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    Lurpak push widens lead over Flora to £32m

    2008-06-14T00:00:00Z

    Lurpak is targeting £250m in sales by 2010 as it widened its lead over Flora in the butter and spreads aisle from £6m to £32m.The Arla butter brand, which last year knocked Flora off the top spot for the first time in 20 years, plans to...

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    Asda is irresponsible for discounting milk

    2008-06-09T00:00:00Z

    Sir; Two four-pints of milk for £2! Are you crazy, Asda? Did you not learn from last time? In 2006, Asda took the great step of knocking 11p off its four-pints of milk while claiming it was still giving its farmers a fair price and not reducing...

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    Multiples hike price of four pints by 10p

    2008-06-09T00:00:00Z

    The major supermarkets have all increased the in-store price of milk over the past week in a move that is expected to be followed by major c-store chains and independents.A four-pint of semi-skimmed milk rose 10p to £1.44 last week in...

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    Milk Link turns up Oswestry volume

    2008-06-09T00:00:00Z

    Milk Link has completed the first phase of a major upgrade of The Cheese Company's Oswestry packing plant in a bid to transform it into the most advanced facility of its kind in the UK.It has spent £2.5m so far on phase one of Project...

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    insight - yellow fats consumers

    2008-06-09T00:00:00Z

    AGE PROFILE of yellow fats consumers Children 0-1012% 11-167% Male 17-3410% 35-6421% 65+10% Female 17-3410% 35-6419% 65+12% Info: Usage overview of yellow fats. In-home and lunchbox The yellow fats market is worth £975m in value There were 15.3bn...

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    Unilever puts cooking to the fore with Flora

    2008-06-09T00:00:00Z

    Flora is hoping to revive the fortunes of its margarine spreads with a £9m campaign to target kids and parents through a school educational drive.Cooking with Schools will see Flora reduce the focus on functionality and return to its...

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    WORLD NEWS - Farmers use milk as a weapon

    2008-06-09T00:00:00Z

    Farmers use milk as a weapon

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    In Brief: Coke goes it alone; M&S answers back; Organic milk healthier

    2008-06-02T00:00:00Z

    Coke goes it alone  Coca-Cola's rivals have said they have no immediate plans to follow its lead by removing sodium benzoate. Britvic, PepsiCo and AG Barr will continue to use the controversial preservative. M&S answers back Marks & Spencer...

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    Price Survey - 31st May 2008

    2008-06-02T00:00:00Z

    Asda has wrested the cheapest retailer title back from Morrisons as milk and bananas bore sweeping price changes this week. Asda sparked the banana price war last week by reducing them from 77p to 72p. The rest of the big four followed suit, but on...

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    Morrisons' milk goes local at no extra cost

    2008-06-02T00:00:00Z

    Morrisons has announced plans to become the first major retailer to locally source all its own-label, standard fresh milk and sell it at no extra cost to shoppers.The supermarket this week unveiled a raft of new dairy supply chain...

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    Londis selects DFB to be milk supplier

    2008-06-02T00:00:00Z

    Milk co-operative Dairy Farmers of Britain has won a contract to supply Londis convenience stores with 50 million litres of fresh milk and cream a year.Under the two-year contract, which begins in early June, DFB will supply milk to...

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    spotlight - Paul Thompson, director of Embleton Hall Dairies

    2008-06-02T00:00:00Z

    As a smaller dairy you need to differentiate yourself, and provenance can be absolutely key. That's why we've positioned ourselves as the Dairy On Your Doorstep. Early last year we decided that, in view of the price pressures on local farmers and...

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    Anchor cream taps a 5-a-day message

    2008-06-02T00:00:00Z

    Anchor hopes to drive summer sales of its Real Dairy Cream range by associating the brand with the 5-a-day health message.Under the banner Little Squirts, Anchor will be targeting mums and kids, encouraging them to use the squirty cream...

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    Well done Morrisons (but none too soon)

    2008-06-02T00:00:00Z

    Sir; At a time when dairy farmers are facing rising fuel, feed and fertiliser costs, supermarket group Morrisons must be congratulated for increasing its milk buying prices and for telling processors to pass the extra 1p a litre (0.568p a pint)...

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    M&S chooses real Jersey Dairy butter

    2008-05-26T00:00:00Z

    Marks & Spencer has begun stocking Jersey butter in 350 stores following a deal with Jersey Dairy.The in-store launch, which began earlier this month, was timed to coincide with the Jersey Royal potato season. Jersey Dairy...

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    Dairy Crest announces 20% revenue increase

    2008-05-26T00:00:00Z

    Dairy Crest has unveiled a strong set of annual results on the back of double-digit growth across its branded range. The chilled dairy specialist recorded a 20% increase in revenue to £1.57bn for the year to 31 March, with pre-tax profit...

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    Arla to close Manchester dairy

    2008-05-22T15:44:00Z

    Arla Foods is to close its Manchester dairy and distribution facility in a bid to cut costs across its business.Up to 300 jobs could be lost following the closure of the plant, which is due to be completed by January 2009. The raw milk...

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    Dairy farmers rattled over Jersey's PDO bid

    2008-05-19T00:00:00Z

    Dairy producers have warned that a Protected Designation of Origin application for Jersey butter could have a damaging effect on the UK dairy industry if granted. Jersey Dairy originally made the application last December. Last week...

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    Talking shop - Dairy UK policy director Peter Dawson

    2008-05-19T00:00:00Z

    Dairy prices will become more volatile as a result of the upcoming CAP reforms, says Dairy UK policy director Peter Dawson It's Common Agricultural Policy reform time, and the dairy sector is the focus of many of the changes. The European...

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    Ryvita and Burton's face off over snacks

    2008-05-19T00:00:00Z

    Burton's Foods and Ryvita are going head to head with two major launches in the healthy savoury snacks market this summer.Burton's Foods is making its first move into savoury impulse snacks under its Bertolli licence next month,...