All Dairy articles – Page 159
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News
Greek food isn’t in Brits’ bad books
Sir, While Greek ready meals may be on the wane, the British public has certainly not lost its taste for Greek dairy products (‘And now Brits lose their appetite for Greek food’, 19 November). Futura Foods is the largest importer of Greek cheese into the UK and we have seen ...
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NewsJN Dairies gets final damages from Johal
The bitter legal dispute between JN Dairies and Johal Dairies has ended as JN has now received all monies awarded it by the courts
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NewsDairy Crest unveils online Chedds game
The tie-up between Dairy Crest’s Chedds brand and Cartoon Network has kicked off with an online game featuring the characters of the Chedds TV ad.
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News
EC under fire for failing protected status foods
The European Commission is failing to adequately promote and protect the reputation of products such as Jersey Royals and Blue Stilton, a damning report from the European Court of Auditors has claimed.
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NewsWiseman to trial A2 milk in British market
Robert Wiseman Dairies is to join Arla in the dairy intolerance market with a new brand targeted at consumers who suffer digestive discomfort from dairy.
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NewsGlanbia warns of global dairy slowdown
Glanbia has issued a robust assessment of trading for the year to date, but warned of weakening demand globally for dairy products.
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News
Smaller, greener tubs for Dairy Crest spreads
Dairy Crest is overhauling the packaging of its spreads portfolio in a bid to address growing consumer concerns about packaging waste and to provide a more user-friendly tub.
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NewsAdams pulls Kerrygold Cheddar for poor sales
The notoriously competitive Cheddar market has claimed a new casualty, with Adams Foods abandoning its Kerrygold brand cheese in the UK to focus on butters and spreads.
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Comment and Opinion
Castello’s aristocratic acrobatics are a seductive Casanova substitute
As the current fuss about St Paul’s demonstrates, Brits love a bit of costume drama, especially when it involves fops in frocks flouncing about in existential crisis before the baying hordes.
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NewsTesco undercuts Flora with Kerry lookalike
Kerry Foods is going head-to-head with Unilever with a new functional spreads brand that echoes the look and feel of Flora. Exclusive to Tesco, Smart Health is available in two variants - standard and light - and comes in 500g tubs, with...
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NewsAsda’s milk premium to farmers cut by 20%
Asda cut the premium paid to its liquid milk supply group by 20% despite insisting the milk price war would not come at the expense of its dairy farmers, The Grocer can reveal. One week before it slashed its retail milk prices, Asda...
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NewsVitalite pledges a return to Sainsbury’s
Dairy Crest has pledged to do its utmost to get Vitalite back on Sainsbury’s shelves after the dairy-free spread was delisted last month. Sainsbury’s stopped stocking Vitalite spread less than 18 months after it went into stores in May…
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NewsSoaring exports to EU boost dairy margins
Exports of British cheese and butter are soaring as suppliers take advantage of favourable exchange rates to seek lucrative margins abroad. Butter exports increased by 40.2% to 9,625 tonnes between January and July this year compared with...
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NewsTesco listing for Arla Middle Eastern lines
Arla has stolen a further march on the UK's ethnic market by quietly rolling out more products from its Middle Eastern Puck range. Puck Cream Cheese Spread (240g), Puck Medium Style Cheese (500g) and Puck Vegetable Cream (170g) went into...
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NewsDelamere takes on Alpro with soya milk
Goats dairy supplier Delamere Dairy is going up against soya heavyweight Alpro with an unexpected move into soya milk. The company, which already supplies branded goats milk, butter and cheese, is launching a Delamere Dairy-branded soya...
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NewsDairy fears ‘setback’ from reduced-fat vote
One of the dairy sector's fastest-growing categories, reduced-fat products, could suffer a significant setback as a result of the EU, Dairy UK has warned. As The Grocer went to press, an EU standing committee was expected to approve...
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NewsWenisch to implement big growth plan at Nom
Nom UK CEO David Potts is leaving the business at the end of 2011 ahead of a major expansion drive by the yoghurt maker. His role is not being replaced and responsibility for UK operations is passing to the company's international CEO...
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NewsYeo Valley boy band The Churned racks up social media hits
Yeo Valley latest ad, featuring 'boy band' The Churned, has taken the social media world by storm. By Tuesday lunchtime fewer than three days after the ad first aired during a break in The X Factor The Churned's 'Forever' had received 249,004 views on...
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NewsNom parts company with UK boss Potts
Nom UK boss David Potts is to leave the business at the end of the year. Responsibility for Nom’s UK operations will pass to Nom International chief executive Christoph Wenisch, who joined the company earlier this year.
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Comment and Opinion
Nice little churner
The X Factor: synonymous with tearful contestants, ridiculous ‘twists’ and, these days, extravagant ads for yoghurt.