Archive of all Arla articles – Page 17
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Arla brings Danish Castello to Britain
Arla Foods has brought its cheese brand Castello to the UK, supported by a £2.1m marketing push. The Danish cheese, which is being rolled out to Tesco, Morrisons and Asda this month, comes in Castello Blue, a blue-veined gourmet option...
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Symington's buy-in spurs range growth
Symington's, owner of the licences to the Ainsley Harriott and Crosse & Blackwell brands, is planning to expand its ranges and double turnover following a management buy-in this week.Led by ex-Arla Foods and Grampian Country Foods boss...
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In Brief: Raising the standard; Sainsbury's premium; Arla hit by shortage
Raising the standard The standards behind British Lion eggs have been upgraded to improve salmonella controls and traceability. From next month the www.britegg.co.uk website will allow consumers to trace eggs back to the farm they came from....
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Momentum building to get card game into every school
A Top Trumps-style card game created by kids at a school in Yorkshire - and featured in The Grocer - is now oversubscribed, with suppliers from Arla Foods to Unilever having signed up. In a letter to The Grocer, Mike England, head teacher...
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the great dane
The man in charge of Britain's biggest supplier of own-label dairy products to retailers has a lot to learn about UK supermarkets. Arla Foods chief executive Peter Lauritzen says he is still coming to terms with the idea of grocery shopping at...
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Processors lift prices to appease farmers
Dairy companies have announced a raft of huge liquid milk price hikes for farmers, in an effort to quell frustration about low returns in the industry. Major processors Dairy Crest and Arla Foods have broken the 25ppl barrier with the price rises...
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Arla milk contract forces farm to sell
The UK and Arla's biggest dairy farmer has sold up because he was not offered a high-value contract to supply Tesco, it has emerged.The sale of David Barnes' farm near Carlisle, which produces 18 million litres of milk a year, raises...
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Best own-label supplier Arla
With four of the top 10 best-selling SKUs in supermarkets involving milk, Arla knows its service levels need to be top-notch - and over the past year they have been. The company has continued to build strong business relationships with its...
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Anchor goes back to the old buttercup test
New advertising for Anchor butter this summer will feature the old-fashioned buttercup test as owner Arla repositions the brand as the only free-range option on the market.TV ads featuring the childhood method of checking whether someone...
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The path to excellence
Simon Stevens mD commercial, Arla foods UK: "We have focused on three key areas: service levels, innovation and assistance with category management. We have worked hard to improve availability. Of 150 new products launched this...
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Smith leaves Arla Foods UK
Tim Smith, chief executive officer of Arla Foods UK, has left the company.Smith stepped down from the role, which he has held since June 2005, by mutual agreement, Arla Food said. He will be replaced by Peter Lauritzen. Lauritzen has...
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Breaktime gets healthier
Breaktime flavoured milk drinks from Arla Foods have been reformulated to meet government guidelines for drinks in schools and repackaged to appeal more to kids. The beverages, which come in chocolate, banana and strawberry, now contain...
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Arla buy-out set to tidy up loose ends
Arla's branded dairy portfolio is expected to get a cash injection if the recommended 71p-a-share take-over bid from its biggest shareholder goes through. Danish-Swedish dairy co-op Arla amba already owns 51% of Arla Foods UK and has been...
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Arla Foods UK acquired by parent company
Dairy firm Arla Foods UK has been acquired by its parent company Arla Foods amba in a deal worth £434.5m.Arla Foods amba yesterday acquired the 49% stake it does not already own in Arla Foods UK for 71p per share.“This offer from...
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Star Product
Cow's milk is not the usual drink of choice for those consumers suffering from lactose intolerance, but thanks to innovation from Arla Foods in the form of Lactofree, now it can be. The product, hailed as the UK's first lactose-free dairy drink...
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Arla replaces Hint Of with Half Pint format
Arla Foods is ditching its Cravendale Hint Of flavoured milk after two years and replacing it with a new half-pint brand.Arla originally launched Hint Of in a one-litre format, which it was forced to scrap after a year when sales fell...
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Arla to sue dairy companies
Robert Wiseman Dairies has said that it is being sued by Arla Foods after the Office of Fair Trading provisionally ruled that Robert Wiseman and other milk suppliers might have breached price fixing rules in Scotland.Arla is seeking damages...
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Power to the people
It was the most devastating boycott of recent times. Following the publication in a Danish newspaper of cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad, a boycott of all Danish products was called for in Muslim countries. Lurpak manufacturer Arla Foods...
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Dairy Crest snaps up Arla's Express arm
Dairy Crest reckons it has created the UK's biggest doorstep milk business with the acquisition of Arla's interests in the middle ground. It announced it had bought Arla's Express Dairies Depot operations for £33m this week, including two...
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Dairy Crest acquires Express Dairies
Dairy Crest has proposed to acquire Express Dairies from Arla Foods for £33m.The deal includes 77 Express Dairies depots, principally in the midlands and north of England, and dairies in Liverpool and Nottingham.In the year to end 30...