22nd July 2026 Bakery / WoolworthsPalmerston North baker Fleur Blake has made history as the first two-time winner of Woolworths New Zealand’s annual Baker of the Year competition.
24th March 2026 Bakery / Consumer NZNew World triumphed in this year’s Consumer NZ ranking of traditional hot cross buns.
11th March 2026 Awards / BakeryThis year’s winner of the annual Great NZ Hot Cross Bun Competition has been crowned, with Michael’s Bakery in Hillmorton, Christchurch, taking top honours.
11th February 2026 Bakery / RecallNew World Halswell made-in-store bakery products are being recalled as they may contain foreign matter, namely metal.
9th December 2025 Bakery / Bread & Butter BakeryThe newish owners of Auckland’s Bread & Butter Bakery are sizing up the retail grocery opportunity as they reshape the brand’s business.
2nd December 2025 Bakery / Dough BoysAuckland wholesale and retail business Dough Boys Bakery is the latest food firm to call time in the face of relentless cost rises and falling margins.
17th October 2025 Bakery / RegulationThe government is removing some requirements for home-based cake makers as part of a wider food sector work programme, Food Safety Minister Andrew Hoggard and Regulation Minister David Seymour announced.
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13th June 2025 Bakery / GWFGeorge Weston Foods (NZ) is looking to deepen its vertical integration in the baking sector, cooking up a plan to bulk up its ingredient supplier subsidiary.
4th December 2024 Bakery / LiquidationsA Wellington-based Lebanese food manufacturer which supplied pita bread, hummus and falafel bites to the grocery and foodservice channels has been placed into liquidation.
26th March 2024 Bakery / WoolworthsMartin Trung Van Ngo has been named Woolworths Baker of the Year 2024.
14th August 2023 Bakery / NZFSAll non-organic wheat flour for bread-making must be fortified with the B-vitamin folic acid from today, according to New Zealand Food Safety.
