British Bakels has released its autumn/winter 2026 sweet bakery flavour forecast, with salted caramel, cherry and caramelised biscuit leading a list informed by consumer and Mintel data.

Penske Logistics has gone live with Cimcorp's gantry-based automated fulfilment system at its Illinois bakery distribution centre, reporting 100% order accuracy and a 50% reduction in labour requirements.

Millbio and Thimus are combining functional ingredient development with sensory neuroscience to better understand how consumers experience GLP-1-aligned bread products.

Nexture has announced its acquisition of La Crema, a Dubai-based manufacturer of chocolate and food ingredients for bakery, ice cream and fine pastry applications.

MOA Foodtech has closed a €3.3m funding round to scale its AI-driven biomass fermentation platform and expand commercial supply of clean-label bakery ingredients.

New York Bakery has launched a range of three Stuffed Pizza Bagels into Tesco, marking the brand's first move into the frozen category. The products arrived in 497 stores nationwide on 8 September 2026.

C.H. Guenther has opened a 172-square-metre Centre of Excellence in Coventry, integrating pilot baking, sensory testing and customer co-development within a live manufacturing facility.

A free webinar on 17 September brings together the Carbon Trust, Pinsent Masons and Bureau Veritas to help businesses prepare for the ECGT Directive.

The global sourdough market is forecast to reach USD 6.67 billion by 2035, as commercial bakeries adopt ready-to-use fermentation systems and grain diversification accelerates.

A major new study links multi-region drought to 74 per cent of global wheat price fluctuations, with three degrees of warming projected to triple costs.

Warburtons adds four products to its Tiger Bread and sourdough ranges in August, as the family bakery marks 150 years in business.

The family-run bakery behind the brand, Geary's, has operated for more than a century. Jason's Sourdough has traded for six years and holds the position of the third largest supermarket bread brand in the UK by Nielsen data.