All Dairy articles – Page 246
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dunkers addition
Kraft Foods is investing more than £300,000 behind the launch of yet another addition to its Dairylea Dunkers range. Finger Dunkers are crispy potato rings with a Dairylea cheese dip. In store from September 8, the new addition will be supported by...
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Freekee is tango’d
Britvic is bringing its six-month-old kids’ milk and juice drink Freekee Soda under the Tango banner and reducing the 330ml price from 62p to 55p, with an initial promotion of 49p. n The move comes after the threat...
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Keeping the dream rolling
United Milk’s collapse is not writing on the wall for farmer co-ops says Vic RobertsonHe is not exactly saying “I told you so”, but in 2001 government farming advisor Sean Rickard of Cranfield University accurately predicted a rocky...
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Co-op makes pledge on TV
The Co-operative Group is supporting the launch of its “bread and milk promise” with a TV ad to be shown across selected regions.The promise is being rolled out to the society’s 1,200 stores and states that if the store runs out of specific...
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buffalo option
Buffalo milk has hit the shelves in two branches of Waitrose.The stores, in Milton Keynes and Leighton Buzzard, are the first in the country to stock the premium range product.The milk is produced by local farmer Nick Griffin, who...
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Bertolli faces a ‘credible’ rival
Matthews Foods is joining forces with top-selling olive oil brand Filippo Berio to take on the might of Unilever.The Yorkshire-based yellow fats specialist, which enjoys a modest turnover of around £30m with its predominantly own label...
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United Milk heads into receivership
Leading dairy farmer co-operative United Milk, based at Westbury, Wilts, has gone into receivership.The country's other major co-ops – First Milk, Milk Link and Dairy Farmers of Britain – confirmed they were in active discussions with the...
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Green & Black’s ad "misleading"
Organic chocolate maker Green & Black’s have been told by watchdogs that a poster advertising its chocolate was “misleading”. The poster stated: “You’ll notice our chocolate tastes different, that’s because we use cocoa butter instead of...
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Heat Havoc
The enduring heatwave is causing havoc for a wide variety of sectors across Europe and beyond. Milk output is reported to be slumping in many parts of Spain, Italy and France, as well as other regions in Germany and Austria.Grass pastures...
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Lunchable falls in line
Kraft has signalled its devotion to the Dairylea Lunchables range despite recent adverse publicity over salt and fat content.The company last month made a global vow to improve the makeup of its key lines.And it said that new Pitta...
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Britvic’s Freekee makes a Strange move
Britvic is bringing its six-month old kids’ milk and juice drink Freekee Soda under the Tango banner, in advance of a legal challenge.The company would not name its challenger but the Patents Office confirmed that the only other product...
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Britvic’s Freekee goes Strange
Britvic is bringing its six-month old kids’ milk and juice drink Freekee Soda under the Tango banner, in advance of a legal challenge.The company would not name its challenger but the Patents Office confirmed that the only other product...
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Cadbury’s ad for real
Cadbury has been cleared of “misleading” advertising in a poster campaign for its Dairy Milk chocolate brand.The poster pictured a young man and woman kissing, with a bar of chocolate at their side, with the strap-line ‘Real tasty, Real...
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Kraft adds new Lunchables to range
Kraft is expanding its lunchbox offerings with the launch of its Dairylea Lunchables Pitta Pouches in time for the new school term in September. Trade relations manager at Kraft, Easton Millar, said the snacks will have a 20% salt...
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Yazoo shakes its tastes
Campina is set to stretch its kids’ flavoured milk brand Yazoo in two new directions next month with the arrival of two products.It is launching Yazoo Chill milkshakes into chiller cabinets and bringing out the brand’s first yogurt...
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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...