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Dairy Crest benefits from new milk deals
New milk contract wins and branded growth continue to boost Dairy Crest's fortunes.Milk sales to major retail customers have risen 10% in the past six months compared with the same period last year, the company revealed this week.
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Tesco hailed for keeping milk price above rivals’
Tesco has been praised for its support of farmers after it shaved just 0.06ppl off its milk price for the coming six months.The supermarket confirmed this week it was paying farmers 27.37ppl from October 1, marginally down on April's...
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Sainsbury’s group for UK cheese
Sainsbury's has become the first major multiple to establish a dedicated group of farmers to supply its British cheese.
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Time for a great milk shake-up
Jodie Farran and Andrew Howie's premium Shaken Udder milkshakes, launched last year, are rapidly gaining listings. Could they be the next Innocent, asks Richard Ford
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Saturday Essay: Stop whingeing, imports are good for us!
Demand for foreign cheese creates competitive pressures that make British dairy more efficient, says Carl Ravenhall
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Act now to secure future milk supply
The dairy farming sector is not, as I was quoted as saying in The Grocer's The Dairymen supplement, dead. However, it is definitely in crisis. According to DairyCo data for the 12 months ending March 2009, farmers' gross margins continue at...
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NewsMars adds indulgence to probiotic category with Galaxy drink
Mars is taking on Yakult and Danone in the ailing probiotic drinks market with the launch of a Galaxy shot and other Mars brands could follow. The company is targeting sales of 10% of the £220m dairy shots market within the next few...
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Irish launch logo to see off dairy imports threat
Dairy products produced and processed in the Irish Republic are to carry a new identity logo to support the industry against cheaper imports. The new logo had been developed to encourage shoppers to buy locally produced products rather...
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There’s a clue in the name
'Pope is Catholic' story of the week goes to the Stilton Cheese Makers' Association, which issued a shock press release saying Stilton was, contrary to popular belief, first made in the village of Stilton. You don't say.Read Blogof next...
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Around the Papers 22/9/09
Tesco ad row; Stilton 'from Stilton' sensation; Jesus 'would shop at Aldi'
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Kerrygold cuts its packaging by 90 tonnes
Kerrygold has cut its packaging by more than 90 tonnes a year since moving to a new cheese packing facility in May.The company had saved about 60 tonnes of cardboard by changing the design of some of its boxes and by reducing the board...
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How radical do we need to be?
Wine in cans? Boxless breakfast cereals? Milk cartons made of chalk? Corn-based plastic? We look at the latest innovations - and what's on the drawing board. By Adam Leyland, Alex Black and Joanne Grew
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NewsAlpro opens door to Europe for Dean Foods - but how far?
US dairy giant Dean Foods beat Nestle and Unilever to buy Alpro. But could soya milk ever become mainstream in the UK, asks Michael Barker
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NewsAcid Test: Ben & Jerry's Phish Food Frozen Yoghurt
Is the new phrozen yoghurt phantastic or does it phizzle out and phall phlat?
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Milk turns emotional with £7.5m campaign
A new £7.5m three-year campaign to promote milk consumption in England, Scotland and Wales will be launched in the new year.The campaign, which will run under the slogan Make Mine Milk, will be the first to promote both fresh and...
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Shoppers choose low-fat dairy as taste improves
Nine out of 10 shoppers now buy low-fat dairy products and six out of 10 believe that lower-fat variants taste as good or better than full-fat equivalents, an exclusive new survey has indicated. The survey, carried out for The Grocer by...
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Onken ad campaign to promote flavours
Dr Oetker has launched a £500,000 advertising campaign for its Onken Fruit Big Pot yoghurts range. The three-month print campaign, which started on 31 August, will promote Onken's Big Pot fruit, wholegrain and limited-edition ranges. Two...
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Other Movers 12/9/09
Richard Greenhalgh has announced his retirement as chairman of farmer-owned co-op First Milk. He will depart at the agm on 29 October. Last week The Grocer reported that Robert Shearlaw had quit as vice chairman.
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Dairy investigation launched over new butter mountain
The European Commission has launched a Europe-wide investigation into supermarket dairy pricing, after finding huge commodity price drops had led to a retail price drop of just 2%. The Grocer first highlighted disparities in retail and...
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Is butter mountain more of a molehill this time around?
Huge EU stockpiles are supposed to be a thing of the past. But just two years after it was levelled, the butter mountain is back and is set to top 100,000 tonnes before the end of the year. The European Commission stepped in at the...