industry news
And now for something completely different… a cupcake in its
own chocolate cup Unifine Food & Bake Ingredients has launched a family of cupcakes at BIE which are sold in their own chocolate cup. This new departure is believed by Unifine to be the first of its kind since the demise of the old-fashioned Kunzle Cakes way back in the 1950s and 60s. The Chocolate Cup Cupcake not only eliminates the need for paper wraps but also delivers a double shot of flavour. The secret of the new concept is to first bake the sponge then place it into Unifine's Sucrea Chocolate Ballerina Cups once the sponge has cooled. All that is left is to pipe a lavish swirl of flavoured cream over the sponge and sprinkle with toppings to suit. (See picture). 'We teamed Sucrea Sumix Soft powdered Sponge Mix with Sucrea compounds, flavours and fruit pieces to create these moist and delicious cupcakes,' says the company. 'The mixing process couldn't be simpler. It takes just 2-3 minutes to mix with a paddle on slow speed – and only 10 minutes for the sponge to bake.' For more information visit
www.unifine-fbi.co.uk.
Triquestra and TOSHIBA TEC supply POS
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eomans, the UK’s largest independent camping and outdoor retailer, has worked with Triquestra UK and TOSHIBA TEC to implement an updated POS system in its 86 retail outlets which range from high street stores to garden centre sites, outdoor shows and large factory outlets. The company which was established in 1904 was using an outdated, poor
performing POS system which was causing serious business problems for Yeomans 400 staff. Yeomans chose to work with Triquestra UK and TOSHIBA TEC to implement their Infinity POS solution as the replacement software using the ST- A10 POS and TRST A10 printer from TOSHIBA. It was critical that both teams from Triquestra and TOSHIBA achieved a smooth installation without interruption to the company’s management information. The implementation of the system was extremely quick. A working end-to-end test solution was created within 4 weeks which Yeomans reviewed and approved and the complete solution was rolled out within 6 weeks. For more information visit
www.toshibatec-eu.co.uk.
Allied launch Gicel Glass
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llied Glass has launched its exceptional new Gicel Glass, a superior ‘ice clear’ premium flint glass. It
has been lovingly created by Allied’s technical and production teams’ skilled craftsmen to achieve perfection and produce an enchanting colour. The manufacturer of Gicel Glass celebrates the culmination of a £9m investment programme in Allied’s Knottingley plant, which will be offering premium flint bottles in volumes of between ten thousand and twenty million. Allied is renowned within the packaging industry for designing and producing innovative, ground breaking and award winning glass containers. In recent years, the company has had success in the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining Starpack Awards, The International Spirit Challenge and UK Packaging Awards.
For more information call 0113 245 1568 or visit
www.allied-glass.com.
PRINT & APPLY AUTOMATES ID FOR UK TOY WAREHOUSING
Print & apply labelling is being adopted by one of the UK's top toy retailers to automate identification of incoming goods at its central automated warehouse in Coventry, improving logistics by avoiding errors in the previous desktop-printed hand-applied labelling operation. Seventeen Logopak 515T print & apply machines have been installed this autumn, one on each of the goods-in legs of the warehouse, to label every case received with unique information that
includes its allocated location within the warehouse and the manufacturer of the goods. Each leg handles the contents of a complete vehicle at a time, labelling up to ten different products in batches of 100 to 1000 cases. The labels are then scanned throughout the warehouse handling system, allowing goods to be directed automatically to the correct aisle, bay and shelf. For more information call 01904 692333 or visit
www.logopakprintandapply.co.uk.
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