All Dairy articles – Page 188
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Cracking first TV ad for Wensleydale
The Wensleydale Creamery is launching its first ever television advert to reinforce its authentic credentials in consumers' minds.
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Cathedral City sets out to be Heinz Beanz of cheese
Dairy Crest has kicked off a multi-million pound bid to establish Cathedral City as the Heinz Baked Beanz of the dairy category with a £10m relaunch.Starting in November, the three-phase strategy will encompass a packaging and logo...
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Nom takes on Müller with light pot launch
Nom UK has unveiled ambitious plans to take on Müller and become a major branded and own-label yoghurt producer. The new UK arm of the Austrian dairy giant launched Nom Naturally Light into Asda last week. The four-strong yoghurt range...
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Rowcliffe to supply M&S with cheeses
Anthony Rowcliffe & Son has won a contract to supply M&S with a range of 11 artisan British cheeses.It will be the first time Rowcliffe, which distributes speciality British and Continental cheeses, has supplied the retailer. The...
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Milk processor profits hit by plastic bottle cost hike
Milk processors are warning their profits will be hit by the sharp rise in milk bottle production costs.The cost of the high-density polyethylene (HDPE) used to make milk polybottles has shot up 42% since the start of the year as the...
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Saturday Essay: A fair share for all, please – shoppers included
Where are the missing millions in milk? Supply chain price cuts should be passed on to consumers, says Peter Kendall
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Time for a great milk shake-up
Jodie Farran and Andrew Howie's premium Shaken Udder milkshakes, launched last year, are rapidly gaining listings. Could they be the next Innocent, asks Richard Ford
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Sainsbury’s group for UK cheese
Sainsbury's has become the first major multiple to establish a dedicated group of farmers to supply its British cheese.
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Dairy Crest benefits from new milk deals
New milk contract wins and branded growth continue to boost Dairy Crest's fortunes.Milk sales to major retail customers have risen 10% in the past six months compared with the same period last year, the company revealed this week.
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Call for EC action over soaring UK butter cost
Soaring UK butter prices have sparked calls for the European Commission to release the massive butter reserves it has built up through intervention buying.UK wholesale butter prices rocketed 30% or £610 a tonne between August and...
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Tesco hailed for keeping milk price above rivals’
Tesco has been praised for its support of farmers after it shaved just 0.06ppl off its milk price for the coming six months.The supermarket confirmed this week it was paying farmers 27.37ppl from October 1, marginally down on April's...
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Saturday Essay: Stop whingeing, imports are good for us!
Demand for foreign cheese creates competitive pressures that make British dairy more efficient, says Carl Ravenhall
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Irish launch logo to see off dairy imports threat
Dairy products produced and processed in the Irish Republic are to carry a new identity logo to support the industry against cheaper imports. The new logo had been developed to encourage shoppers to buy locally produced products rather...
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There’s a clue in the name
'Pope is Catholic' story of the week goes to the Stilton Cheese Makers' Association, which issued a shock press release saying Stilton was, contrary to popular belief, first made in the village of Stilton. You don't say.Read Blogof next...
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NewsMars adds indulgence to probiotic category with Galaxy drink
Mars is taking on Yakult and Danone in the ailing probiotic drinks market with the launch of a Galaxy shot and other Mars brands could follow. The company is targeting sales of 10% of the £220m dairy shots market within the next few...
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Act now to secure future milk supply
The dairy farming sector is not, as I was quoted as saying in The Grocer's The Dairymen supplement, dead. However, it is definitely in crisis. According to DairyCo data for the 12 months ending March 2009, farmers' gross margins continue at...
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Around the Papers 22/9/09
Tesco ad row; Stilton 'from Stilton' sensation; Jesus 'would shop at Aldi'
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How radical do we need to be?
Wine in cans? Boxless breakfast cereals? Milk cartons made of chalk? Corn-based plastic? We look at the latest innovations - and what's on the drawing board. By Adam Leyland, Alex Black and Joanne Grew
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Kerrygold cuts its packaging by 90 tonnes
Kerrygold has cut its packaging by more than 90 tonnes a year since moving to a new cheese packing facility in May.The company had saved about 60 tonnes of cardboard by changing the design of some of its boxes and by reducing the board...
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Shoppers choose low-fat dairy as taste improves
Nine out of 10 shoppers now buy low-fat dairy products and six out of 10 believe that lower-fat variants taste as good or better than full-fat equivalents, an exclusive new survey has indicated. The survey, carried out for The Grocer by...