 2016

ITENE develops antimicrobial packaging for bread

By Jenny Eagle

ITENE (Packaging, Transport and Logistics Research Center) Madrid, has developed an antimicrobial packaging for bread, enhancing the quality and safety of the product.

The Real Bread Campaign was left 'disappointed' by the ASA's lack of action. © iStock

B2B firms know artisan doesn’t mean….well, artisan, says ASA

By Niamh Michail

An advert for a bread mix that promises “an easy way to make sour dough and artisan breads” is not misleading because it targets B2B firms who know the end product will be ‘artisan-style’, says the UK’s advertising watchdog.

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