Archive of all Arla articles – Page 16
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Arla pay plan prompts threat of strike action
Staff at Arla Foods UK are considering strike action over proposals for a company-wide pay freeze.The Danish dairy giant last month proposed a pay freeze for the 3,000 unionised and non-unionised employees across its UK operation as part...
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Arla’s voyage of Discovery goes orbital
Arla has carved itself an unusual niche market by going into orbit.Astronauts on board the Discovery space shuttle are being supplied with the Danish producer's milk bites during their 13-day tour to the International Space Station...
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Picture This... Fast work with new tanker
Arla has unveiled 'the milk tanker of the future', fitted with a high-speed pump enabling it to collect 50,000 litres of milk an hour, double the current rate. It can also take milk samples automatically while milk is collected. "Where it would...
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Other Movers 11/7/09
Food manufacturer Symington's, which makes brands such as Ainsley Harriott, Mug Shots and Granose, has bolstered its marketing team with two new marketing managers - David Cherrie and Gemma Hicks. Both join from Arla Foods.
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NewsArla set to boost NPD with hi-tech plant
Arla has opened a new innovation centre that it claims will significantly boost its NPD capabilities.
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Recession-hit Arla to axe 250 global jobs
Arla Foods is to cut 250 jobs as part of plans to save £120m across its international operations this year.Jobs are being lost in Leeds, Viby in Denmark, and Stockholm, and 50 vacant positions will not be filled. An Arla spokeswoman...
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Brealey moves from Dr Oetker to sales director at Rachel's
Rachel's Dairy has named Neil Brealey as its new sales director. Brealey joins the company from Dr Oetker where he was head of sales for chilled. Prior to Dr Oetker, he worked at Arla Foods, St Ivel and Dairy Crest.Brealey said that...
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Cravendale revamp postponed by Arla
Cravendale has postponed the launch of new look packaging due to go into stores this month.The milk brand leader had unveiled new packaging at IFE, but later withdrew the prototypes. Group brand manager for milk Jessica Hardcastle would not...
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Milk price dip hits Arla profits
Arla Foods has reported below-expectation profits after milk prices took a downward turn during the second half of 2008.
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Arla invests in £70m revamp of Leeds site
Arla is to spend £70m on a revamp of its dairy in Stourton, Leeds, to expand production of products including fresh cream and crème fraîche. The plans include building a cottage cheese production line, Arla’s first move into UK production of...
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Anchor aims for a great leap forward with felt
Anchor has tapped into the most famous scene in iconic war movie The Great Escape in a bid to boost its profile as a 'free-range' butter brand.Manufacturer Arla Foods has created a £2.5m TV ad in which a felt cut-out Anchor cow makes a bid...
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Arla loses key legal fight over milk supply contract
Arla Foods has lost a crucial legal case after it accused a farmer of reneging on his supply contract.Arla had accused dairy farmer David Barnes, of Withgill Farm in Lancashire, of breaking his contract by failing to ensure contractual...
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Careers File: Hidden risks and costs mean redundancies can be a false economy
Cadbury, McBride, Paramount Foods, Arla, PepsiCo, Bakkavör - the list of grocery companies making redundancies is growing longer. Though not all such decisions are solely a response to the current economic downturn, in such times employers...
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Dairy giant shaken by China baby milk deaths
Arla Foods, the Scandinavian dairy processor, has been linked to a growing scandal in China over the contamination of baby milk that has so far resulted in three deaths and thousands falling ill. Arla’s Chinese joint venture partner, Mengniu Dairy, has emerged as one of more than 20 companies whose formula milk had tested positive for melamine contamination.
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advertising watch: can Anchor campaign spread the feelgood factor?
Arla ploughed £10m into its Anchor brand last summer in a bid to reposition it as the only free-range option on the market. Relaunching the brand as The Free Range Butter Company, announced in May last year, and comprising television,...
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Arla to close Manchester dairy
Arla Foods is to close its Manchester dairy and distribution facility in a bid to cut costs across its business.Up to 300 jobs could be lost following the closure of the plant, which is due to be completed by January 2009. The raw milk...
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Farmers enter the boardroom at Arla
A new company is being set up to give Arla dairy farmers greater control and influence in the business. Under the new structure, which starts at the end of May, 11,000 British, Danish and Swedish farmers will become part-owners of Arla...
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Anchor revamp pushes free-range credentials
Arla Foods is ploughing £10m into its £80m Anchor butter brand this year with a complete packaging relaunch and a concerted push on Lighter Spreadable to reverse slowing sales growth. It has redesigned the range with a more modern twist...
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opinion - "Tesco is so over Slough. These friendly bombs matter not a jot versus its assault on the US market"
Competition inquiries are like buses. This week saw the termination of the Tesco Slough case, Arla co-operating in the alleged milk price-fixing case, and last orders called by the Competition Commission in the big groceries inquiry. For the trade,...
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Processors warn of 20% milk price hike
Consumers could be facing another big rise in the supermarket price of dairy products, after processors gave the strongest indication yet that a 20% rise in farm gate milk prices is on the cards. Arla Foods Milk Partnership chairman...