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Celiac awareness on the rise |
May 28, 2009 – More and more food producers, including bakeries, are turning to gluten-free (GF) products to capitalize on the growing presence of celiac disease and wheat and gluten allergies in our culture.
With the Canadian Celiac Association holding its national conference this weekend in Waterloo, Ont., we thought it might be a good idea to put up a poll asking whether you are producing or offering GF products at your business, or whether you plan to. Be sure to cast your vote!
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Time to submit those recipes |
May 8, 2009 – Got a recipe you don’t mind sharing with your fellow bakers? We’re currently soliciting submissions for the 2009 Bakers Journal Recipe Collection, which will be packaged with our August/September issue. E-mail your ideas to
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by Friday, July 24.
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What's growing your growth? |
April 16, 2009 – We're starting to prepare our June 2009 issue, whose theme is "What's Driving Industry Growth?," and while we have some interesting statistics from the government, we want to hear directly from bakers about what products and/or services are boosting your bottom line during these tumultuous times. Drop us an e-mail message at
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to share your thoughts on what's been flying off the shelves.
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April 1, 2009 – Bakers Journal advertising manager Stephanie Jewell and I are in Montreal this week for the SIAL food show, so it seems appropriate to weigh in on the results of our most recent poll. Although the votes are still trickling in, it would appear that most of you are cutting back on your presence at trade shows this year. As of this morning, 59.1 per cent of respondents said they would cut back, while 22.7 per cent said they would not. The rest were either undecided or did not attend trade shows.
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March 17, 2009 – First and foremost, happy St. Patrick's Day! We all have some Irish heritage on this day so I hope you were able to get out and enjoy it. And with the spring weather finally arriving, why not go out for brunch? Brunch is fast becoming a popular way to dine out without spending as much as an evening dinner, which often involves the purchase of extras such as desserts and alcohol, and restaurants, cafes and retail/foodservice bakeries should be taking advantage of this trend. In fact, brunch was hailed by many experts and publications as a trend to watch in 2009, and with the economy in a tailspin, that prediction looks to be spot on.
So, what are you doing to attract the "brunch crowd"?
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March 12, 2009 – If you haven’t voted in our new poll that went up last week, please take a moment to do so. With the season for food-industry trade shows getting under way, I thought it would be a good time to see what you think about the value, or lack thereof, of attending and/or exhibiting at trade shows in a recession.
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Feb. 16, 2009 – If you're in a province that celebrates Family Day, we hope you're enjoying a much-needed long weekend. This story about a presidential cupcake display at the Smithsonian came across my inbox yesterday, and with U.S. President Barack Obama visiting Canada this week I felt compelled to do a little work on my day off and share it with you. It's also a nice counterpoint to the Cake Wrecks link in my last post.
Happy Family Day!
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Lessons from the wreckage |
Feb. 3, 2009 – Let me preface this post by saying it's not a dig at cake decorators; in fact, there are some serious lessons to be learned – namely, improved communication skills and awareness of new technology – from this hilariously disastrous example of taking a customer's request way too literally.
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