All Dairy articles – Page 192
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Cheese price pushed up 10% by multiples
The retail price of cheese has risen by nearly 10% over the past week as supermarkets claimed they were responding to farmers’ calls for higher returns. Asda was the first to put up the price of 250g of own-label English mild white Cheddar by 9% to...
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Green targets for new Wiseman super-dairy
Robert Wiseman Dairies will formally open its £80m super-dairy in Bridgwater, Somerset this week in a move it claims will set groundbreaking new standards of environmental efficiency in dairy processing. The fresh milk dairy, which will be opened by...
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Harrods lists Tahira Ramadan calendar
Halal food company Tahira Foods has won a contract to supply Harrods with chocolate Ramadan calendars. Similar to a Christmas advent calendar, the Ramadan calendar contains 30 pieces of milk chocolate in a box decorated with Islamic...
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Cheese imports to rise as milk shortages hit
A shortage of milk this autumn could lead to the UK having to import more Cheddar next year as manufacturers struggle to meet demand. Present production rates indicate there could be a shortage of 500,000 litres of milk per day during the low...
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Cow flags up calcium
Kids’ yoghurt brand Munch Bunch has introduced a new on-pack character called Munch the Cow in an attempt to remind parents and children that yoghurt is a key source of calcium. The image of Munch will feature alongside nutrition information, which...
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Noble claims first with boiled eggs
Noble Foods is claiming an industry first with the launch of a range of chilled hard-boiled eggs aimed at time-conscious consumers. The British Lion-approved free-range eggs, which have a 12-day shelf life, are being sold under the Fresh & Tasty...
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Saturday essay: This milk price war is bad for shoppers and farmers
Tesco claims it is taking the profit hit on its new ‘discount’ milk. If that’s so, it won’t last for long – spelling trouble for dairy farmers. The launch of Robert Wiseman’s Fresh’n’Lo in all Tesco stores last week spurred great media interest and...
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Asda’s milk price cuts see sales soar
Asda has reported a huge uplift in sales of milk during its price promotion last weekend. The supermarket sold 1.5 million more pints during the Friday-to-Sunday promotion than the previous weekend, according to a spokeswoman. The price of two...
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Dairylea campaign aims to bring out mums’ nostalgia
Kraft is tapping into mums’ nostalgia for Dairylea with a £6.5m campaign under the strapline ‘Dairylea… it’s never grown up’, to run for 13 weeks from next week. Packaging will be revamped and ads will aim to remind mums about the “goodness and...
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Tesco’s low-cost milk sparks price war fears
Tesco has risked the wrath of dairy farmers by launching a new range of low-priced semi-skimmed milk. Fresh’n’Lo, which was the UK’s first branded semi-skimmed milk and has been a fixture in Scottish supermarkets for 30 years, was rolled out into...
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Youngs brings scampi and Kiev together
Seafood company Young’s is combining two 70s favourites in its latest launch. Scampi Kievs are made from Scottish scampi stuffed with garlic butter and covered in breadcrumbs and retail at rsp £3.99 for a 250g bag. They join Young’s other scampi...
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Morrisons, Waitrose get regional nod
Morrisons, Waitrose get regional nod: Morrisons, Waitrose and Booths have all been named regional winners at this year’s Retail Cheese Awards. Booths in Lytham, Morrisons in Stamford and Waitrose in Burgess Hill won in the multiple retailer section for the north, central and south...
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EU import plans cheese off UK dairy producers
EU import plans cheese off UK dairy producers: Fears are growing in the dairy industry that a proposed EU trade deal could lead to an influx of cheaper Cheddar to the UK market. EU representatives at the Doha round of global trade talks, led by commissioner Peter Mandelson, have proposed ...
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Long Clawson buys Dairy Crest Stilton
Long Clawson Dairy is to buy Dairy Crest’s Stilton and speciality cheese business, including its Hartington Creamery, in a £3.5m deal that makes it the largest Stilton manufacturer in the country. The deal, which marks Dairy Crest’s exit from the...
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DFB business plan ‘on target’ despite losses
Dairy Farmers of Britain insists it is on track to turn a profit by 2009 to 2010, despite recording a £3.55m loss in its latest results. Turnover in the year to 31 March was up 1% to £562m, as a result of higher milk prices. Though operating profit...
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Long-life sales grow as credit crunch bites
Long-life milk has long been a poor relation of fresh, but suddenly its popularity is growing. Richard Ford reports
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Tri-Bites to be revamped as Dairylea Bites
Dairylea Tri-bites is to be relaunched as Dairylea Bites this month. Brand owner Kraft is also increasing the Cheddar content of the triangle-shaped lunchbox cheeses in the revamp. Each £1.99 pack will contain 8 x 18g wrapped cheeses. The move is...
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Sales up as public gets taste for long-life milk
Sales up as public gets taste for long-life milk: Sales of long-life milk are staging a dramatic recovery on the back of improved branding and packaging. UHT milk sales have risen steadily this year, and are currently at their highest point since December 2006, according to DairyCo. In the 52 ...
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Are revised FSA reduction targets worth their salt?
Manufacturers warn of the risk of blandness, crumbling Cheddar and botulism. But is the whole premise suspect?
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Skimmed ‘as effective as sports drink’
Skimmed ‘as effective as sports drink’: People can recover just as quickly from sporting activities by drinking skimmed milk as they can sports drinks, a study has claimed. Milk was very good at rehydrating the body, said the study in the European Journal of Applied Physiology. The...