ANZAC biscuits...

An expert baker I know recommends taking the Anzac tray out of the oven mid baking, dropping it on the ground (to flatten the shapes nicely, then putting it back in the oven to finish cooking. It does work quite well.

 

• Production at its $44 million, two-year-old Broadmeadows plant, which can make 4.5 tonnes of biscuits an hour - and was nicknamed "Ruxton" by the workforce - was shut down yesterday as creditors pursued owner Unibic for debts.
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Pity that they couldnt keep the biscuits being made so that at least it was a going concern!

 

It just kills me when iconic brands sufer because
coles & woolworths want to slug it out.

A good friend & his family owned the original Rosehill pies. The recipe wasa written out by the founder on board the ship bringing him home from WW1.

Rosehill became "Aussie Pies" after a merger & sometime later went into the frozen food market ala Supermarket chains. Tey got out (they had to as they were being crucified) & sold out before anything like Unibic, but it is sad that these things have to happen so some poxy shareholder can sleep at night.


Rant over


Simon

 

It just kills me when iconic brands sufer because
coles & woolworths want to slug it out.

A good friend & his family owned the original Rosehill pies. The recipe wasa written out by the founder on board the ship bringing him home from WW1.

Rosehill became "Aussie Pies" after a merger & sometime later went into the frozen food market ala Supermarket chains. Tey got out (they had to as they were being crucified) & sold out before anything like Unibic, but it is sad that these things have to happen so some poxy shareholder can sleep at night.


Rant over


Simon

Marketing fees and promotional activity paid by suppliers = higher retail prices.

Once the grocery chains (and that includes the Independent chains) have you as a supplier they squeeze you for more and more. If you don't come to the party they delete some of your products or at worst your entire range.

The most ambiguous situation is when the shareholders complain about the price of their grocery shop.

 

The ANZAC Book Written and Illustrated in Gallipoli by the Men of Anzac UK 1916


Mention on page 87 of army biscuits (Issue) Not complimentary!

 

March 13, 2012
Supermarket shelves will be stacked with packets of Anzac biscuits in time for April 25 after a buyer was found for the troubled maker of the popular snacks.
Unibic Australia shut down production of the famous biscuits and other snacks it makes at its Melbourne factory when the company collapsed into administration in early March.
But now a consortium of senior managers and local investors has stepped forward to buy Australia’s fourth biggest biscuit maker.
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The move ensures packets of the crunchy biscuits, which were originally baked by wives and mums for the diggers fighting in World War I, will be available before Anzac Day on April 25.
The sale also secures the jobs of Unibic’s 170 workers and millions of dollars in royalties the RSL receives from the sale of Anzac biscuit packets.
Modern Baking Company, the consortium acquiring Unibic, said the biscuit maker would be recapitalised, staff re-hired and production resumed immediately at its Broadmeadows plant.
‘‘The successful rescue of the business is testimony to what can be achieved with co-operation and support of all the company’s stakeholders...,’’ the consortium said in a statement today. ‘‘The RSL was also vital to the rescue, as well as the support and encouragement given by the company’s customers, particularly the supermarket chains and suppliers.’’
Unibic, which has baked Anzac biscuits for 50 years, began crumbling after it struggled to pay debts and cover price hikes for the ingredients used to make its snacks.
Its administrator Glenn Franklin, of accounting firm Lawler Draper Dillon, said proceeds of Unibic’s sale would cover the entitlements of employees, and there would be a partial return to secured creditors.
There may also be a small return to unsecured creditors.

Read more: Future is sweet for Anzac biscuit maker

 

I havnt had a really good Anzac Bickie since Granma died.
I think the recipe was different back then.
Bugger ya now i want one :tongue:
Mick

 

I dont know if they will be having their commemoratove tins this year.