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Any bakery-related business owner will enjoy many real benefits from membership of the Baking Industry Association of New Zealand: a nation-wide group of bakery, cafe, catering and pastrycook businesses.
BIANZ members include small and large companies engaged in a variety of baking-related activities including retail bakeries, cafes, cakeshops and bakery goods wholesalers.
The Association has earned its place as the voice of the industry and offers extensive resources of knowledge and experience in baking, management, food safety, and employment matters.
Whatever type of bakery-related business you have, if you employ cafe staff or bakers directly or indirectly, you will find fellow members willing and able to help with practical advice and assistance. Help is just a phone call away. |
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BIANZ is committed to apprenticeship-type training. We work closely with Competenz, the Industry Training Organisation responsible for organising training for cake baking, pastry cooking and bread baking apprentices and trainees. |
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BIANZ has a keen interest in industrial relations and personnel management, and has experts available to help members with employment contracts and staff matters. |
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The Association's advisory service helps members with many matters including
- employment contracts
- food and hygiene regulations
- health and safety requirements
- food standards
- apprenticeship training
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For any bakery, the consequences of a lapse in food safety can be devastating. Government-approved Food Safety Programmes will become compulsory for all bakeries and cafes in the near future. In the meantime, many wholesale bakery customers and increasing numbers of retail consumers are demanding proof of food safety for themselves.
BIANZ's Food Safety Programme has recently been updated and is available to current BIANZ members. It is the most advanced Food Safety Programme for bakeries and cafes in New Zealand. The HACCP-based programme is suited to any bakery or cafe and has the approval and support of the New Zealand Food Safety Authority. It meets all foreseeable official and commercial needs for food safety assurance.
BIANZ works in conjunction with independent food safety consultants to provide a comprehensive food safety service for members.
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Health & Safety Programme |
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Members have access to a Health and Safety Programme that can be customised to any bakery-type business. This programme's clever design makes it quick and easy to implement. The programme is ACC and OSH compliant and adoption of the programme can entitle members to rebates on ACC levy payments. |
The Association's partners give members many valuable buying benefits and discounts. The group includes a number of major bakery trade suppliers together with Shell, Southern Cross Healthcare, and Hertz.
The partners alone makes your Association membership a worthwhile investment. Most members recoup their membership subscription in a very short time through their savings this way.
See a full listing of Buying Group suppliers here. |
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At the annual conference, members have the opportunity to exchange views and learn new ideas, catching up on the latest in technology, ingredients, management and marketing.
Members also have the opportunity to display their skills and gather valuable awards in the Members' Baking Competition, an event that always captures widespread media attention, promoting the craft baking industry while raising standards of work and presentation. Section and Division award winners can reap enormous be benefits from publicising their awards, none more so than the winner of the overall top place: the prestigious New Zealand Baker of the Year award.
See more details of this year's competitions and conference on the Conference and Competition pages. |
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Members keep up-to-date with trends and news throughout the year with the Slice Magazine. Slice also includes useful classified advertisements for jobs, positions, businesses for sale and good second-hand equipment. Advertising is free to members.
All members get Slice Magazine free four times a year as part of their membership benefits. |
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