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Crumbs! How Britain fell out of love with the sliced loaf

Packaged bread, once a household staple, is in ‘inexorable decline’ because of rising costs and competition from other options

The Guardian - UK

Baking a deal? Hovis and Kingsmill owners in talks about historic merger

Associated British Foods’ sale of Allied Bakeries would bring together two of the UK’s biggest breadmakers

The Guardian - UK

Hovis and Kingsmill owners in takeover talks about historic merger

A deal between the bread-making titans could potentially draw the attention of competition regulators

The Independent UK

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Kingsmill owner confirms talks with Hovis parent company over bread takeover

Associated British Foods said its Allied Bakeries business ‘continues to face a very challenging market’ and that it is in talks with Hovis’s owner.

Evening Standard

'Do not eat': Morrisons and Hovis crumpets may contain 'pieces of metal'

The National (Scotland)

The best adverts of the 1970s

From product-less print ads to celebrities with slogans – experts pick the top ads of the decade

Creative Bloq

The saltiest bread revealed as some loaves found to have same amount as crisps

Some might not realise just how much salt is their loaf of bread as health campaigners issue an urgent warning.

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Slice of bread has more salt than a packet of crisps, campaigners warn

Action on Salt is calling for mandatory salt reduction targets.

Evening Standard

Salt in sliced breads exceeds crisps, say health campaigners

Government should act to force bakers to reduce excessive salt content for public health, says Action on Salt

The Guardian - UK

Sliced bread 'can have as much salt as bag of crisps', campaigners warn

Action on Salt surveyed 242 loaves of sliced breads from 28 companies sold at 10 of the UK's largest supermarkets

Wales Online

Tests on bread leave bad taste in mouth as three slices have more salt than a bag of crisps

The saltiest was Hovis White Since 1886 cob, with 1.48g per 100g of bread, around three slices, compared to 0.34g in a packet of Walkers crisps

Daily Mirror

Three in four sliced bread products as salty as bag of crisps, campaigners warn

Action on Salt is calling for mandatory salt reduction targets.

The Independent UK

Life in the shadow of Hovis bakery in 'lovely' Nottinghamshire village

The bakery has been there for decades

Nottingham Post

John Lewis and Waitrose owner appoints first group chief executive

Nish Kankiwala to lead staff-owned partnership as it struggles to turn around business amid rising costs

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Belfast Live

We compared prices at four supermarkets in Northern Ireland to see which is cheapest

Belfast Live checked out the prices at Sainsbury's, Asda, Tesco and Lidl

Belfast Live

Hovis strike called off as workers accept 13.5% pay offer

Members of Unite had suspended industrial action while discussions took place

Belfast Live

Northern Ireland bakery strike action has been suspended

Workers at the Hovis site had been due to walk out from Sunday morning

Belfast Live

Bread supplies across Northern Ireland likely to be impacted as Hovis workers set to walk out

The action is scheduled to begin on Sunday

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Daily Record

Supermarket shoppers issued warning as 'half and half' bread taken off shelves

The Real Bread campaign group has been waging war againt the naming of 'half and half' loaves.

Chronicle Live

Shoppers issued bread warning as 'half and half' products stripped from supermarket shelves

Iceland is said to have already made changes, with other supermarkets possibly following suit in the future

Daily Mirror

Warning for shoppers who buy 'half and half' bread as products pulled from shelves

Iceland has removed its own-brand ‘50% white and wholemeal’ loaf after a complaint was made by the lobby group to trading standards and campaigners say other supermarkets could follow the move

Liverpool Echo

Warning to anyone who buys bread as products pulled from shelves

Iceland has reportedly already made changes

Manchester Evening News

'I compared Costco and Asda to see which was cheapest for a big shop'

From chicken to cheese, we took a trip to see how the wholesaler compares with one of country's most popular supermarkets

Daily Mirror

One of Britain's most famous views is 'ruined' by house scaffolding, say visitors

Visitors to Gold Hill in Shaftesbury have been left frustrated after cottage has been covered in sheeting due to renovations as the Town Council admit 'works do need to be carried out'

The Guardian - UK

The top brass: Ahead of two dedicated Proms, can brass bands finally move beyond the cliches?

It’s been 33 years since the last Prom dedicated to brass band music, while Gavin Higgins’ concerto for Brass band and orchestra is the first Proms commission of its kind. It’s time to forget that Hovis ad and celebrate the banding world

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