All Dairy articles – Page 241
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Staplemead set to grow its portfolio
Milk Link, the Bristol-based dairy farmers’ co-operative, is on the acquisitions trail, chief executive Barry Nicholls has revealed.This will enable it to increase its own product portfolio and that of the joint venture company Staplemead...
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Glanbia, Sligo in milk pledge
Glanbia, the largest milk supplier in the Irish Republic, and Sligo Dairies have undertaken in the High Court in Dublin not to enter into any price-fixing agreement on the retail price of milk.The undertakings were given in settlement of an...
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Confectionery’s troubleshooter
When Nestlé launched its Double Cream missile right at the heartland of Cadbury’s block chocolate business last year, Cadbury responded with a volley of 50%-extra-frees on Dairy Milk.All’s fair in love and war and all that, but the exchange...
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Huge just got bigger
Cheese suppliers Harvey & Brockless and the Huge Cheese Company London have merged to form H&B Food Provisions.The companies, which supply independent delicatessens and foodservice, have a combined annual turnover of £30m. MD of...
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Competition Commission invites comments on Arla/Express deal
The Competition Commission has invited comments by August 15 on the proposed £155m merger between Danish dairy group Arla and Express Dairies.The deal would create Arla Foods and reduce the number of milk suppliers from four to three. The...
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Kerry Foods adds milk
Kerry Foods Direct to Store has expanded into milk distribution in a deal with ACC Milk.The agreement enables the service to deliver 500ml whole and semi-skimmed milk cartons of ACC Milk’s Dairygate brand to more than 17,500 independent...
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Store location
Ranked in order of cheapest full basket Asda Cramlington, Tyne & Wear £39.09 Date of shopping trip: 11.07.03 Time of trip: 09.47 Time ...
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n less cheddar
Latest government figures show cheese production was still in decline during April. So far in the first four months of this year UK cheese manufacture has dropped by about 9%, or by 12,000 tonnes, compared with the 137,000 tonnes produced during...
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n less cheddar
Latest government figures show cheese production was still in decline during April. So far in the first four months of this year UK cheese manufacture has dropped by about 9%, or by 12,000 tonnes, compared with the 137,000 tonnes produced...
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CTB lavishes £8m on new Dairy Milk
Cadbury Trebor Bassett has unveiled relaunch plans for its flagship brand Dairy Milk and they include an £8.2m marketing budget, the company’s biggest yet.Other developments include revamped packaging, new products and range...
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Goats cheese Caerphilly proves hit
An idea to try something new with goat's milk has led to a top award for a struggling small cheese maker. Somerset based John Longman took the top prize in Tesco's inaugural Cheese Challenge with his goats cheese Caerphilly. The win means his...
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Glanbia sells UK pork operations
Irish dairy giant Glanbia has sold its UK fresh pork operations, Glanbia Fresh Meats with two facilities at Tipton and West Bromwich to Flagship Foods, for an undisclosed sum.The move is part of Glanbia’s strategy to focus on cheese,...
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Do we still need the milk round?
With more and more young people attending university, the elitism of the graduate recruitment programme makes no sense, says Simon Howard (BA) When I began work there was a huge snobbery about who did, and who did not have degrees. In fact in...
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Milk Link gets Tesco man
Robert Hirst, category manager for dairy at Tesco, has left to join farmers' co-operative Milk Link in the newly created role of trading director. He will be responsible for more than £220m worth of milk and ingredients sales. He will manage a...
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n wild garlic yarg
Waitrose is to stock the latest offering from the company that introduced the nettle-covered Cornish Yarg cheese. Lyhner Dairies Cheese Company is introducing a Wild Garlic Yarg exclusively to the retailer in September. The company...
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Jenks brokers in MBO
Jenks Sales Brokers has been acquired from McCormick UK in a multi-million pound management buy-out by MD Mike Timms and commercial director Ross Beattie. The sales and marketing company, which handles key brands including Del Monte, Benecol,...
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Fresh appeal for Nesquik in fridge
Simon Mowbray Nestlé is throwing its Nesquik brand into fridges, hoping to generate sales of £20m. Nesquik Fresh debuts in supermarket chillers on July 14 and will roll out in two flavours chocolate and strawberry as Nestlé expands the...
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Kraft to tackle obesity
Kraft Foods plans fight obesity and stave off lawsuits through new marketing practices and guidelines to cap portion sizes of single serve packages. Kraft Foods, with brands such as cheese snacks Dairylea Dunkables, Toblerone chocolate and...
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Dean Foods takes control of Horizon
US dairy giant Dean Foods has agreed to buy the 87% of Horizon Organic that it does not already own for $216m. Horizon Organic, which produces, markets and sells organic milk, yogurt and butter under the Rachel’s Organic brand, said that the...