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Barratt to bring out Lovely alternative to Cadbury Mini Eggs
Cadbury Mini Eggs face new competition in the sugar-coated chocolate egg category in the form of Lovely Mini Eggs by Sherbet Fountain maker Barratt.The eggs, which like Cadbury Mini Eggs are made from solid milk chocolate with a crisp...
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Butter prices may go up by a third, say analysts
The retail price of butter could soar by up to a third over the next few months, analysts have warned. The wholesale butter price has leapt from £2,000/tonne in August to almost £3,500 [PTF] twice what it was a year ago as a result of...
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Jersey replaces semi-skimmed with 1% fat milk
Jersey Dairy is ditching semi-skimmed milk in favour of a 1% fat alternative in a nod to the growing demand for lower-fat dairy. It has begun rolling out half and one-litre bottles of 1% milk and will no longer be producing milk labelled...
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Focus On Cheese: Brands make the cut
While the cheese market is proving resilient in the recession, own label has taken a battering as branded products fly off store shelves at prices as low as 70% below rsp. Richard Ford and Jane Simms report
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Focus On Cheese: Four to watch
Go Dutch was launched by Bradbury & Son in May 2009 to revive the flagging Edam market, which has suffered because of the growing price differential with mild Cheddar.
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Focus On Cheese: Spreadable cheese is back in vogue
Spreadable cheese including processed cheese spread (primarily aimed at children) and soft cheese (a more 'adult' purchase) outperformed the total cheese market [TNS 52w/e 1 November 2009].
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Focus On Cheese: FSA targets the saturated fat in Cheddar
The FSA wants 25% of the Cheddar on sale to be reduced fat versions by 2015. This is its stated aim in the proposals published this week on saturated fat reduction. The proposals are now in consultation, however, if the recommendations are adopted...
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Focus On Cheese: Sales boosted by ziplock packaging
Growing numbers of brands, including Cathedral City, Pilgrims Choice, Scottish Pride, the Pembrokeshire Cheese Company and the Lake District Cheese Company, now pack their cheese into ziplock recloseable packs.
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Focus On Cheese: The cheese of the future
Consumers are moving towards healthier products with less salt and fat but they are not prepared to sacrifice any flavour. This is a real challenge for the cheese industry and...
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Focus On Cheese: Bradbury ventures into brands
Bradbury & Son has a plan and it's in the shape of branded cheese. "In the past, we sold retailer or supplier cheese brands. We've now identified an opportunity to launch some brands of our own, which we think there are gaps in the market...
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Focus On Cheese: Big brands push on with cutting salt in children’s cheese
Salt levels are under more scrutiny than ever before, particularly when it comes to products aimed at children.
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NewsSurprise exit for First Milk chief Humphreys
First Milk boss Peter Humphreys has announced his surprise exit from the dairy business.
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Daylesford Organic adds Ocado listing
Daylesford Organic has secured online distribution with Ocado for 57 of its products as it seeks to extend availability beyond its luxury shop estate.Condiments, jams, sweet and savoury biscuits, milk, drinking yoghurts and meals made...
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Butter category devalued by ‘promotional junkies’
Deep price promotions are damaging the long-term profitability of the butter and spreads category, retailers have admitted.
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Wiseman sale boost for First Milk cheese
First Milk has given itself a massive financial shot in the arm by cashing in more than a third of its shares in Robert Wiseman.The co-op sold 4.17 million Wiseman shares last week for £18.8m, netting an £8m profit for the farmer-owned...
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Arla buys Fonterra’s Anchor butter stake
Arla amba has underlined its growth ambitions by buying up full control of Anchor butter in the UK.The Danish dairy giant, which stunned the industry last week by announcing plans for a one billion litre mega-dairy in London, bought out...
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Focus On Dieting: What do dieters want from a yoghurt?
These days, when so many yoghurts are labelled low-fat, just how much of a market remains for products aimed specifically at dieters?
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Holme Farm bottles its love for local milk
Lancashire milk processor Holme Farm Dairies has launched a campaign to reassure consumers its milk is 100% locally sourced. The Love Milk Love Local campaign was launched last week by the sixth Duke of Westminster, Gerald Cavendish...
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Arla sets out plans for mega dairy in London
Arla Foods UK has unveiled ambitious plans to build the world's biggest fresh milk dairy on the outskirts of London by 2012, creating about 500 new jobs. The new facility will process up to one billion litres of milk a year double the...
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Kerrygold’s pre-tax profits tumble 61%
Kerrygold's pre-tax profits plummeted 61% in the year to 3 January 2009, according to the latest accounts filed at Companies House.Pre-tax profits fell from £4.4m to £1.7m during the period. Turnover, however, rose from £211m to £253.4m,...