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The theory of dairy reform across the EU was simple. Cut the intervention prices for butter and skimmed milk powder by 22% over four years, starting with 6% in July 2004, and dairy product prices would fall roughly in line.Export and other...
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Farmers Alliance launch milk price talks with Sainsbury
The Fair Price for GM Free Milk Alliance – a broad coalition of farming and food organisations – met recently with senior Sainsbury representatives to demand policy changes to save small farms and sustainable agriculture in Britain.The...
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How to maximise return on trade investment: the experts tell all
Heinz, Britvic, Scottish Courage, Shloer and Ilchester Cheese are among the suppliers discussing how you can maximise return on trade investment at The Grocer’s first conference on this hot issue.Scottish Courage MD off-trade Keith Hogg will be...
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Ilchester Cheese sold as MBO
The Ilchester Cheese Company has been sold as a management buyout for an undisclosed sum.Speaking on behalf of the MBO team, Melvyn Glynn said: “Whilst in shareholder terms the buyout represents a new era for the company, customers can be...
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Lactalis buys McLelland cheese company
One of the world’s leading cheese manufacturers, Lactalis, has acquired the Glasgow-based McLelland Group, who make the ‘Seriously Strong’ cheddar brand.
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Is it a green light for cheese?
Meat and dairy producers have cautiously welcomed the Food Standards Agency’s preferred model for nutrient profiling, but still have concerns over a proposed signposting system.Nutrient profiling will determine how products are classified and...
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essential nutrients, enjoyable form
from Nigel White, secretary, British Cheese BoardSir; The recent White Paper on Health (‘DoH: you act – or we will’, The Grocer, November 20, p4-5) contained some interesting ideas in relation to food labelling upon which it is...
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Heinz fingers Farley’s for toddler snacks
Heinz is extending its Farley’s brand beyond rusks with a new range of finger food for toddlers.The new infant offerings include Mini Cheese Biscuits, Mini Fruit Bears and Fruity Cereal Bars.Heinz claims the Mini Cheese Biscuits (rsp:...
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New functionality from Danone
Danone Dairies is planning to extend its healthy yogurt and drink portfolio in the UK into new functional areas, one of which is likely to be energy.At the moment the company’s four key brands – Actimel, Activia, Shape and the recently launched...
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Webb to close
Arla Foods UK has said it will close its HT Webb imported cheese distribution company early next year.The small financial returns to be made from cutting, wrapping and distributing specialist cheese products manufactured by other companies...
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Chocs away
Dairy Milk’s powering ahead, and Cadbury confectionery chief Simon Baldry thinks there’s loads more potential to be tapped in the company’s stable of brands, as he tells Sean McAllisterYou can’t help but feel slightly disappointed by...
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nutrition should be taught in school
from Clare Cheney, director general, Provision Trade FederationSir; I endorse the British Cheese Board’s actions promoting the role of cheese in the diet ( The Grocer, November 6, p26). I think the same rationale applies to other...
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Primula’s mouse has family appeal
Kavli is giving its Primula range of cheese spreads a packing and product makeover and backing the moves with a £150,000 pre-Christmas advertising spend.Aimed at refreshing the offering and giving it wider family appeal, the brand’s new look...
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Unilever expertise for the First Milk board
Richard Greenhalgh, the former Unilever UK executive chairman, is to lead the board of First Milk, one of Britain’s largest farmer-owned dairy co-operatives.Greenhalgh retired as the chairman of Unilever UK in July after 30 years with the...
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The Saturday Essay
>>Nigel White, secretary of the British Cheese Board, on why a traffic-light labelling system is flawedCheese is a natural way of preserving the protein, cream, calcium and vitamins in milk, making it one of the most...
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n lurpak sea saltLurpak butter brand owner Arla Foods has formed a trade alliance with a traditional Danish sea salt producer.Laeso Saltsyderi, a small-scale artisan salt works based in Denmark, is understood to have agreed to produce five tonnes of sea salt...
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Chocolate custard joins Alpro’s dairy-free range
Alpro has added a low-fat chocolate custard to its range of dairy-free products.Made from whole soya beans, the chocolate custard has added calcium, a 12-month shelf-life and tastes like conventional dairy custard, claims Alpro.Commercial...
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Premier Foods reports factory fire
A fire broke out at Premier Foods’ Bury St Edmunds plant last night, but the company reports that no-one was injured in the blaze.The maker of Sun-Pat peanut butter and Sarsons vinegar said it is too early to establish the extent of the...
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Benecol is challenged by ... Danacol
Danone is diving into cholesterol-busting yogurt drinks with a new brand called Danacol.
The launch, which builds on the success of its market-leading Actimel probiotic drink, will pitch the manufacturer even further into a head-on battle with… -
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UK award winners
Two UK companies picked up Sial d’Or awards at the show. Duchy Originals won the organic product category for its Beef & Ale Casserole, while Angel Technology won the UK award for its cholesterol-busting cheese alternative Heartily Healthy.But...