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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.
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acid test - Hot Nachos Cheese Sauce
Expert's verdict: 7/10 ?Discovery is already an established brand in this area of the market so consumers will recognise the packaging and have high expectations. There is no other pourover, nachos-style sauce on the market so it is an unusual...
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Cheese in a flutter
Cheesemaker Shepherds Purse has gone to the dogs - literally. It's won a contract to supply its Ryedale branded cheese to restaurants at greyhound stadiums run by the Greyhound Racing Association. Maggotcha! Three men in the Dutch...
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Processors lift prices to appease farmers
Dairy companies have announced a raft of huge liquid milk price hikes for farmers, in an effort to quell frustration about low returns in the industry. Major processors Dairy Crest and Arla Foods have broken the 25ppl barrier with the price rises...
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...as milk shortage looms this winter
Winter milk supplies will crash to well below one billion litres during the trough if current supply profiles continue, leading to more shortages of dairy products. Production in July was 1098 million litres, compared with 1,155 million litres last...
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Wiseman hike fails to see off rebellion...
Robert Wiseman Dairies has sought to calm an increasingly restless membership by stating its intention to pay 25.5ppl from November. But its move failed to placate 19 Wiseman producers in south west Scotland who resigned over the insufficient...
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insight - Milk consumers
Milk benefits from health drive Milk is seen by parents as an important part of a healthy diet for children but the decline in milk consumption in this group shows just how vulnerable the dairy industry is to the Nutrient Profiling Model developed...