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Christmas is Coming, and so are the Lawsuits

As Christmas time comes around again, the Fair Work Commission has made a timely ruling that an employer did not unfairly dismiss a storeperson for throwing a...

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The future of bread lies in its past

The Puratos Sourdough Library in Belgium is where we physically store many of the most interesting sourdoughs from around the world so as to safeguard them for...

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Tell the Story and Educate your Customers

Tell the Story and Educate your Customers I’ve recently been reading the much acclaimed book on bread baking called Modernist Bread 2017, The Cooking Lab, by Nathan...

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Growing a local grain economy

Using grain that’s grown locally and milled fresh is good for the farmer, the baker and the customer. We started Tivoli Road Bakery five years ago, and...

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Butter prices starting to soften

It’s now a well-known fact that we currently have a global butter shortage on our hands, which has caused butter prices to skyrocket. Since 2016 we’ve seen...

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Sexism at work—still not acceptable

Sexism at work—still not acceptable Employees, particularly male employees, still continue to speak about female employees in the workplace in terms that are unacceptable, sexist and demeaning....

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“I’ve got this Sol Feeling”

I’ve got this Sol Feeling Where have I been hiding? Well, after the recent birth of my darling baby boy and becoming a mum, I’ve been trying...

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EMPLOYEE LIES ON A RESUME

A perfect candidate for a job comes to you with a great employee line on a resume, great qualifications, great experience, and it seems you have filled...

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Product Reformulation

Product Reformulation Since the beginning of June, the long-awaited US regulation banning transfats from processed foods has been in force. So, what does that mean for the...