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n less cheddar
Latest government figures show cheese production was still in decline during April. So far in the first four months of this year UK cheese manufacture has dropped by about 9%, or by 12,000 tonnes, compared with the 137,000 tonnes produced...
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CTB lavishes £8m on new Dairy Milk
Cadbury Trebor Bassett has unveiled relaunch plans for its flagship brand Dairy Milk and they include an £8.2m marketing budget, the company’s biggest yet.Other developments include revamped packaging, new products and range...
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Goats cheese Caerphilly proves hit
An idea to try something new with goat's milk has led to a top award for a struggling small cheese maker. Somerset based John Longman took the top prize in Tesco's inaugural Cheese Challenge with his goats cheese Caerphilly. The win means his...
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Glanbia sells UK pork operations
Irish dairy giant Glanbia has sold its UK fresh pork operations, Glanbia Fresh Meats with two facilities at Tipton and West Bromwich to Flagship Foods, for an undisclosed sum.The move is part of Glanbia’s strategy to focus on cheese,...
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Milk Link gets Tesco man
Robert Hirst, category manager for dairy at Tesco, has left to join farmers' co-operative Milk Link in the newly created role of trading director. He will be responsible for more than £220m worth of milk and ingredients sales. He will manage a...
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Do we still need the milk round?
With more and more young people attending university, the elitism of the graduate recruitment programme makes no sense, says Simon Howard (BA) When I began work there was a huge snobbery about who did, and who did not have degrees. In fact in...
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Fresh appeal for Nesquik in fridge
Simon Mowbray Nestlé is throwing its Nesquik brand into fridges, hoping to generate sales of £20m. Nesquik Fresh debuts in supermarket chillers on July 14 and will roll out in two flavours chocolate and strawberry as Nestlé expands the...
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n wild garlic yarg
Waitrose is to stock the latest offering from the company that introduced the nettle-covered Cornish Yarg cheese. Lyhner Dairies Cheese Company is introducing a Wild Garlic Yarg exclusively to the retailer in September. The company...
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Jenks brokers in MBO
Jenks Sales Brokers has been acquired from McCormick UK in a multi-million pound management buy-out by MD Mike Timms and commercial director Ross Beattie. The sales and marketing company, which handles key brands including Del Monte, Benecol,...
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Kraft to tackle obesity
Kraft Foods plans fight obesity and stave off lawsuits through new marketing practices and guidelines to cap portion sizes of single serve packages. Kraft Foods, with brands such as cheese snacks Dairylea Dunkables, Toblerone chocolate and...
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Dean Foods takes control of Horizon
US dairy giant Dean Foods has agreed to buy the 87% of Horizon Organic that it does not already own for $216m. Horizon Organic, which produces, markets and sells organic milk, yogurt and butter under the Rachel’s Organic brand, said that the...
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n cool move
One of the largest on-farm milk cooling systems in the UK has been installed at a dairy farm. The Dent Company farm near Penrith is now cooling and storing its milk in a Mueller direct expansion tank with a capacity for 28,700 litres. Farmer...
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The 24cm treatment
The 24cm treatment Frozen pizza specialist Schwan's is extending its Freschetta brand's presence in the sharing arena by launching a new medium-sized offering. Three versions Speciale, Garlic Chicken and Cheese Speciale all get the 24cm...
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Yogz relaunch
Müller is investing £1m in a relaunch for its children’s yogurt brand Yogz with press and TV ads and online activity planned for later in the year. Meanwhile, the product has been reformulated, with chocolate-covered puffed rice replacing...
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n deliveries up 4%
Milk deliveries to UK dairies during May showed an increase of 4% over April. According to estimates by the Rural Payments Agency, milk production reached its annual peak in the second half of May and is now following its normal seasonal...
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n prices up
The continued strength of the euro has led to price rises for UK butter and cheese. The average UK intervention price for bulk butter in the first week of June has moved up to over £2,100 per tonne, about 10% higher than in January and 4% up on...
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Fab new edition
Fab, the iconic ice cream brand of the 1960 and 70s, is to get its first new variant, a limited edition called Fab It's Orange. The 36-year-old stalwart's new incarnation combines orange water ice covered in milk chocolate and sprinkled with...
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KP shares out Mini Cheddars
KP is to hit the snacking market with the launch of a new Mini Cheddars sharing tub and will also permanently add its Peperami flavour to its handypack range in the wake of £1m of retail sales in 2002.The 150g sharing tubs will be available...
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United Milk pushes up price paid for milk deliveries to its
Dairy farmers will be getting 19 pence per litre from United Milk for the milk delivered in May. The price was confirmed this week for direct suppliers to UM's Westbury processing dairy, up from 18.6ppl. The liquid contract will be 18.24ppl....
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n subsidy boost
With a rise of sales of skim milk powder into intervention, the EU Management Committee has decided to boost export subsidy by 18% to e600/tonne. The move has been made in an attempt to increase the volume of exports to third countries. ...