All Dairy articles – Page 229
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Milk price under scrutiny again
The government has pledged to look into how milk is bought and sold in the UK.The announcement by Lord Bach, the new minister for sustainable farming and food, came as cracks began to reappear in the supply chain after a decision by Arla to...
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Smith defies the fury of farmers
The fallout from Arla Foods’ decision last week to cut the price it pays farmers for milk is threatening to shatter the fragile harmony in dairy supply.Farmers For Action boss David Handley called out members to picket Arla depots and demanded...
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Nestlé sells milk powder factories
Nestlé has sold its milk manufacturing plants in Australia and the Netherlands.Nestlé said that it would cease manufacturing milk powder in Australia and that its powdered milk factory in the Netherlands had been sold to Dutch entrepreneur...
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Cheese suppliers win price rise
The dairy supply chain has arrived at a deal to increase the retail price of cheese.Farmers For Action leader David Handley said that after weeks of tense negotiations, the UK’s retail multiples had finally agreed to increase the amount they...
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Yoghurt pots grow greener
Loseley is making its yoghurts greener as well as healthier with the relaunch of its range of probiotic low-fat set Bio Live yoghurts in recyclable packaging.The ‘digestion friendly’ yoghurts contain the live cultures Lactobacillus...
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Milk Marque set for comeback
After five years in the wilderness, Milk Marque is set to make a dramatic comeback.The once-mighty Milk Marketing Board successor has ordered advisor Baker Tilly to find it a business to buy. The criteria are that the venture must be food and...
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M&S milks Omega-3 cow
The dairy industry has welcomed the second launch in a week of a milk enriched with brain-enhancing Omega-3.Hot on the heels of St Ivel Advance with Omega-3 (The Grocer, May 21, p78), Marks and Spencer has launched its own Fresh Omega-3...
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Still time to say ‘cheese’
There’s still time left to enter the 2005 Retail Cheese Awards, but hurry – the deadline is May 28.The Retail Cheese Awards, which are jointly sponsored by Dairy Crest and The Grocer, are designed to recognise the best cheese retailers in the...
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Dairy Crest’s bucket is full
The first branded fresh milk with added Omega-3 is being described by supplier Dairy Crest as an important breakthrough for the sector.Aimed at families with young children, St Ivel Advance aims to capitalise on growing interest in the role...
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Pilgrims takes a bite at snacks
Pilgrims Choice is set to take a bite out of the convenience market with a range of cheese snacking products.Pilgrims Choice Minis, Pilgrims Choice Snack Pack and Pilgrims Choice Vintage Extra Mature in sliced and grated formats aim to...
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PiC bid to woo Cumbrian farmers
Partners in Cheese formally announced at a meeting with local farmers last week that it intends to raise money to build a new mild Cheddar factory in Cumbria. But it revealed few firm details about the venture.Apart from the £44m cost of the...
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Onken appoints trio to drive growth
Onken has announced plans for significant growth over the next three years and has appointed a new head of marketing, senior national account manager and senior category manager.Jackie Duff becomes head of marketing and will be responsible for...
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Baileys adds choc cups
Baileys has undergone another extension – this time as Baileys & Chocolate Cups.The pack consists of a 50cl bottle of Baileys with six 25ml cups moulded from milk chocolate into which the liqueur can be poured (rsp: £9.99). The concept,...
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Morrisons ditches Wiseman
After weeks of speculation, Morrisons has confirmed that it will rationalise its liquid milk supply base.The multiple – the last of the big four to review its supply arrangements – will ditch Robert Wiseman Dairies and increase the amount of...
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Rivals fear new Cumbrian plant will undermine cheese prices
A proposed Cheddar plant could compromise efforts to increase the price of cheese.Partners in Cheese’s planned 400 million-litre Cumbrian plant is almost certain to destabilise the cheese sector because of its “added capacity, zero customer...
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Research Notes
>>market grows 5.3% to £1.5bnThe UK chilled yoghurts and potted desserts market was valued at £1.5bn for the year ending January 30, 2005, growing in value by 5.3%, above total packaged grocery growth of 3%. More than 96% of the...
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Green-friendly organic
Organic brands are offering fruit and fruit juice yoghurts in a bid to infect kids with the environmentally friendly bugMany yoghurt fans have embraced organic varieties, but manufacturers reckon that it’s time for kids to get the...
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Drinks: the fashionable option
The liquid or drinking yoghurt sector has gone crazy in the past six months as time-pressed consumers start to see such products as an easy way to get their daily nutrients all in one goFashionably speaking, yoghurt drinks are the new...
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Daily dose of virtuous dairy
Chilled yoghurts are coming into their own as convenient, healthy snacks. Household penetration of premium products has doubled in the past year, while virtually fat-free is also experiencing growth. Helen Gregory reportsYoghurts have...