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    Champions for a cause

    2006-07-22T00:00:00Z

    In a repeat of last year's Primula Cup five-a-side football final in aid of the industry's welfare charity Caravan, the team from Greencore Grocery found itself up against Buckingham Foods. Only this time it was Buckingham's second team that got...

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    Fresh produce gains boost in latest study

    2006-07-22T00:00:00Z

    Britons are choosing fresh fruit and yoghurt over traditional English puddings in their weekly shopping basket, according to latest research from YouGov.The study of 6,500 people, which was commissioned by ­Sainsbury to assess what...

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    Milk supply back at 'more normal levels'

    2006-07-17T00:00:00Z

    UK dairy farmers have posted a third lacklustre month of milk production in a row after a slow start in April, reigniting debate over the scale of the exodus from the industry. Output in the first three months of the 2006/07 quota year...

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    Butlers Blue is up to the Challenge

    2006-07-17T00:00:00Z

    Family-owned dairy Butlers saw its new product go all the way in this year's Tesco Cheese Challenge. Now in its fourth year, the competition brought together cheese industry experts in London where they picked out Butlers Blue as their...

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    Health

    2006-07-08T00:00:00Z

    If there's something fishy about the spreads category it may be the result of manufacturers rushing to add Omega-3 to tubs. Health is a key driver within the butter and margarine category and the fish oil offers customers an extra-functional...

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    Butter Spreadables up, block sales slide

    2006-07-08T00:00:00Z

    Butter was something of a dirty word a few years ago. As consumers were encouraged to follow low-fat diets, yellow slabs of butter were viewed by many as at best an indulgence and at worst a short cut to ill health.But with TV chefs...

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    Egg majors merge to generate efficiencies

    2006-07-08T00:00:00Z

    Egg producers Deans Foods and Stonegate unveiled plans to merge this week, forming the biggest egg supplier in the UK with half of the market. A major swing in demand towards free-range and organic eggs is said to have fuelled the drive...

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    Brands spread butter offers across retailers

    2006-07-08T00:00:00Z

    This week's Promotrack focuses on the butters/spreads and cheese sub-categories in line with the ­Focus on Butters & Spreads. Of the featured space promotional activity recorded over the past 12 ­weeks, promotions were captured...

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    Health

    2006-07-08T00:00:00Z

    If there's something fishy about the spreads category it may be the result of manufacturers rushing to add Omega-3 to tubs. Health is a key driver within the butter and margarine category and the fish oil offers customers an extra-functional...

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    Butter Spreadables up, block sales slide

    2006-07-08T00:00:00Z

    Butter was something of a dirty word a few years ago. As consumers were encouraged to follow low-fat diets, yellow slabs of butter were viewed by many as at best an indulgence and at worst a short cut to ill health.But with TV chefs...

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    Dale Farm heads for a swell time

    2006-07-08T00:00:00Z

    Dairy processor Dale Farm GB has revealed further details of expansion plans for Scotland and England as it focuses on raising its profile outside its Belfast HQ. The company is also on the acquisition trail in England in order to improve...

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    Nesquik milks straw magic

    2006-07-08T00:00:00Z

    Nestlé is hoping to milk the potential of its Nesquik Magic Straws with a £3m marketing campaign breaking on Monday (10 July).A new TV ad will mark Nesquik's return to the small screen after a three-year absence. Running until 7 August,...

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    Country Life ad sticks knife into rival Anchor

    2006-07-08T00:00:00Z

    Dairy Crest is spreading controversy in the butter sector, with a print ad for its Country Life brand that contrasts the food miles of a rival with its own British provenance. The ad sticks the knife into Anchor butter - the number two...

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    Price Survey

    2006-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Asda's decision to join Tesco and Waitrose in raising the price of its own label milk has had little impact on its position as the UK's cheapest supermarket, according to The Grocer 33's latest survey. Both Asda and Morrisons have...

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    starter culture ?

    2006-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Despite the success to date of The Craigmyle Cheese Company, the development process wasn't entirely glitch-free. Liz Marchant recalls a day when one of their batches of cheese just wouldn't firm up. "We tried all sorts of things but it just...

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    TLC that makes a premium cheese head of the curd

    2006-07-01T00:00:00Z

    To say Liz and Neil Marchant's dreams have come true may be a bit cheesy, but there's no better way to describe the business that the husband and wife team run from their home in Torphins near Aberdeen. The Craigmyle Cheese Company, an...

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    Farmers relieved by Asda milk price hike

    2006-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Turbulence in the dairy industry continued this week with Asda slashing the shelf price of its British Cheddar cheese by 27% and simultaneously reversing its March price cut on liquid milk. Dairy Crest also cut the price it pays farmers...

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    'Soaring' UK cheese output was overstated

    2006-07-01T00:00:00Z

    After more than two years of largely steady prices, at least for the popular mild cheese, UK Cheddar is showing a sharp tendency towards lower prices. Since May, first-hand prices for cheese of UK and Irish origin have moved down 10% to levels...

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    Yeo Valley does fun TV take on exercise

    2006-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Organic dairy manufacturer Yeo Valley is showing all the lazy cows out there the importance of exercise in its first TV campaign. A series of lighthearted adverts focus on one cow in particular, which will be seen jogging, swimming and...

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    Company profile - The Craigmyle Cheese Company

    2006-06-30T09:16:00Z

    Product: Organic cheeseCustomers: Restaurants and delisOutput: 8 tonnes a yearTo say Liz and Neil Marchant's dreams have come true may be a bit cheesy, but there's no better way to describe the business the husband and wife team run...