All Dairy articles – Page 252

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    Milk businesses taken on

    2002-10-05T00:00:00Z

    Longslow Food Group and Creamline Dairies have picked up the fresh milk businesses of Lancashire Dairies, which called in the receivers last month. Creamline has bought the doorstep business and Longslow, based in Colwyn Bay, North Wales, has bought...

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    Blind date in the corner

    2002-10-05T00:00:00Z

    Muller has matched itself up with dating game Blind Date for its first TV sponsorship deal. Ad executions featuring different products from the yogurt giant's portfolio will be screened either side of and during editions of the Saturday night...

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    Delamere Dairies have acquired a touch of TV glamour with th

    2002-10-05T00:00:00Z

    The celebrity chef visited the 1,000-strong goat herd of Liz and Roger Sutton at Knutsford, Cheshire, to source goats milk to use for luxury yogurts in his new food range. "Anthony is associated with good, quality food, produced to the highest...

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    Dairy Crest sell Westway site

    2002-10-03T00:00:00Z

    Chilled foods group Dairy Crest has sold its former milk processing plant Westway in London for £18m in cash.CGNU and Commercial Union have bought the site which Dairy Crest vacated in January. The approved developer is Helical...

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    Lurpak enters flavours

    2002-09-28T00:00:00Z

    Mary Carmichael Arla Foods is spreading its Lurpak brand into flavoured butters with the launch of a three-strong range. The newcomers mark only the third brand extension in the butter stalwart's 101-year history, and follow the...

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    The Acid Test

    2002-09-28T00:00:00Z

    >>consumers and buyers give their views on the latest launchesHeartily HealthyFrom: GlanbiaThis cholesterol-lowering Cheddar-style cheese is aimed at bringing back to the cheese fixture the two million consumers...

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    The Acid Test

    2002-09-28T00:00:00Z

    >>consumers and buyers give their views on the latest launchesMoo milkFrom: Milk Link This three-strong long life range is positioned as fresh milk packed to last longer. The company claims 95% of testers could...

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    The Acid Test

    2002-09-28T00:00:00Z

    >>consumers and buyers give their views on the latest launchesski stopgapFrom: NestléNestlé’s new yogurt drink Ski Stopgap is available in three variants, Berry Mix, Tropical and Honey & Banana. It is being...

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    The Acid Test

    2002-09-28T00:00:00Z

    >>consumers and buyers give their views on the latest launchesFilippo berio olive spreadFrom: Matthews FoodsThe olive oil brand has moved into territory dominated by Unilever’s newly-renamed Bertolli with the...

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    The Acid Test

    2002-09-28T00:00:00Z

    >>consumers and buyers give their views on the latest launchesMayver’s Australian Peanut butterFrom: Ancient DistributorsMayver’s Australian Peanut Butter is an Omega-3 enriched product which contains small amounts...

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    Fish cake arrivals

    2002-09-21T00:00:00Z

    Birds Eye is continuing its bid to put the Enjoy! frozen meals d颢cle behind it by demonstrating its continued commitment to what it does best. The frozen foods specialist is launching two new fish cakes ­ smoked haddock, cheese & leek, and...

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    Additional Glanbia role

    2002-09-21T00:00:00Z

    Jim Cooney, chief executive of Glanbia Foods' UK procurement company Glanbia Milk, has also become deputy chief executive of Glanbia Foods UK to target ongoing development in the hard cheese market. The group said the post was a newly created role...

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    Snack brand's offensive

    2002-09-14T00:00:00Z

    Simon Mowbray Golden Vale is to have a snack attack with its children's Cheestrings brand, launching three new products next month. Heading the line-up of new offerings will be Attack-a-Snak, an any time treat targeted at the light snacking...

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    Onken sets Biowild on Muller territory

    2002-09-14T00:00:00Z

    Yogurt brand Onken is downsizing ­ to offer single-serve pots for the first time. The move will pitch it against the likes of market leader Muller which currently dominates the sector with Muller Corners and Mullerlight. Onken said its...

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    Big five bow to Gill over milk

    2002-09-14T00:00:00Z

    Elaine Watson The top five multiples have all separately agreed to pay an extra 2p a litre for milk on the understanding that the cash is passed on down the chain to farmers. The move follows a series of individual, top level meetings...

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    Sluggishness In The Organic Sector - For Some

    2002-09-07T00:00:00Z

    One arena in which category giant Muller has failed to shine is organic yogurts, as its first foray into the burgeoning sector - Muller Organic - was pulled from shelves in June this year.The company points out that the brand captured average...

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    Tumbling Markets

    2002-09-07T00:00:00Z

    Given the lifecycle of the dairy cow, milk producers add a further element of stability and the operation of a dairy farm is a long-term commitment ­ even though that long-term is moving towards fewer but larger dairy herds. Yet the past year...

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    Reshaping of an industry

    2002-09-07T00:00:00Z

    So what has driven all the activity in the last 12 months? The drivers behind the sale of Northern Foods' Ski and Munch Bunch brands, and Uniq's branded yogurts and spreads are pretty simple, say analysts. "Uniq's position in yogurts was not...

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    In love with milk...and vindicated at Droitwich

    2002-09-07T00:00:00Z

    New business continues to flow in. In 12 months, the company has pulled off a coup by striking a supply deal with Sainsbury, the only multiple not on its books, and picked up a clutch of new contracts to supply the middle ground milk market through...

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    Difficult Early Years

    2002-09-07T00:00:00Z

    The Soil Association says many of its members are being driven out of business because the price paid to producers for organic milk has dropped from 29.5p a litre last year to 18p, a third less than the production cost. So it is encouraging farmers...