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Retailers are accused of snubbing yoghurt brands for own label
Müller has accused retailers of stripping value out of the yoghurt category by focusing on own-label lines at the expense of brands. A disproportionate amount of space was being given to own-label and tertiary lines, claimed Müller's...
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Pilgrims Choice matures Cheddar to new Xtreme
Pilgrims Choice is launching a new Xtreme Cheddar as part of plans to modernise the brand and "blow the socks off" consumers.The 15 to 18-month matured Cheddar, which will be sold in black packs with a 'For Adults Only' warning, goes on...
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Cravendale keeps it pure with new look
Cravendale has finally unveiled its new packaging, with a design that stresses the filtered milk's purity.The new design does away with the grass and daisy theme and replaces it with a simpler and cleaner look featuring pure, flowing...
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NewsFocus On Yoghurts & Pot Desserts: Dessert bloom
Yoghurts and pot desserts may be a thriving £2bn market but consumption still lags behind Continental levels. What can be done to catch up, asks Paul Simpson
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Müller shakes up its sales team to boost business in c-stores
Müller Dairy has restructured its sales team to increase its focus on convenience and impulse.The German dairy giant has appointed Simon Warren to head its newly created impulse channel, where he has taken up the position of impulse...
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Focus On Yoghurts & Pot Desserts: Four to watch
Northern Irish Dale Farm launched its first children's yoghurt under the Rowan Glen brand last month. Super Doopers children's yogurts contain whole milk and real fruit purée.
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Focus On Yoghurts & Pot Desserts: Children’s yoghurts
The children's yoghurt market hasn't had a great year, with sales down 1% by value to £274.5m and 6% by volume [IRI 52w/e 20 February]. The big brands have continued to focus on health.
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Focus On Yoghurts & Pot Desserts: When lactose just won’t do
American comedian Jerry Seinfeld once declared he was lactose intolerant: "I have no patience for lactose."
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Focus On Yoghurts & Pot Desserts: Yoghurt tries out bedtime stories and TV sponsorship
Even in one of the toughest trading years in living memory, the top 10 yoghurt and chilled dessert brands spent £40.7m on advertising although this was a 24% reduction on the previous year.
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NewsFrijj wraps itself in England colours for World Cup
Frijj is stripping the branding off its bottles and replacing it with a St George’s cross as it looks to tap into football fever ahead of this summer’s World Cup.
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Waitrose drops pouch milk after poor uptake
Waitrose has ditched its environmentally friendly milk pouch and jug concept, claiming poor demand was leading to high wastage.The supermarket phased out both the Calon Wen branded milk and its own-label milk pouches last month. To...
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Milk price cut for Tesco’s farmers after fall in costs
Tesco has cut the amount it pays its dedicated group of milk farmers to reflect lower production costs.Members of the Tesco Sustainable Dairy Group (TSDG) will receive 26.9ppl for their milk from 1 April a fall of 0.47ppl. The price is...
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Lumley adds Vitality to TV ad campaign
Joanna Lumley will front a new £2m campaign for Müller's Vitality range.The actress will promote Vitality as 'the probiotic yoghurt with the prebiotic fibre difference' in a 12-week TV and press run that will target over-55s.
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Picture This... Say ‘cheese’ this Easter
Is it a cheese? Is it an egg? No, it's a Chegg, the latest brainwave from dairy companies to tap the Easter market.
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Annual profits up by 35% at Yazoo supplier
Dutch dairy giant Friesland Campina has defied falling demand for dairy to post a 35% upturn in profits.Annual results for 2009 show profits at the Yazoo supplier rose from 135m to 182m, with global branded growth credited with driving...
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First Milk to shut its underutilised Rothesay plant
First Milk is to close its loss-making Rothesay Creamery on the Isle of Bute with the potential loss of 19 jobs. Milk production on the island had declined by more than 25% over the past two years and the creamery was now severely...
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Picture This... Sex and the lacto-free City
If Carrie can learn to take Big back into her life, lactose intolerants can also have a future with dairy, according to Lactofree. Arla's lactose-free dairy brand has secured ad space around Sex and the City 2 for a campaign drawing on the...
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QC claims judge ‘favoured JN’ in milk invoice trial
The JN Dairies vs Johal Dairies milk invoice theft case has taken another extraordinary twist with accusations of "favouring witnesses" amid allegations of "kidnapping, death threats, intimidation and bribes".After a two-day hearing at...
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Asda cuts fifth of farmers out of milk sourcing pool
Asda has removed up to 20% of members from its milk sourcing pool in a move it claims will give it a more committed farmer base.The supermarket, which sources all of its milk from Arla, currently has about 500 dedicated farmers supplying...
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Irish cheese range debuts in Waitrose
Bord Bia and Waitrose have launched an Irish farmhouse cheese range across the retailer's British stores.The range went on to deli counters in most Waitrose stores this week, in time for St Patrick's Day. It includes cheeses from five...