All Cheese articles – Page 36
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NewsEditor's Comment: So now we can advertise condoms to kids, but not cheese, honey or bran-rich cereals
Over the past half decade, Dame Deirdre Hutton has been a key figure at two identically titled regulatory bodies: the FSA and the FSA. The Food Standards Agency, which she has chaired since 2005, Dame Deirdre has regulated with a fearsome...
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Wensleydale in cheese deal for Waitrose
Wensleydale Creamery has begun supplying own-label cheeses to Waitrose.Under the deal, which adds £1m to Wensleydale's turnover, the company is supplying pre-packed cheese to Waitrose nationwide. The range includes two Yorkshire Wensleydale...
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'Cheesegrater' Blackhurst to slice 10 more categories at Asda
Asda is removing duplicate brands from 10 more categories. Chloe Smith asks how suppliers will be hit by the range rationalisation
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Cheesemaker sues over 'soapy taste' ingredient
An Irish cheese manufacturer that supplies Tesco and Asda among others, has claimed it is facing losses of more than €10m because of an allegedly defective ingredient that gave its product "a soapy aftertaste and an off-flavour".Carbery, of...
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DFB 1st Grade targets gap in cheese market
Dairy Farmers of Britain has expanded its branded cheese portfolio with a range of four cheeses.The 1st Grade range, launched into 650 Tesco stores last week, features mild, mature and ploughman's vintage Cheddars and Red Leicester....
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Ilchester Cheese sold to Tine of Norway
Fine speciality cheese producer Ilchester Cheese has been sold to Norwegian dairy specialist Tine BA after its private equity owner decided to cash in its investment.Inflexion Private Equity, which bought a majority stake in Ilchester in...
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Cheese price pushed up 10% by multiples
The retail price of cheese has risen by nearly 10% over the past week as supermarkets claimed they were responding to farmers’ calls for higher returns. Asda was the first to put up the price of 250g of own-label English mild white Cheddar by 9% to...
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Cheese imports to rise as milk shortages hit
A shortage of milk this autumn could lead to the UK having to import more Cheddar next year as manufacturers struggle to meet demand. Present production rates indicate there could be a shortage of 500,000 litres of milk per day during the low...
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EU import plans cheese off UK dairy producers
EU import plans cheese off UK dairy producers: Fears are growing in the dairy industry that a proposed EU trade deal could lead to an influx of cheaper Cheddar to the UK market. EU representatives at the Doha round of global trade talks, led by commissioner Peter Mandelson, have proposed ...
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Dairy bodies link up to boost profile of cheese
Dairy bodies link up to boost profile of cheese: Dairy UK and the British Cheese Board are to pool resources in a bid to unify and strengthen the voice of UK cheese suppliers. The decision to work more closely together, announced at the Nantwich Cheese Show this week, will allow ...
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French overtake Irish in UK cheese imports
French cheese has overtaken Irish as the most imported cheese into the UK, and French producers are now launching a wide-reaching promotional campaign to consolidate their success.Cheese from France now accounts for 112,085 tonnes - or...
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Best cheese is Spoilt Cow
Spoilt Cow, the mature Freedom Food Cheddar from Fayrefield Foods was Best New Cheese at this year's Dairy Innovation Awards.Appetite-suppressing drink Naturally Gorgeous was Best New Dairy Drink, while Little Dish Custard Desserts won...
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Ewes cheese for Waitrose
Shepherds Purse has won a national contract to supply two of its ewes milk cheeses to Waitrose following trials in 14 Yorkshire stores. It will be supplying Olde York to 60 Waitrose stores. The profile of the company had been lifted by...
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Cheddar cheese faces major supply squeeze
Producers are warning of possible shortages of Cheddar cheese following a significant tightening of supplies. Falling levels of Cheddar production combined with lower imports in the past year have led to supplies only just meeting...
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Price Basket - Price of cheese is rising steadily
Dairy prices have reached a three-year high, and the cost of cheese is climbing steadily. Pre-packed Blue Stilton is now 41.2% more expensive than a year ago, and is at its highest price since March 2005. The basket is now 18.7% more expensive than...
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Cheese is 'the next big Fairtrade opportunity'
Manufacturers are tapping soaring demand for ethically traded products with the development of new Fairtrade lines, including the launch of the UK's first Fairtrade cheese and a move by Divine Chocolate into supermarket bakery.Fairtrade...
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Blackhurst is tipped for Cheesewright job
Darren Blackhurst is emerging as the most obvious internal candidate to replace David Cheesewright as Asda's chief operations officer.Blackhurst joined Asda's executive board as food trading director in January 2006 from Tesco, where he...
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Wal-Mart Canada gets Cheesewright as boss
The departure of Asda's chief operating officer David Cheesewright on 4 January will come as a huge blow to the retailer, say analysts. Cheesewright is taking over as president and CEO of Wal-Mart Canada from Mario Pilozzi, who is...
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Dairylea determined to stay the big cheese
Kraft's Dairylea accounted for 36% of featured space activity among the top five brands last weekend, 15 points ahead of second-placed Boursin. Asda and Somerfield allocated featured space chilled ends to the Dairylea range using save, x-for-y...