All Dairy articles – Page 202
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Defra's 'outlandish' milk plans blasted
Dairy industry leaders have slammed Defra proposals to make the sector more environmentally friendly as "outlandish".The first draft of the long-awaited Milk Roadmap, shown to a select group of stakeholders last week, suggests a...
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Asda tests brand equity
Asda is putting the brand equity of Britain's food and drink brands to the test in an attempt to weed out needless duplication and offer customers greater choice. Earlier this summer the UK's second-largest supermarket delisted Princes tuna...
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In Brief: Raising the standard; Sainsbury's premium; Arla hit by shortage
Raising the standard The standards behind British Lion eggs have been upgraded to improve salmonella controls and traceability. From next month the www.britegg.co.uk website will allow consumers to trace eggs back to the farm they came from....
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Alpro uses wellbeing to drive new growth
Alpro is hoping to take the brand to a wider audience and breathe life into the slowing soya market with a new campaign focusing on wellbeing. The 2008 Year of Wellbeing campaign is Alpro's most significant to date and will involve 16...
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Unilever culls 315 jobs at three UK factories
Unilever is axing 315 jobs at three of its UK manufacturing plants, including the country's only Marmite factory, while positions at its Pot Noodle and Flora plants are also under threat. Unilever said the latest job losses were part of...
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Price Survey
After weeks of anticipation the rocketing price of commodities has finally hit the supermarket shelves, but the rising price of bread, milk and other staples is by no means across the board. Our analysis of The Grocer 33 this week shows,...
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Campaign trail: Yoplait is expanding its Frubes fromage frais
Yoplait is expanding its Frubes fromage frais brand with a limited-edition Spider-Man 3 variety, which is being launched to coincide with the UK DVD release of the film next month. It will be promoted with a 10-second TV ad running from...
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Alpro Soya to sponsor last Parkinson
Dairy-free brand Alpro Soya is sponsoring the final series of Parkinson on ITV this autumn in a targeted campaign of its core consumer. The deal includes broadcast and online sponsorship, as well as branded trailers on ITV1, which will...
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Logo aims to bring personality to milk
Milk is to get its first-ever logo in a bid to generate greater stand-out in the branded drinks category. The 'new milk' logo, as it is referred to, will be launched at this year's Dairy Event next week (19-20 September) and is intended...
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monitor - milk
Recent declines in UK milk production have been taken by some in the industry as a threat to the liquid milk supplies. If milk output continues to decline - likely following the wet summer, which made silage and hay production difficult - the...
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Sales grow organically
Scotland's dairy industry has recorded success through a focus on provenance and innovation, as well as a consumer interest in all things organic. Sales in the organic sector of dairy have been strong, particularly in milk. But the...
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Friel's service ends at Kerry
Hugh Friel is set to retire as CEO of Kerry Group - the Irish food company behind Wall's sausages, Mattessons and Cheestrings. Friel will retire on 31 December. He has worked for Kerry since it was founded in 1972 and has led the group...
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Onken Mousse moves into premium desserts
Onken Mousse is moving upmarket as brand owner Dr. Oetker aims to compete with the likes of Gü in chilled pot desserts. The range is being relaunched and rebranded as Dr. Oetker Onken Mousse this month and segmented into 'creamy' and...
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Positive moves for the dairy industry
Positive moves for the dairy industry Jim Begg Director general, Dairy UK Sir; In an industry where too often the glass is seen as half empty, it is encouraging to report...
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Milk Link forced to ration Country Life
Milk Link has had to scale back production of Country Life butters and spreads at its Lockerbie factory because of cream shortages. Though throughput is beginning to return to normal, the dairy co-operative has been forced to ration its...
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Unilever to sell Boursin
Unilever is planning to sell its French soft cheese brand Boursin as part of its ongoing efforts to streamline its operations.Unilever bought Boursin, which employs 150 people, from founder Francois Boursin in 1990. Dairy Crest has been...
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Reprieve for flavoured milk drinks for schools
Schools in England will be allowed to offer flavoured milk drinks to pupils after a climbdown by the School Food Trust.The Trust initially insisted that only drinks containing milk and fruit juice were allowed in schools, but has changed...
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Canaries target UK with cheese drive
Cheese from the Canary Islands could appear on cheese boards up and down the country after producers launched a promotion to boost trade with the UK.Spanish importer Brindisa is already supplying some of the more mature Manchego-style...
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Awards data washed away
Britain's self-proclaimed biggest cheese awards have been thrown into confusion following the summer floods.Organisers of the Great British Cheese Festival, due to be held in Frilford, Oxfordshire, on 28-30 September, are...
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Dairylea dominates the aisles with promotions
Kraft's Dairylea is romping ahead in the cheese category chart, taking a whopping 70% of featured space promotional activity for the category last weekend - 59 percentage points clear of its closest rival Cathedral City.