All Dairy articles – Page 197
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Milk retail price hike to offset production costs
The retail price of milk has risen this week as supermarkets reacted to higher farmgate production costs. The big four have all increased their milk prices in the past seven days from £1.44 to £1.53 for four pints – the first rise since May. The...
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Nottingham dairy may close, says Dairy Crest
Dairy Crest is considering shutting its Nottingham dairy as part of an efficiency drive to combat high cost pressure in the dairy ingredients market. Britain’s largest dairy company confirmed this week that it had launched a 90-day consultation...
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Ski abandons Activ8 in its latest relaunch
Nestlé has relaunched its struggling Ski yoghurt for the fourth time in six years in an attempt to win back confused consumers. The company,which bought the brand from Eden Vale in 2002, has abandoned the Activ8 tag it added to the name in April...
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Gramias bang the drum for Cadbury campaign
The Glass and a Half Productions ad campaign for Cadbury Dairy Milk – better known as the drumming gorilla ad – was the not-so-surprising winner in the television/cinema category at The Gramias last night.
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Cadbury caught up in China milk alarm
Cadbury has been caught up in the Chinese milk scandal amid fears that chocolates made by the confectionery giant could be contaminated with melamine.
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Dairy Crest hires Rotten to sex up its Country Life
In what must go down as one of the most unlikely campaigns in advertising history, Dairy Crest has recruited former Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon to be the new face of relaunched Country Life. From October 1, Lydon, aka Johnny Rotten, will front a...
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Graham’s launches new unsalted butter
Independent Scottish company Graham’s the Family Dairy has launched a new organic unsalted butter. The new butter will be packaged with the company’s usual ‘tartan wellies’ imagery to convey the local farming message. “We have had increasing...
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Milk Link sells Staplemead to Andros
Milk Link has completed the sale of its Staplemead Creamery to French food and dairy specialist Andros. The sale, which confirms Milk Link’s exit from fresh dairy ingredients, sees 213 of the company’s staff transferring to Andros. Staplemead is...
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After milk, melamine fears spread to meat
Chinese meat destined for the food supply chain may contain the potentially lethal chemical melamine, a British expert has warned. Melamine has been at the centre of a scandal in China over the past fortnight following the deaths of a number of...
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Activia sets sights on luxury dessert fans
Danone is looking to bridge the gap between functional yoghurts and luxury desserts with the launch of Activia Intensely Creamy. The dairy giant is ploughing £2.5m into promoting the four-flavour range, which launches this week and will be...
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Tesco pulls sweets in wake of China milk scare
Tesco has withdrawn from sale a line of Chinese sweets known as White Rabbit Creamy Candies as the fall-out from the China milk scandal continues to spread.
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Alpro Soya on track for 2020 carbon target
Alpro Soya has announced it is on track to meet the target it set last year to be carbon neutral by 2020. The producer, which was crowned Green Supplier of the Year at The Grocer Gold Awards in June, said it would have saved a third of carbon...
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Dairy giant shaken by China baby milk deaths
Arla Foods, the Scandinavian dairy processor, has been linked to a growing scandal in China over the contamination of baby milk that has so far resulted in three deaths and thousands falling ill. Arla’s Chinese joint venture partner, Mengniu Dairy, has emerged as one of more than 20 companies whose formula milk had tested positive for melamine contamination.
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Milk Link plans sale of Staplemead arm to boost efficiencies
Milk Link has unveiled plans to sell its Staplemead Creamery to French food and dairy specialist Andros in a move that would mark the company’s exit from fresh dairy ingredients. The farmer-owned co-op announced this week it was in detailed talks...
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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...