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Supermarket Giants Slash Sliced Bread To 85-cents

The price of bread in supermarkets is the lowest it has been for years, with Coles and Woolworths discounting the cost of a 650g store-brand loaf to...

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Queensland Baker Crowned Queen Of Muffins

Gladstone baker Lydia Evans has proven the best muffins can be found on the mid-north coast of Queensland. Declared the 2014 winner of the annual Muffin Break...

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Bakery Fined $10k After Employee Breaks Arm In Dough Mixer

The Perth Magistrates Court has ordered a local bakery owner to pay almost $10,000 in fines and court costs after one of its employees broke his arm...

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Chinese Bakery Market Set To Soar

The Chinese bakery and cereals market is set to become the second most valuable by 2018 as more urban dwellers consume pick-me-up snacks on-the-go, according to new...

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Coles Banned For Three Years From Advertising ‘freshly Baked’ Bread

Supermarket chain Coles has been banned for three years from claiming its bread is made or baked on the day it is sold. Coles was also ordered...

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Merger Heats Up Bakery Ingredients Industry

George Weston Foods (GWF) has merged its Weston Milling business with AB Mauri’s Australia & New Zealand operations. The new entity launched as MAURI anz, a division...

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Web Ordering System To Ease Hungry App-etites

Sydney CBD workers are among the first in the country to download an innovative food app that allows them to pre-order and pay for their food purchases,...

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Korea’s Paris Baguette Chain Expands To… Paris

A South Korean chain has opened a bakery called Paris Baguette in the heart of the French capital. The food chain now said its global aim is...

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It’s Official: Melbourne Pastry Chefs Break Guinness Record For World’s Largest Chocolate Bouquet

Savour Chocolate & Pâtisserie School has achieved a world record for the largest chocolate flower bouquet, creating a 9m-long showpiece weighing 308.133kg. The school’s director Kirsten Tibballs,...

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Baking Industry Has A Taste For Fine Design

A Canberra bakery and a Melbourne pâtisserie are among food and beverage businesses around the country being recognised for design innovation and excellence. The annual Eat Drink...