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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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spotlight - The Dairy House - 12th April 2008
The Dairy House is made up of four Herefordshire farmers, one being my father, who converted to organic milk in 2001 - only to see the price plummet. Rather than go back to conventional production they got together with a local lady, Pru Lloyd, who...
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Mission impossible: Stony hits the rocks
If we prove our relevance in the UK we can do it anywhere." These were the optimistic words of Stonyfield Farm CEO Gary Hirshberg just 10 months ago as he launched his £325m US yoghurt brand into the UK. At the time, he predicted the...
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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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Tesco sets the pace with hike of 0.5ppl
Tesco has increased the price it pays to its dedicated milk suppliers by 0.5ppl in a move that will put pressure on rivals to follow suit.The chain is now paying 28ppl, 6ppl more than a year ago when it launched its direct sourcing...
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Slaying the Welsh dragon
There's a battle raging across the Channel that promises to be hard fought, with British cheese producers playing a card that has long been the trump of their French counterparts.Interest in British artisan cheese is growing. Last year,...
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Finding the hook for meats
While UK shoppers are sold on French bread, wine and cheese, marketing French meats to them is more of a challenge.From pâté to foie gras, the French are struggling to get a handle on what the British want from their deli counters. As a...
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Selling France to the British
It's been a love-hate relationship for centuries, but our admiration for French food and wine shows no signs of abating. With our growing consumption of rosé wines, croissants and baguettes, Président butter, Roquefort and Camembert...
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More farmers get on board for Seriously
Lactalis McLelland, the supplier of Seriously cheese, has recruited 20 more farmers from the south west of Scotland and Cumbria to supply milk from next month.The Caledonian Cheese Company, an arm of Lactalis McLelland, had already added...
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Lower milk prices may follow quota increase
The retail price of milk could fall as a result of increased European quota levels - good news for consumers but not necessarily for dairy producers. With more milk being produced across the continent, there are fears in the dairy...
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insight - 29th March 2008
AGE PROFILE of cheese consumers Children 0-1015% 11-167% Male 17-3411% 35-6419% 65+8% Female 17-3411% 35-6419% 65+10% Info: Usage overview of cheese. In-home/lunchbox consumption Cheese sales grew 6.2% to £2bn last year Cheddar represents 72% of...
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Price Survey - 22nd March 2008
Despite hefty price cuts at Morrisons, Asda has returned after a three-week absence from the top spot to reclaim the title of cheapest retailer. Asda undercut Morrisons on 13 items, the most significant of which was Cathedral City Cheddar: £1...
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Pressure on retailers to increase milk price
Pressure is mounting on Tesco, Sainsbury's and Asda to increase the milk price paid to their dedicated producers and "calm farmer nerves".Tesco is expected to increase the price, which is based on a formula geared 60% towards costs of...
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Loseley butter line launched
Dale Farm is launching premium dairy brand Loseley into butter to tap into growing consumer demand for natural spreads. It believes the line could be worth £2m within three years, which would make it a top 20 selling spreads...
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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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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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monitor - 15th March 2008
Although milk prices paid to farmers across the UK have risen by 40% over the past year to between 25p-27p per litre, there are still warnings that milk production will continue to decline because of lack of profitability. A recent study by Promar...
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Kraft aiming to make Oreo major UK brand
Kraft is ploughing a record £13m into its Oreo, Dairylea and Toblerone brands in the next five months as it rolls out new flavours and pack designs, and strives to create a major biscuit brand in the UK.It plans to replicate the success...
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Kerry Group acquires Breeo Foods
Kerry Group, the company behind Wall's sausages, Mattessons and Cheestrings, has acquired Irish food company Breeo Foods for E165m (£126m).Breeo Foods makes a number of dairy and meat brands sold in Ireland including Dairygold, Galtee and...
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First Milk: 'Pay more so farmers can invest'
First Milk is calling on dairy farmers to be paid a higher price that allows the industry not just to subsist but to grow.A report from the farmer-owned co-op claims producers needed to be paid 29.64ppl to be profitable. Farmers...