Category: Snacks and baked goods
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David Wood Baking has been fined after a conveyor injury. A worker suffered multiple fractures after becoming trapped in an unguarded roller while cleaning a sausage-roll production line at the company’s Sheerness factory.
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Jacksons has launched sliced sourdough after investing in manufacturing capacity. Specialist equipment has enabled production the Yorkshire bakery could not previously undertake as it enters a growing retail bread category.
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Production has ended at Kellanova’s historic Trafford Park cereal factory. Around 360 jobs are affected as manufacturing transfers to Wrexham following a closure process first announced in 2024.
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C.H. Guenther has opened a bakery innovation centre in Coventry. The 172m² facility combines commercial-scale baking, sensory testing, demonstrations, and customer development alongside the company’s £38m production plant.
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IDAK has sold KADI as it concentrates on frozen bakery. The transaction returns the Swiss potato-products manufacturer to Invision ownership while its management retains continuity and a minority stake.
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Sweetmore Bakeries has acquired Fantasy Baking, adding West Coast capacity. The deal gives the bakery group six facilities and expands production across cookies, baked bars, dry blends, and specialist formulations.
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India has launched two locally developed high-expansion popcorn maize hybrids. Krisna459 and Godari234 were bred for processor-grade popping performance and Indian growing conditions after a multi-year development programme.
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Haldiram has secured approval for a new Odisha manufacturing plant. The ₹500 crore project will produce snacks and baked goods in the Khordha/Cuttack area, with around 800 jobs projected.
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State Fayre’s Manchester bakery will continue trading after liquidation proceedings. A sale to YF & SF Bakery protects 25 jobs while transferring the business, assets, brand, and goodwill to a newly established company.
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CMA action will force Vandemoortele to divest its Worcester plant. The remedy is designed to preserve competition in frozen laminated dough while allowing the Délifrance acquisition to stand.