The Edinburgh Butter Company has launched Scotland’s first-ever croissant competition, open to bakers across the country, with swag, bakery equipment and kudos up for grabs.
Exploding Bakery has created an environmentally-friendly zucchini, lime and rosemary cake, with some of the proceeds going to the Eden Project; DoubleTree by Hilton's gooey, warm chocolate chip cookie has landed in the Smithsonian; and All Things...
Gourmand Pastries is getting into a twist with its new Pretzel Triangle, Schwan’s is boasting about its pre-fired frozen pizzas that deliver pizzeria-quality craftmanship; and Walker’s is decking the halls with its Premium Festive Travel Retail Range,...
The UK-based supplier of breads and baked treats – formerly CSM Bakery Solutions – has added an office in Poland to its expanding footprint, already operating across 12 sites in seven countries.
Groupe Le Duff – a leader in the global bakery-pastry, café bakery and pizza-pasta sector – has acquired North American producer of Viennese and French-style pastries Lecoq Cuisine Corporation; a move that emphasises the focus of Le Duff on accelerating...
Délifrance partnered with trend consultants Harris & Hayes and commission Nielsen to conduct a UK-wide retail study to find out what Brits want from bread and pastry, both at home and out of the home, when they want it and what will encourage them...
Snacking – both in and out of the home – is a category that did very well in 2020 and the movement looks set to continue in 2021 as consumers look for inexpensive sweet treats to cheer themselves up, writes Karen Dear, director of operations for the Craft...
Délifrance’s newest research – Prove It: A Viennoiserie Focus – reveals that 79% of consumers consider taste to be the key factor when choosing viennoiserie, compared to 61% placing freshness at top spot, and 49% pinpointing price.
Get snacking and join the fight against hunger with 34 Degree’s gluten-free chickpea Snaps, Lay’s Poppables gets rocking with the Trolls and Maison Dixie shakes up the frozen aisle: BakeryandSnacks scours the shelf to find on-trend innovation.
The quest for health, a plant-based lifestyle, artisanal experiences and flavour experimentation may be shaping the UK bakery market, according to Délifrance, but there’s still room for indulgence – especially on National Croissant Day tomorrow (January...
With the advent of everything from online shopping to trends like ‘good for me and ‘good for the Earth’, insights show the French consumer’s attitude to baked goods is rapidly changing. Andrew Crofts, senior research analyst at FMCG Gurus, delves deeper.
