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The return to farmhouse butter
Speciality butter is winning consumers over thanks to its premium image, and the appeal of taste and natural qualitiesSpeciality butter sales continue to rise, partly due to endorsement by celebrity chefs and a growing consumer desire...
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But I do like a little bit of…
British consumers have become enthusiastic about premium spreads, while regular lines are in the doldrums. Jackie Mitchell reportsThe UK’s love affair with butter shows no sign of abating.Once the whipping boy of health campaigns...
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Cross-border quota bids looming
Milk quotas may soon be traded between EU states, a move that could leave processors in the UK desperately short of raw material.Farmers across Europe are gearing up to test the mettle of Brussels by attempting to buy quota cross-border....
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Lulu’s making a hullabaloo about health
Consumers are responding as manufacturers boost brand equity with positive and trusted health messagesIn March, Unilever relaunched its Flora brand with Omega-3 and 6 oils in its recipe with a new logo and packaging as part of a £9m...
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Moo makes lunchbox links
Milk Link Beverages is the latest dairy company to step up innovation in branded milk with the launch of Mini Moo cartons for kids and Moo Organic.The UK’s biggest supplier of long-life milk is releasing two variants of its long-life milk...
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Findus returns to sweeter stuff
Findus is making a return to the sweet frozen category with the launch of Flips filled pancakes.The line is being launched in six flavours – Choc ‘n’ Roll, Super Strawberry, Really Raspberry, Cheese & Ham, Mexican Cheese and Chilli Beef...
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Uphill going for Cumbrian plant
Partners in Cheese (PiC) has reignited its drive for farmers to back a proposed new cheese plant in Cumbria.An ominous two months silence followed an initial meeting with interested parties in May, but the Dutch-based consortium has now sent...
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UK intervention prices 2004-2007
well above the intervention level. All of this could lead to a firm market until at least the end of the year.The position is less clear for butter, although recent prices have been well above the intervention level and no UK butter has been...
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Supplier Spotlight
Beer drinkers who dipped chunks of cheese in their pints in the 1960s inadvertently led to the creation of the Ilchester Cheese Company.Dunking punters gave Ilchester pub landlord Ken Seaton the idea of making a cheese blended with beer, which...
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The Saturday Essay
>>brands help build milk sales, says David Whiting, marketing director of organic dairy farmers co-operative OMSCONews that milk sales have enjoyed a small uplift for the first time in many years is a rare ray of sunshine for...
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Farmers furious as Arla digs in
The row between dairy farmers and Arla Foods intensified this week, after the processor refused to reverse its 0.35ppl cut in milk prices (The Grocer, June 11, p64).Arla met officials from Farmers For Action and the National Farmers’ Union on...
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Lulu shouts about Flora
Scottish crooner Lulu will sing the praises of Flora Pro-activ in a £3.5m TV and marketing campaign for the dairy brand.The reality TV-style ads break nationwide on July 1 and feature Lulu following a healthy diet challenge, which includes...
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Harrison leaves Müller after 18 months at top
Müller Dairy UK has parted company with general manager Andrew Harrison, less than 18 months after he took over at the helm of the yoghurt giant.Harrison, who is understood to have left without a job to go to, joined Müller from Nestlé...
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Vegetarian sizzles for the griddle
Basil Pesto & Goats’ Cheese and Mediterranean Vegetable are the first launches under vegetarian food producer Cauldron Foods’ chilled range of premium grills.The grills have been developed for the barbecue season, with a recipe that makes...
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Müller travels to four corners of US
Müller has travelled to the four corners of America for a range of American Classic Corners, which it will launch later this month.Four US flavours have been brought across the Atlantic – Alabama Chocolate Fudge Cake, Blueberry Manhattan...
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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...